I've decided to go for the polished look for everything I can in my engine bay. It's the cheapest way I can color coordinate everything and it looks awesome. I've read up on it a bit, but I'm just wondering if anyone has some quick tips to get me started. My goal is something like the picture below; it's what inspired me to do this. It belongs to TypeG.



I started on the throttle body, which is maybe the most difficult piece with all it's nooks and crannies. I spent an hour and a half, and I'm really not satisfied with it. I'm thinking I'll spend a few more hours on it when I get the chance (finals week). I want that polished chrome look, and I've got a long way to go. You can see the edges where it has a mirror finish. I used 320, 400, 800, 1500 grit sandpaper (wet) with some Mother's polish afterwards. Would any tools help or should I stick with my hands? How hard should I press?





And I'm going to remove that bracket. Sadly I don't have a 10mm socket with me.