I finally got tired of my front forks looking junky and dull... The clearcoat was coming off and they had a yellowed, stained look. So, I whipped out the dremel and grinded down the casting marks near the fender bracket bolts, then starting with 1000grit sandpaper, and working my way up to 3000grit I wet sanded the forks, then polished them out with some mother's aluminum polish and some microfiber towels. I have about 5 hours invested in this, but I think they came out great!
Thank you for all the compliments! I am very happy with the outcome. Walking up and scrubbing down your forks with sandpaper is a scary feeling in the beginning. lol As far as a protective finish/clearcoat... I would love to have them clear powdercoated... But for now I'm going to just let them be. The finish will last for quite a while... I will wash them like normal and hit them up with some mother's polish once a month or so just to keep the shine... It only takes about 10 minutes to achieve the shine again when needed. the hard work is just all the wet sanding. I did not remove the forks... I just took the front fender and bracket off, to make it a little easier...
The job you did on your forks ROCKS reminds me of some of the same work I did on a 76 harley sporty lots of work but worth the effort looks realy good.
So does using Mother's Aluminum Polish. I've been polishing these "uncoated" billet wheels for years and they still look like new. You just have to stay on top of it and go over them every now and then.
I really want polished wheels! I was hoping to get mine done in the next week or so, but PM me some prices and pics if its not too much hassle... Here is what I am interested in trading plus my cash.
Wheels
Pulley
Rotors
Calipers
I did this also I used 2000 grit wet sandpaper and then mothers polish. i did it about three months ago on my motorcycle that I keep in Florida so far still looks great. Very easy and worthwhile thing to do
I cut mine off with fishing line. lol and then they will leave a mark, until you polish out the forks. I left the wheel on mine and when I was finally done I just washed it all off.
Just finally did mine. Took off the fender and the caliper, cleaned up all the casting slag, then went town with the paper. I started with 400 and went all the way up to 3000. Polished them about 30 times....viola. They look almost chrome!!
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