[madmaxx]

Alright girls. I got my parts back after 3 weeks. For the most part they look spectacular. I am talking mirror finish. A couple misses, didnt grind out the pits in the water pump before polishing so I did, not much but they should have got it, they did't get the back of the alternator bracket. This was a simple miss as it was sanded and ready to go I knocked it out. The biggy was the high rise manifold. They nailed the polished areas but underneath was horrible. I mentioned this to them before they started. In the end I taped off all polished areas and used a blead baster on the (raw side) and it looks spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!

They did a pretty good job on chroming. Headlight bezels and licensplate light perfect. two of 4 spinners perfect two 9.5 out of 10.

I was blown away by the polish job on the valve covers and intake. they are mirrors. engine is about 80% back together and looks spectacular beyond belief!!!!! I have to admit it looks like a $16K engine. Better than my last two that were also polished.

As seen above I had to some cleanup. The valve covers on the non polished side were filthy from the polishing. so the manifold would have to be blasted once the polished surfaces are done. Again I am talking abouth the gap between where the carb mounts and the base.

I pointed out their misses to them and i dont think it will happen again, except they dont have a bead blaster.

Anybody needs the contact let me know. I will say this in most instances it is cheaper to buy the part new if it is available than polish existing except the manifold. In other words probably better to just buy a new polished water pump, pulleys, brackets, vavle covers as it is the same price for polish except their polish is cleaner than the factory but most would not notice. The big difference is time you get it in 3 days from jegs vs 3 weeks. I also had the timing cover polished which you cant buy a new one since nobody sells a polished timing cover. The backing plate to the water pump was chromed, once again you cant buy a chromed backing plate so i guess in the end it is better to have it polished as long as the price is competitive.