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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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
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Whoah. Beautiful!
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Calm down, Peter
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how was this done, by hand? what polish was used?
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Hand/machine - no idea about polish - didn't ask!
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Wow!
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Beautiful,...Might as well polish the cylinder head and intake manifold too !
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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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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!!
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Hmmm I wonder how my Alfa valve cover would look polished up
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