So I got bored and thought this might be an interesting and CHEAP modification.... My friend did this to his '91 Miata because it also has a stock aluminum hood and it coame out great, a nice mirror finish.... this is the first part of the polishing, it will recieve another wet-sanding or two, and another good coat of mothers polish with the rotary buffer.... :-) I did a search on here and couldn't find anyone else mention this, so I thought I woud try it... whats the worst that could happen... I mean its not hard to repaint a hood... :-) so here are a few pictures of my POLISHED HOOD.....

 

i have a friend with a miata who told me he was gonna do this, i thought he was joking. i guess its kind of neat, interesting, unique. not something id do on my own car tho

 

I'll see if I can get a hold of some pictures of my buddy's miata and post them too.....

 

Definitely looks unique...might look nicer if the car was a silver...

 

little bright, but not bad. Not something that I would do to my car.

 

me either....

again...special...not what I want on my own though.

 

Blingggggg!!!!!

not my cup of tea but great job!

 

So wait that's just a polished aluminum hood with no paint??

 

What happens when you drive into the Sun?

 

I think it might look better if after the polish you shoot some blue candy onto the metal. Give it a finish and tint it at the same time.

 

will the finish be able to stay clean like that?...i mean you dont need a clearcoat or anything?

 

unique and cool but not my cup of tea like most of the opinions on this thread

 

uhhhh

 

hmmm not my cup of tea

 

+1

 

would look better on a silver or grey

 

Very interesting. I mean it's cheap alternative and I am sure it took alot of time to do. I am going to say yes it looks good, but... very uh. different.

 

wow thats different.....i kinda like it....like a reverse modded look

 

hahaha...

 

give it a chance... it'll grow on you... it's JDM yo.... :-) it gets a few interesting looks right now... but there is a red FD RX-7 riding around here with a polished hood as well... and my friends Miata.... so atleast I am not alone.... besides its all about weight reduction LOL.... I'm sure I will get some negative feed back on this, but I like it...... it will look a lot different when it has a final mirror finish and I will post pics when I am done for those who would like to see it.... :-) (P.S. this has to be the RICEiest thing I have ever done)

 

ok.. so here is the pic of my buddy's miata.... I would love to do this to my miata as well.. but I can't copy him.. so I'll just keep it primer grey with the flat stripes... little side note.. we both autocross the miata's so that is why there is a lack of paint on them... no need right now for paint when there are too many goodies to go on them instead.....

 

I like the look of polished aluminum but it doesn't match anything else on your car...
If you had polished aluminum wheels and strakes it might look more like it belongs.

 

DMC-12 copy cats FTW!

 

dude! polish the rest of the car and then itll look sweet!

 

I do have the polished strakes, polished lips on my wheels, and a satin finish fuel door, along with the exhaust finishers.

I am not a huge person for bling, I just thought it would be unique.... it does get a lot of attention.... :-)