INT: Polishing JDM OEM Aluminum Door Sills

[excalibur02]

Well I polished my Aluminum Door Sills for both my cbs and thought it would be ideal to make a DIY. Im getting the hang of making DIY so any comments or Reps appreciated.

Thanks to Type G and tonylx87 for the polishing tips.

By polishing the JDM OEM Door Sills they make the sills look 10x cleaner and pop out once the door(s) are open.


Tools needed:

1500 grit sandpaper
2000 grit sandpaper
Microfiber polishing pads
Flat head screwdriver
Philips screwdriver
Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish
Water
Clean Rag


This whole process took me about 3 hours with some breaks in between sanding.




First I removed the aluminum piece from the door sill with the philip heads screwdriver. Dont lose the screws and bottom piece threaded plate. If you lose them, then your Shit out of luck because there are no replacements!

These are the pics of the plates once removed and untouched.






Close up of the H logos







I started out with DRY sanding the sills with 1500 grit.





Here the top is untouched and the bottom sanded with 1500 dry.



You can already tell its getting shinier.




Here are both sills sanded dry about 4 times with 1500 grit.





Here are the H logos with the 1500 grit




Now wash it down with water to remove the sanding dust.



Now get ready to sand the sills WET with 2000 grit sandpaper.



I sanded the door sills about 6 times WET with 2000 grit. You can do less but I wanted these things to shine!







Now its time to polish them out with Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. I took the microfiber cloth and put some polish on there and just started buffing at the sill.






This is what it should look like




Then after it dried up a bit I used the clean rag and removed the polish.








Then I put the polish again for a 2nd coat several minutes later.

Then this is the final result with the sanding and polishing.








This is going on my coupe. I will put the picture of them installed later.

Thanks

Maury

[excalibur02]

Sedan Polished JDM OEM Aluminum Door Sills


Before




After

[icedplaya123]

The write up king does it again lol

[tonylx87]

Very Nice Write Up man and thanks for the recognition

[TypeG]

if you wanted to take the shine to another level, get a wool wheel with a drill or buffer and use the mag polish.

after that use mother's billet polish, it's even finer than the mag and aluminum polish. later.

[new_beginnings]

As always.

Great parts.

Great parts.

Great parts.



Awesome write-up, great parts, and Great Guy.




Now continue with the Coupe's rebuild! Quit half-assin around! You have time for the shine, you have time for the Coupe!

[Cb_JoeyG]

sick write up love those door sill garnishes

Hey trev can you get a hold of a pair of them?!?

[excalibur02]

The write up king does it again lol

LOL, I just want to give back! Plus it takes up some free time I have.

Very Nice Write Up man and thanks for the recognition

Thank You man, my sills wouldnt look as good if you didnt help.

if you wanted to take the shine to another level, get a wool wheel with a drill or buffer and use the mag polish.

after that use mother's billet polish, it's even finer than the mag and aluminum polish. later.

Of course YOU would make them shinier lol. Hmm I may just have to try that. But not anytime soon. Got other little projects still

Thanks!

As always.

Great parts.

Great parts.

Great parts.



Awesome write-up, great parts, and Great Guy.




Now continue with the Coupe's rebuild! Quit half-assin around! You have time for the shine, you have time for the Coupe!

Im getting there! Coupe has alot of nice parts stacking up from accessories to performance. Nothing is stopping me now!

sick write up love those door sill garnishes

Hey trev can you get a hold of a pair of them?!?

Good luck man! Not even the parts masta Trev could get these lol. From what I know Im the 2nd person to have these for a cb6 on this site..

[excalibur02]

reviving this diy thread for a friend that just bought a set!

[PakaloloHonda]

Damn, I want a set of these so bad Maury .. those look a TON better after your DIY .. keep sanding lol!

[F20A CB7]

After all that, how long the shine lasts for? Like polishing wheels.. once u get the shine fne.. but how long I lasts til u gotta touch them up again??