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Not for the faint of heart since it shows up the rest of the engine bay and maybe the water pump WAS a bit excessive, but Vidal does GREAT work. Hardly a nook nor a cranny that wasn't polished within an inch of its life.
Price - reasonable - good value for money
Time - equally so - two weeks for all you see
Can't recommend him highly enough.
Hopefully you will see all of this on Eliza at next Solvang
Vidal (818) 632 0603
Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
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Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
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Peter Harrison
1970 1600 (Stroker) - TOAD SAN (Eliza)
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Whoah. Beautiful!
Peter
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Calm down, Peter
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
how was this done, by hand? what polish was used?
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Hand/machine - no idea about polish - didn't ask!
Peter Harrison
1970 1600 (Stroker) - TOAD SAN (Eliza)
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Wow!
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Beautiful,...Might as well polish the cylinder head and intake manifold too !
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Wow, looks like chrome. I remember being 16ys old and deciding to polish up the valve cover on my L-series PU truck. I showed my friends and they all laughed at me. Two weeks later, all of them were polishing up their underhood stuff. But mine never looked anything close to that!
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Peter,
I agree regarding the quality of work and overall high satisfaction of experience with Vidal at V&M Metal Polishing. Highly recommend them for any metal refinishing job! Been using them for close to 10 years. Dropping parts at the shop is like going back in time, seeing the rare hot rods parts and custom new stuff in for finishing.
They are also located in a cool little complex with other car builders - painters, machine shop and a Vintage repair shop that supports Roadsters - owner actually Vintage races one.
Worth the trip over!!
I agree regarding the quality of work and overall high satisfaction of experience with Vidal at V&M Metal Polishing. Highly recommend them for any metal refinishing job! Been using them for close to 10 years. Dropping parts at the shop is like going back in time, seeing the rare hot rods parts and custom new stuff in for finishing.
They are also located in a cool little complex with other car builders - painters, machine shop and a Vintage repair shop that supports Roadsters - owner actually Vintage races one.
Worth the trip over!!
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Re: Vidal - Metal Polisher in San Fernando Valley, Bling Bling
Hmmm I wonder how my Alfa valve cover would look polished up
Simon
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