Hi all, got some general road marks on the bottom half of the front forks on my `07 Fatboy. They have been made I imagine by general wear and tear and flicking up from the road. They are like little pit marks and are a bit annoying.
Many moons ago I used a very fine 1200-1400 wet and dry on some alloy car wheels and they came up a treat. Am just wondering should I do the same with the HD or are the forks coated with something. Any ideas to get rid of these marks would be appreciated. Have attched a couple of pics so you can see what Im on about. Thanks.
no probs, you will be happy with the results...
dont need to, a mate of mine is a metal polisher and he told me just to polish them straight up and he was right...my forks come up sweet with just using the kit i put the link up to, one of the polish sticks is a cutting compound and the other is just hard polish for getting it as shiny as you want...Dave..
i had the clearcoat on mine still at the time and my forks were about 10x worse than yours binnsy and it worked a treat..i wish i done before and afters now, you wouldnt believe that they are the same shocks...im happy now anyway cos i was looking around for a new set of lowers to fit before the mate showed me how simple it was to clean them up..a hell of a lot cheaper than newys..
Bit of an update for those considering doing this job. I have done one fork so far and used a cross between wet and dry and the Josco polishing kit from bunnings. Pretty happy with the results. The pics tell the story comapared to the photos at the start of this post. Thanks everyone for your input.
All done, came up a treat. Sorry, shit pics taken on my phone.
+1 for autosol, I used green scotch brite and autosol to remove clear coat. Then a lot of elbow grease with autosol on clear rags and it came up a treat.
