I got a set of WG sliders off ebay for cheap and was going to have them polished and install on my bike. Part number was different for the brake side slider and nobody seems to know what the difference is including the Harley shop. In the process of trying to find info I found a thread where one of our members had polished his on the bike so I decided to give it a try.

Taped off and ready to start.



Twenty bucks worth of wet and dry sand paper form 400 to 2000 grit.

 

Mid way thru.



Finished.

 

Fender reinstalled with chrome allen bolts and plasti-lock chrome nuts.





Total cost about fourty bucks including supplies,beer and chrome bolts/nuts and about fours hours total including breaks for lunch and beer.

Good Luck

Tom

 

Sweet. They look like you had them chromed. What did you use besides the sand paper?

 

Just plenty of water with the sandpaper, then polished with semichrome paste after the 2000 grit.

 

can you go into a little more detail on how you did this?

 

Looks good. I did the same thing the other day with some tips from JamieWG. They came out pretty good. I'll take some pics when I get my new calipers, rotors, and pulley on.

 

Bought wet and dry sandpaper in 4,6,800,1000,1500,1800 and 2000 grit, 12 pack of beer. Chrome bolts and nuts for fenders. Beer optional but recommended,this is slow,hot grundge work.


Removed the front fender,taped off the chrome trim at the top and wrapped bearings and brake parts in tinfoil to keep grit out. The tape won/t stay on the chrome trim at the top for long, You'll just have to be careful not to scratch it.

Start out with a folded piece of 400 grit wet and dry sandpaper and a bucket of water and a hose. The bulk of your work will be here. Sand off the clear coat and keep sanding til the brushed finish is gone. Use plenty of water with your sandpaper and hose the sliders off every once in a while to check progress. This will take a long time to get the sliders smooth with no ridges but still very dull.400 grit will do the bulk of the work,600 and 800 to get the scratdhes left by the 400 grit. the rest of the finer grits will polish to a smooth finish.

Once you're satisfied with the first step just keep sanding with progressively finer grit sandpaper til the finish is very smooth. It will still be a little dull but very smooth. Then dry it off,check for blemishs and then use an old wash cloth to polish with semi-chrome paste. Rub till the cloth comes up black,clean and polish all the residue off with an old t shirt and do the semi-chrome one more time and polish again with the t shirt. Should shine like chrome. Reattach fender and stand back with beer in hand, admire the looks and remind yourself that you'r gettin too old to stay bent over for that long a time but maybe a few more beers will make your back quit hurting.

Good Luck

Tom

 

Thanks Tommay, I highly reccomend the beer for that job. I'll save the thread and wait till my 8 year old son can do the job. lol, I guess I'll have to find the time some weekend.

 

Looks great. I did the same thing a couple months ago. Took about 2 hours and real pleased with the results.