i bought a brand new comptech header and about 3 days later the car caught on fire. im starting a new project soon, and im wanting to know what is the best way to clean/polish the header back to the way it was.

also, i would like to do the same with the intake manifold.

 

here is a pic of the engine bay:

 

Im sure you can clean the header. Just start wet-sanding it with 1500, then when you get to your desired level of reflection follow up with some mothers mag and alluminum polish. Im polishing one right now and let me tell you its a pita.

 

yeah just use the mother's powerball on a drill with mother's mag and alminum polish and it will look better than it ever did. later.

 

what about the intake manifold? if i cant bead blast it safely, then i am going to just paint it.