What is the best way to restore these brackets? There's an oxidisation of some sort which seems impossible to shift. Or polish them back to bare aluminium?
seem to think they are clear lacquered alloy easiest way possibly rub down with wire wool polish and re lacquer
Polished then brushed works well. 'Race' finish I've seen it called. Matches the factory swingarm finish. Done these recently.
Get someone else to do it I farmed these particular parts out. Apologies as my first post could have been worded better. However, I'm doing some other parts off my Hilux Surf at the moment. I machine polished using my bench grinder with mop then lightly brushed over with a wet fine grit sanding sponge. Finished with a clean/polish using 'Peek' to get the remaining crap off.
They may get in the queue I find polishing a hateful (and dirty) job but it's hard to stop once you get going. A decent result makes me feel the effort was worth it (if that's your thing) but defo prefer to pay somebody else lol..............or powdercoat
Harpic 10x certainly cleaned up the foot peg brackets on my recently bought 900 ss - appears to take off the top coat of grubby anodising. Plan to polish up and "brush finish". Only have to leave it on a short time.
I'd recommend aqua blasting. Gives you that fresh out of the mold cast/forged finish. You could bring down the forge seems to achieve a even better finish.
