cleaning gold air box covers

[william80XS11]

My gold air box covers have "rust"? spots on them. What's the best way to clean them without damaging them? Thanks

[mack]

Luck

I didn't have any luck either with mine, or the carb tops for that matter. I've removed mine and am in the process of having them stripped and re-dipped. If you do find a way, please post it for the rest of the MNS owners.
Good luck

[william80XS11]

Mack, so did you try to clean them? I find it odd that even though the air boxes are plastic, the gold finish can spot rust. As well, my carb tops are looking a little rough too. Thanks for the reply. William

[crazy steve]

The gold (or chrome if you have a non-MNS) trim on the airbox is steel, held on with clips. If you're seeing rust, the only cure is new plating or living with the defect....

[mack]

Plating

My carb tops are crap as well, pretty much all the gold is shot on this bike. I have it all in a box, plus the exhausts (Black Chrome)and have been searching for a place here in Ontario that do good plating. Tree huggers are pretty thick up here so no one has a good quality product. I've been to several now and they won't touch it. Thats really the hold up with this restore. Not sure what I'm going to do.