Thanks to an idea by a fellow poster on this forum. I decided to dull all the chrome and polished aluminum on my Nightster....

I had read somewhere in previous posts to use steel wool and wd-40 and it would take half the time then if i were to use scotch brite....thats so totally wrong.

I was working away like a slave with the steel wool and barely made a scratch in 20 minutes...one of our mechanics handed me a red scotch brite pad and it took me a whopping 30 minutes to do everything on the bike. I was amazed.

The bike looks fantastic in my opinion and i'm kindof thinking i want to dull part of my paint job for a 2-tone mat glossy finish....

anyway i'll post pics in about an hour!

 

Nice! I'm thinking of doing the same with my paint. Hmmm.

 

 

I completely forgot to take pics of the rockers and stuff haha

 

That stuff is all fine, as long as you don't mind the random swirly's and non-directional scratch marks on everything.
I did something very similar years ago on a different bike. At first I was thrilled with it. Then, a few months later I thought it looked like crap.
And unfortunatly, it is not a "removable" effect on the chrome. The polished aluminum can be returned to original, but not the chrome.

Good luck, I hope you still like it in the long run.

BTW, the pics' look good with the copper glare from the lights! Kinda like what someone else did with their pipes.

 

[quote=kahaone;5954129]That stuff is all fine, as long as you don't mind the random swirly's and non-directional scratch marks on everything.

I just did mine too and I've been trying to go in the same direction all the time to eliminate the swirly, random scratches.

I hope it holds up and looks good in the long run too. Maybe it will age gracefully. If not, they can always be painted or ceramic coated.

It's worth a try cause it don't cost nothing.

 

million times better. i got to do that to my exhaust tip also when i feel like upwrapping the damn things.

 

I did mine all unidirectional as to avoid swirlys

 

Looks pretty good. I may do mine because the heat shields have little spots of rust on them.

 

If you deciede to do your paint, I would use 1200 wet/dry paper. This way, it can be buffed out if you dont like it.