Materials needed:
- Aluminium sheet (40" x 8" x .031") .....I got it for $9.54 from Speedy Metals
- Stencil of a rad cooling plate
- Aluminium polishing kit...... you can get a mini set from Harbour freight or princess auto
- Dremel cut off disks
- Drill and 11/32" bit
- Metal shears


Step one:

Copy a cooling plate off a buddy and cut out the stencil to see how much you need to sand and polish




Step two:

Sand the aluminium in order to get it ready for polishing... I started from 320 --> 420 --> 600 --> 1500 -->2000



Step three:

Polish the area you just sanded. If you dont have heavy duty polishing equipment then you can use a small polshing set from Harbour Freight or princess auto

http://www.harborfreight.com/14-piec...kit-98707.html

http://www.princessauto.com/pal/prod...ng/Buffing-Kit




Step four:

trace your stencil outline on the section you just polished and cut it out using tin shears

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en




Step five:

Cut out the centre portion using a dremel and a small cut off disk

Drill the holes using an 11/32" bit

Sand the rough edges using a grinding wheel and some sand paper

 

where did you get a stencil from?

 

he borrowed someones cooling plate

but yea nice job op

 

Such a great idea!!

 

I would love to try this but need a stencil. Any ideas guys?

 

I'll pull mine off this week and make a stencil and try to get the demensions up for people/mail people copies of the stencil. I like DIY things and helping other members out. I have the Titanium UR panel. I got it off ebay for about $40 if people just want to buy them. I def like the DIY idea better tho.

 

Thanks man, Def would appreciate it. You can PM me when you get the dimensions/stencil or just email them to : Blackstang112@aol.com

 

I will asap. My car has been down the last few weeks do to a harness issue. Damn cam sensor plugs clips. I left it at a friends so when I get over to it to redo the harness I will do this. Prob next week. Sorry.

 

I would be interested in the stencil as well. If you don't mind emailing me the dimensions too, seansingh16@gmail.com

thanks!

 

just got my car running this week. Ill pull it tomorrow and measure it. I've been very busy lately. Dealing with bad clips on my harness. Im gonna be tuning tomorrow anyway so it won't be a big deal.

 

In for stencil, considering it looks like these can't be found on eBay anymore. Unless I'm overlooking then perhaps.

 

Nice DIY! I like the way that looks when polished.

 

Bump, great DIY here. Stencils soon hopefully. :-)

 

I was going to trace mine but no interest.

 

might consider trying this since i have the whole school facility haha. nice DIY!