[Nova63]

Hi There,
Do someone have some tips keeping up the finish on alu-heads, rockers covers & intake?

Matt

 

[Shane65]

I've had good luck giving the parts a light coat of clear(non-gloss). That way when dirt is on the part, you are cleaning from a painted surface rather then the aluminum finish.

 

[Gates72ss]

Ive always just polished them with a little mothers aluminum polish,works great.I have heard of people getting their alum parts coated, and ive heard sometimes it leaves a yellowish tint behind ,cant say for sure because ive never seen it yellow myself but have read that?

 

[David_D.]

My brother and I had our valve covers powder coated with a clear. Very durable, and looks great as well.

 

[Nova63]

Thanks Guys!
Ive also heard that some people having trouble with the clear on alu parts. Making stuff kinda yellowish...
Matt

 

[L78 Nova]

If it's raw cast aluminum brakeclean does a nice job removing stains. I usually spray it with a light coat of WD40 after and wipe it dry to stop any corrosion.

For winter storage I spray all the raw aluminum with WD40.

 

[JTW]

I had my aluminum valve covers ceramic coated. They are an old set of Mickey Thompson covers with the fins and the M/T in the middle and are very hard to polish thoroughly. After polishing one of them about half-way I decided I had enough and decided to have them coated. They look really good, just like polished aluminum. It cost about $60 if I recall.

 

[laser-red-nova]

Chrome em!

 

[Nova63]

Well this is for a set of brodix race rites heads, a set of brodix valvecovers and a brodix intake. The surfaces are pretty rough as you know so Im only looking for some stuff to protect the surface from dirt, miscolouring, alu-corrosion. Im not into polishing those parts...
Thanks
Matt

 

[Seattle_Mike]

Get some Eagle One Aluminum Wheel Cleaner. It's made for "Non Coated" bare aluminum wheels...it's a light phosphoric acid. Spray it on and hose it off after a couple minutes...it makes the aluminum pieces look brank new. I've used it on intakes, heads etc.