Polished fork lowers
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From: Ottawa, Ontario
Polished fork lowers
I know that chrome fork lowers is the way to go but here north of the border, it's well over $1,200.00 installed. I saw a few bikes with polished fork lowers (not FLHs). I read enough about the process to know how to do it but my question is, is it worth the effort? Polishing aluminium makes a huge difference on weathered lowers but these are new and I am not sure if the difference will be noticeable enough. Any thoughs?
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Yes you can polish them while on your bike. Sorry, but you can't do a good job while on your bike. Take them off & have a plating/polishing shop do them & they'll really look good. Good Luck.
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If you have the tools and know how you most certainly can do a good job on the bike... Then again, I have the tools and experience...
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I'm sure there are tons of videos on youtube on metal buffing and I highly recommend wheels and compounds from Eastwood http://www.eastwood.com/autobody/buffing.html I keep tons of wheels on hand...
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They are most probably hard anodized, the old EZ Off used to work not the new environmentally friendly stuff doesn't work nor do the newer drain cleaners. I have a 5 gallon can of Lye, it takes all the anodizing off without a problem. if I decide to do mine it'll be a project for next winter.
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I have a set of take off's if interested.. PM me