This is going to be my second season on my car and I've noticed the shocks are looking pretty dull with a haze over them. I took a little Mother's polish to them and they shined up immediately with little effort. The shock were not anodized or any other bling added. Is it OK to shine them up with Mother's polish, or are there any negative effects to the shocks or will they prone to rust? Here are some pics of how they almost come out chrome.

Shine away; you wont have any problems

Polishing the shocks will completely decrease the effectivenss of it's heat dissipation properties.

You will also forever be known as a "bling king"

Just messin

Don't know about King, but FOX says to wax your shock bodies before use and perodically to keep them looking good.....

You can come over and do mine. I will go to G and let you know if it had any affect on the shocks.

Be careful, the shock bodies are steel, I don't know if polishing them will remove the painted coating?

You know its more accurate to test in larger samples. I will step up and let you polish mine too, for the sake of science and accuracy...

Polish away brotha...

I thought the bodies were aluminum?

they are aluminum.. Not sure what spiders talking about.. maybe the springs??

what about the foxes?

Steel not aluminum,,,I was a King last week asking the same ???

I was told to use ''Neverdull'' the 'wadding' with polish already added in. I was told if a little is good a lot IS NOT better, you could wear thru the coating and be down to bare steel.

i was going to ask this same ? . i have my car apart and they are looking dull . i hope they are aluminum cause i am gonna try it too . also any tricks for the anodized portions mine are sand blasted . t.u.paint or polish them any ideas . tim

JS, maybe we ca meet up at G and he can polish both of our shocks. Well not mine but the wifes, she has triple by-pass Foxes that need a cleaning up. If he can do both at the same time we can review the performance on the before and after. What do you say ?

my dad had his kings polished,so after every trip he just goes back over it with some green alium polish you can get at any detail store.Looks like a freakin mirror