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Polished you can just hit with some never dull every now n then when cleaning up.chrome gets nicks. Can always re-polish the forks. Then again I did polish my old lowers. Actually had mine polished, took them to FL. Put on a friends bike. Got his painted ones. Busted *** hand sanding and polishing them. My bike is a rider. Not a show bike
After on the left and what I started with on the right.
Pair done. Polished by hand. If I ever get the urge to machine polish them I will. They work. That's all that matters.
Get chrome, it is easier to keep looking good. I have the hot legs and they look great, upgrade the cans at the same time, look into upgrading the springs or install mono-tubes, you already have it apart. You will not miss the money in a few months and you will be happy you did it just once.
I have polished lowers that looked quite good, but not as good as my chrome. Both will get rock nicks but polished is harder to maintain. If you go chrome don't forget to replace the cowbells.
Go chrome. Polished won't match with the rest of your chrome. As already mentioned, do the cow bells also. They're stainless but you can tell up close.
But once you do chrome, then you'll start to notice those dang dull engine bolts.
But, I went chrome. HD chrome sliders, HD chrome cow bells, HD polished rotors, Wily shiny chrome wheel, and Wily shiny chrome spacers. I love the look and low maintenance of chrome. Dealer charged $300 labor. At the same time had Progressive springs added...great improvement.
You can save money if you get the chrome sliders at Wily Shiny. He works on an exchange basis. Great quality, with attention to detail.
I am doing the hot legs over the winter. How do you like them? Was the install easy?
I like them allot, the install took about 4-5 hours on a rainy Saturday, I took my time and had a few adult beverages. Follow the directions and you should be just fine.
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