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Yes, you'll need gasket stripper or similar, long sleeve shirt, gloves, goggles and a wire brush. Once its all off you can polish the base by going through grades of wet and dry, I think I stopped at 800 and then buffed with autosol. But paying someone to do it is an option too and if you want it really shiny probably the better one.
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