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I have begun what will be a slow rebuild of a 450 shotgun. It might sound strange but i really enjoy polishing alloy and I have a great old brobo waldown grinder to do it on.
My question is am I going to devalue the bike by polishing alloy bits that came from the factory unpolished?
Advice would be appreciated because i really dont want to stuff this up and wish down the track that i had just left things as i get them from wet blasting.
Cheers
Damian

It's your bike so do as you wish.
If it were mine,,, I would just polish what was originally polished and wet blast what was originaly plain cast.
I've seen bikes that were done too much and they can tend to look like a Harley that is blinged. And you will make a lot of work for yourself in the future keeping it all polished.
In my opinion I would only polish what was polished, but it's your bike to do as you please.
Keep in mind that a good wet blasters work will have those bits, eg cases cylinder and hubs, a lot shinyer than when they left the factory.
Then add silver metal flake paint and you may need eye protection on sunny days.
graeme

Be careful not to polish the numbers off anything. Instant devaluation.

100% with Graeme on this one.

Yup, it's your bike ... but personally I hate over-polished bits of bling. Plus, polishing doesn't last - well, not on a bike that's gonna be used.

As to whether it would be 'de-valued' ... Impossible question. De-valued in whose eyes? In mine, yes. To a H-D owner? Who knows? (and frankly, who cares?)

Sorry - but you did ask ...

Craig