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03-19-2011, 06:32 PM #1
My Chrome Ride Plate.......
It's not chrome but, it's as close as you can get. I spent 6 hours today sanding, rubbing and polishing my ride plate. Two weeks ago I picked up a used SpeedFreeks modified Rideplate from Mike H and when it arrived this is what is looked like.
Before:
How it looks today:
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03-19-2011, 06:39 PM #2
Very nice!!! However... after a couple rides, it's gonna look worse than it did before you polished it out
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03-19-2011, 06:43 PM #3
6 hr's.......That's quite a bit of elbow grease there bro, nice though..
If you get bored again lemme know, I'll send you my intercooler....
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03-19-2011, 06:43 PM #4
I live inland and only ride in fresh water, there was a number of scratches in the plate and it was not very smooth when it arrived. So that was the main reason I started working on it today. Hopefully the 4 coats of wax I put on help keep it from going back to how it was.
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03-19-2011, 06:52 PM #5
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03-19-2011, 08:33 PM #6
It wont change that much, i've been running one of Jims modded plates for two years and it still looks great....., good work on the polishing job, looks sweet!!!
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03-20-2011, 06:33 AM #7
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03-20-2011, 12:16 PM #8
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03-20-2011, 08:13 PM #9
Good to know. Did you try to seal it at all, if you did what product did you use?
If found this and might pick it up
http://www.metalgloss.com/index.cfm?...6783&pageid=23
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03-20-2011, 08:50 PM #10
Do you spend alot of time laying under your ski looking at the bottom admiring the shine? Just wondering why you would ne worried about how shiny your rideplate is. A fine sanded surface is faster than a slick shiny one.
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