Need some advice, wetsanding and intake mani cleaning

[sriquixotic]

Car - 2005 Dodge SRT4 Black



So I touched up 4 scratches going down my bumper with touch up paint, I taped them off and tried some polish to see what it does but after much reading and practice on other panels I've come to the conclusion that I need to wetsand the touch up paint and bring it down to the level of the original clear coat. Here it is

Plan of attack is 2500 grit, a few swipes and see if it levels with everything else, or should I do 2000 first? I dont want to swipe 2500 5x then have to go down to 2000, what do you think? Just ordered the flex with some pads, I have m105 and m205 in my arsenal along with a pc with 4" orange pads.



Intake mani and valve cover, I tried cleaning the intake mani before with simple green but it just left it with white spots. Any suggestions? I believe it is cast aluminum. I have heard eagle one etching mag cleaner works well.

 

[Tweeked SRT4]

I had the same issue with mine and ended up just buying a powdercoated valve cover in wrinkle black with candy blue lettering and for the intake manifold it was just painted in a wrinkle black spray paint since the intake manifold was ported and polished. Your valve cover seems to be a bit ruffer than mine was before I removed it. The best way to get the intake manifold to a polished aluminum look would to have it removed off the car. I would say to find a used intake manifold on ebay and work on that one first and then you can do a swap. Also check out SRTforums.com - Dodge SRT Forums - SRT4, SRT6, SRT8, SRT10 and Dodge Forum cause there might be a how-to for the intake manifold.