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Thank-you , if you do decide to tackle the rotors , To make it easier , get an old orbital palm sand and start with 800 - 1200 grit , moving on to 15 - 2000 gritt , finishing with the drill and rouge . The steel is much harder and takes more time . The only reason I did them was because the indy didn't have chrome and he gave me a heck of a deal on the stainless .
Also , I had to cut round peaces of sandpaper and use spray adhiesive to attach , couldn't find any fine enough to use .
When you finally get to the polishing stage after you get the aluminum as smooth as possible by wet sanding , you'll want more than one buffing wheel , using rouge , start with red , the move to blue / green , polish until you get to where your happy with the outcome . The polishing process will bring out some fine scratches that you may have missed , so keep some 2000 gritt handy and wet sand those areas and re polish .
Here's a pic of the work I did a couple of years ago , forks , rims , rotors , caliper covers , took me a couple of months , but I had all winter , count on adding up the hrs .
I'm doing a set of sportster forks soon , but they will be off the bike , which makes it easier to do on the bench polisher .
why cant harley do this to begin with?? looks great
That entire front end looks amazing! I've never seen stainless brake rotors polished before but they turned out really nice. I might give the rotors on my Ultra a go this winter. I also find that once aluminum is polished to a really nice finish, its actually pretty easy to maintain so long as you throw some soap and water at it occasionally.
Find out where you local HD dealer takes their rotors to be polished. Take your rotors there. Mine were $50/ea rotor. Took a couple days. Mirror finish.
I have similar surfaces on my 02 SuperGlide wheels. I mixed a 50/50 solution of SHOUT laundry prewash and water and spray it on my wheels, let it sit for a minute or two and use a bottle brush to scrub the the rough surfaces. It seems work okay for me, the polished surfaces will need a good metal polish and elbow grease.
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