I'd start to wonder if the dealer actually even tried. I had mine replaced under warranty. $105 otd for chrome upgrade.

May be time to give another dealer a try.

 

My dealer replaced mine "under warranty". I also did the chrome upgrade.

However, there's another possibility for what Rhettm and I experienced: There is a distinct possibility that the dealer simply replaced the parts themselves, without ever submitting a warranty claim, and ate the cost, just to keep a good customer happy.

 

All my bikes have done this. The solution is to park them in the garage and not ride them.

 

I had the service manager walk around the dealership parking lot with me, looking at all the touring bikes, most older than mine.

None of them, and I mean none, had the finish coming off the lowers like mine did.

It was a defective application of the finish, or defective finish. And it started coming off when the bike was less than a year old.

 

My Heritage does it and my Super Glide did it.. I guess I first started to notice it a 15k plus mileage.

 

I followed your suggestion since HD wouldn't replace them. But I watched a couple of YouTube videos and used 80, 100, 400, 800, and finished with 1000. I then used Mothers Mag wheel and aluminum polish on them. They almost look like chrome now. Attached are before and after pics of he right side fork. It was the worst of the two.

 

That looks great! How long did it take you?

 

Almost 2 hours to do both with a couple of short breaks.

Here is the video I watched before starting. He says it took him an hour and 15 minutes. The reflector on the side of the fork that I had to sand around slowed me down.

 

Wow, I don't know how you managed to do this in 2 hours, I had a go this weekend and it took me nearly two days.
I made this video of my own experience.

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Well this explains the used M8s I saw at the dealership. Every one of them looked like they rode through 1000 miles of salt. I’ve owned a lot of Harley’s, my newest is a 2014 Limited, and none of them ever look like that. Even the dealer was scratching his head. Harley switched to something else on the Milwaukee 8s.

Beary