Removed wheel, wet sanded with 320, 400, 600, 1000 and 1500. Polished with small buffer with Simichrome. Took about 45 minutes per side.

 

Removed clear coat with paint remover, then 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 then polish.

 

I haven't tried it on the lower forks but if I do polish mine I will be putting it on them. I just did my rear rim over the weekend and it turned out real well and should protect it for awhile and keep the maintenance down. I posted a thread about it here:
http://switchbackowners.proboards.co...g-winter-blues
it went on easy and once it was dried you can't even tell it is on there. It's called Everbrite Protecta Clear coat. I polished the lowers on my old bike but didn't know about this product at the time.

 

Got chrome lowers on mine, but if I ever go to polished, I'm going to try this stuff. I use it on my T-Tops on my boats. They sit in lifts over saltwater at least 10 months out of the year. Still look good after more than a year.

http://sharkhide.com/

 

Chrome!!