Metal Polishing 1st Gen Miata

**SpoiledMan** · 04-22-2009, 08:14 PM

I`m looking for tips on polishing the differential on a 1st generation Miata. Any tips?

**EastsideAutoSpa** · 04-28-2009, 06:10 PM

Tip 1: why bother?

Tip 2: Lower it....go racing

Tip 3: if you must do it get a cloth polishing wheel and go old school on it, i just took a wire brush to mine to knock off some corrosion and it looked fine.

**SpoiledMan** · 05-02-2009, 01:38 AM

Thanks for the response. It`s not my car so this is in response to a request for it to be done. I think I`ll go for #3.

**imported_Denzil** · 05-02-2009, 02:31 PM

My guess would be a wool ball/pad on the rotary would work.

**Mr.Concours** · 05-04-2009, 12:06 PM

Find a custom bike shop, take it off and give it to them to do.

**bwalker25** · 05-04-2009, 12:32 PM

wool pads via rotary, optimum metal polish is good, I also like Zephyr Pro 40 via wool. Its very dirty work, took a while to get all the black off my hands....it just kept coming off

**PerroneFord** · 05-04-2009, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by bwalker25

wool pads via rotary, optimum metal polish is good, I also like Zephyr Pro 40 via wool. Its very dirty work, took a while to get all the black off my hands....it just kept coming off

You didn`t wear gloves?

I`d put on a set of dishwashing gloves for a job like this.