Adding a little bling……. (1 Viewer)

[RMD3050]

I decided to see if I could polish the gas cap on my ‘72 FJ40. Here is the result…….

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

@ToyotaMatt is coming for you......

 

[RMD3050]

@ToyotaMatt is coming for you......

Oh no! What did I do now???

 

[middlecalf]

Share process?

 

[Michael B]

Shiny!

 

[RMD3050]

Share process?

I started with sanding the metal with 11 grades of sandpaper - beginning with 220 and going up to 4000 grit. Then I used Meguiars polishing compound followed by their polish. All done by hand.

 

[middlecalf]

so that is original chrome under the scratches?

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Oh no! What did I do now???

Matt likes the shiny stuff! I'm sure he'll be along soon to admire your handiwork.

 

[RMD3050]

so that is original chrome under the scratches?

No it wasn’t chromed. From the way it worked I believe it’s aluminum.

 

[middlecalf]

Wow, that's seriously polished aluminum. Time to look at my hood spear and maybe go that route (sanding/polishing) rather than the crappy chrome rattle can I used. Thanks!

 

[RMD3050]

Wow, that's seriously polished aluminum. Time to look at my hood spear and maybe go that route (sanding/polishing) rather than the crappy chrome rattle can I used. Thanks!

Go for it! Very satisfying.

 

[RodrigzCrzr]

Wow that turned out great!

 

[RMD3050]

Thank you!

 

[peesalot]

Sending my axle housing, you think it'll come out similar ?

 

[RMD3050]

Ha! Definitely!

 

[Living in the Past]

No it wasn’t chromed. From the way it worked I believe it’s aluminum.

Thought caps were steel but could be wrong. Need to check with a magnetic.

I started with sanding the metal with 11 grades of sandpaper - beginning with 220 and going up to 4000 grit. Then I used Meguiars polishing compound followed by their polish. All done by hand.

You lost me right at the start with 11 grades of sandpaper. I have bumperettes, bumper, bezels and few other prices that are chromed. Those and possibly 60 series wheel are about much effort I have time to put into bling. Kind of like when the gold packages changed to shaved emblems and everything black.

Now someone needs to make a replacement bezel that looks like the ones Toyota is putting on pickups and SUVs

 

[sogncab]

Thought caps were steel but could be wrong. Need to check with a magnetic.

Definitely ferrous. I put a magnet on the inside behind the fuel door to hold my cap when filling up.

 

[RMD3050]

Definitely ferrous. I put a magnet on the inside behind the fuel door to hold my cap when filling up.

I stand corrected. Good to know. Based on how easy it was to work on and on other aluminum I’ve polished in the past I thought it was aluminum. About 40 minutes start to finish.

 

[sogncab]

Could be just the skin is aluminum and the guts are steel too

 

[brian]

a 3m unitized wheel would've taken care of that in 45seconds.