Before and after shots of my 74tii bumpers.

[Guest]

Just got my bumpers back. Had them done at a local shop here in so. cal. I tried for years in vain to polish my bumbers with over the counter items. I paid about $160 for both. I think it was well worth it! Look at the results!

[Craig74tii]

Is that a polish or a strip and re-anodize? The place near me wants $160 each. Location?

Thanks,

Craig

[Guest]

Is that a polish or a strip and re-anodize? The place near me wants $160 each. Location?

Thanks,

Craig[/quote

They are repolished. The shop is in Riverside CA. Shop name is Brother Polish and Chrome. Ph 951-509-0139

[oz_tom]

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[esty]

They are repolished. The shop is in Riverside CA. Shop name is Brother Polish and Chrome. Ph 951-509-0139

they look fantastic but unless they have some sort of protective coating...like the original anodizing, they are gonna be a bear to keep shiney..cleaning with the softest rag available will start to dull them

ask me how i know...i had one of my front bumpers polished a few years ago....just to see how they held up and they don't without some protective coating....i'd highly suggest this product or any other you might find like it...this is the only one i've had experience with so i don't know if any other other is as good, better, etc...it's great on polished aluminum and makes a really hard and resistant finish without dulling the shine and is applied best with just a plain ole paint brush

[Napes]

My front bumper was buffed out 14 yrs. ago following a small front end accident. The rear about 5 yrs. ago. Both of wife's were buffed out this past summer (across the line, in Mexico. $140 for the two.) I use Flitz metal polish once or twice a year, followed by One Grand Blitz paste wax and all three look identically shiny. I've never had to protect them in any other way to keep 'em lookin' great.

Bob "Napes" Napier

' 74 2002

' 75 2002A

' 76 2002A

[esty]

Both of wife's were buffed out this past summer (across the line, in Mexico. $140 for the two.)

Bob "Napes" Napier

i'm just curious, because i had a heck of a time doing mine...how did they remove the anodizing in mexico?

[Harv]

i gotta agree with esty on this one. They may be shiny now but they won't be for ever. You can get them clear anodized and they will look just like new bumpers from the factory.

I know this pic doesn't help too much but that's what we did to the bumpers on this 142. Polish and clear anodize.

John

[Napes]

The anodizing is a very shallow process on the surface. Agressive buffing, with big buffing wheels, can remove it, leaving nice shiny alum.

Yea, I suppose it won't last forever, but the front on my ' 75 still is shiny enough to shave in after 14 yrs. It's good enough for me.

[Harv]

Wow! 14 years! i wouldn't have thought it would last that long. Do you live in a dry area?

Anodizing will get you the factory look if that's what your after. i never tried that clear stuff that esty posted about, but if it's anything like the rest of POR15 stuff I'm sure it works wonders.

John

[HarryPR]

Stripped the anodizing and spent a whole day sanding and polishing, with similar results.

As a few posters said, you will need to coat them with some clear or buff them ever so often to keep the shine up. It might be the local weather, but I found that I needed to go over mine at least every couple of months with some Flitz.

[esty]

The anodizing is a very shallow process on the surface. Agressive buffing, with big buffing wheels, can remove it, leaving nice shiny alum.

Yea, I suppose it won't last forever, but the front on my ' 75 still is shiny enough to shave in after 14 yrs. It's good enough for me.

my guess is that you're are still anodized and by constant cleaning and buffing, you're keeping them looking nice

anodizing must be chemically removed or as harry stated, aggressively sanded before you can polish aluminum to a high lustre

[Harv]

Moast of the trim on my car is new. But I'm battling with a few pieces. The window frames are giving me heck. i think this week they will go to a polisher and then an anodizer.

John

[Napes]

I don't know what the correlation is between weather conditions and corrosion, but I live in southern Arizona and humidity is generally very low year-round. Today, for example, the high will be 71 degrees, 8% +/- humidity, and the current dew-point temp is 5. We live in the middles of the largest desert in the western hemisphere, which is very kind to cars, engine and cockpit temp control notwithstanding.

Bob "Napes" Napier

[Rob7502]

Esty,

An old BMXer trick to get rid of ano. Oven cleaner dont leave it on to long as it will pit the aluminum. Also after this you do not need to sand just polish. Just make sure that you get all the ano off otherwise you will end up with spots that will not polish.