A good rule of thumb I wish more people stuck to is polishing things of beauty and minimizing things that are just necessities like a radiator. Do you want to draw people's attention to the radiator or the motor? Then make it go away or at least tame it by brushing like Philly did above. Radiators aren't ugly but they certainly aren't something impressive that looks cool or makes power and is why a lot of people opt to hide it altogether under a cover that goes over them and the core support.
Just my $.02 but it's way more impressive to look in an engine compartment and have the motor and maybe a power adder or a simple air intake tube be the focal points instead of being distracted by a dozen shiny things like chromed factory hood hinges that highlight the shortcomings of the ugly old hinge and spring, polished master cylinders and chrome power steering pumps that trap heat and boil the contents and shiny radiator hoses that simply distract and detract.
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