chrome legs and rotors?
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Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: georgetown ky
Can someone explain floating rotors to me not to sound like I Dumb A$$ but what is the theory behind them?
Last edited by hardwork2; Nov 22, 2011 at 04:16 AM.
Sure,
Step 1: Remove wheel
Step 2: Remove rotors
Step 3: Go to dealer and exchange for polished rotors
Step 4: Install rotors
Step 5: Install wheels
What I actually did was I bought the wheels, tires, and rotors at a dealer that went out of business for 40% off. So they mounted the tires and rotors to the wheels, and balanced them. I took them home and installed them.
Step 1: Remove wheel
Step 2: Remove rotors
Step 3: Go to dealer and exchange for polished rotors
Step 4: Install rotors
Step 5: Install wheels
What I actually did was I bought the wheels, tires, and rotors at a dealer that went out of business for 40% off. So they mounted the tires and rotors to the wheels, and balanced them. I took them home and installed them.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 335
Likes: 2
From: Taylorsville, Utah
Sure,
Step 1: Remove wheel
Step 2: Remove rotors
Step 3: Go to dealer and exchange for polished rotors
Step 4: Install rotors
Step 5: Install wheels
What I actually did was I bought the wheels, tires, and rotors at a dealer that went out of business for 40% off. So they mounted the tires and rotors to the wheels, and balanced them. I took them home and installed them.
Step 1: Remove wheel
Step 2: Remove rotors
Step 3: Go to dealer and exchange for polished rotors
Step 4: Install rotors
Step 5: Install wheels
What I actually did was I bought the wheels, tires, and rotors at a dealer that went out of business for 40% off. So they mounted the tires and rotors to the wheels, and balanced them. I took them home and installed them.
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 56,052
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From: Western South Dakota
Yep, that's what he said," I polished the stock rotors."
I did the stock rotor exchange with ***** shiny, $100 bux,
and they look better than the HD Floating chrome ones which look like chit IMO.
I did the stock rotor exchange with ***** shiny, $100 bux,
and they look better than the HD Floating chrome ones which look like chit IMO.
Last edited by lionsm13; Nov 22, 2011 at 09:52 AM.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 265
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From: Mandeville, Louisiana
There are a few threads on polishing rotors over in the general discussion area. I read up on the procedure and went out and bought the different grit sand papers to be used. Got home and started to polish according to the directions. After about a half an hour on one side of one rotor I was convinced to send them off to ***** Shiny. He did a great job on them and I highly recommend him. Too much work, in my opinion, to do them yourself.
And "I painted my bike" doesn't necessarily mean that the person painted it himself. He caused it to be painted. I didn't mean to infer that I polished them myself. Sorry for the confusion.
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 56,052
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From: Western South Dakota
Oh, ok I'll interpret it that you had someone else do it then.....based on what you said.. Right??
That makes sense(NOT)..
and that's my interpretation..
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Last edited by IAMSWUTIAMS; Nov 22, 2011 at 01:19 PM.