Other than the carburetors, the cooler rack was probably the most difficult item to get polished up. It's an AC Racing unit and I've got to be honest, the fit and finish of AC stuff is, well, poor. I remember when I bought this unit how disappointed I was in the finish. Lots of weld splatter and it took quite a big of tweaking to get it to install. I wasn't looking forward to wrestling with it and chancing a scratch on the frame's new powdercoating.

Peeling the sticker off the rack was an exercise in frustration. It wouldn't peel off in one big chunk, but kept breaking off into tiny pieces instead. I finally resorted to a single edged razor blade and scratched the hell out of the rear tube in the process. Not a real big deal as I was going to polish it anyways, but it make for a bit more prep work. The rack was too big for the blasting cabinet so it was entirely hand sanded, beginning with a file to remove the weld spatter, then to 100 grit emory cloth and moving to 400 grit wet/dry before it was offered to the buffing machine. Several hours and two bleeding knuckles later, it was looking pretty good. I blasted and polished the bolts and mounted it up. Thankfully, I was able to get it installed without too much hassle and no damage to the powdercoat on the frame. The tail light bolted right up and was plugged in to the wiring harness.