BeemerBaz
Registered user
After 6 months of ownership the luggage is starting to look much older than the rest of the bike. It's peppered with blemishes that are hard to clean off, what do others use to clean them ?
Cleaning aluminium top case and panniers.
- Thread starter BeemerBaz
- Start date
Good luck they are truly shocking, mine are the same on my 2016. I wish I kept the ones that were on my 2014 because they did not go like these have.
They must be using cheaper quality aluminium now. I've tried alsorts but think maybe the only way is to cover them.
I will be interested to see what others use as I've even tried using a power mop and polishing compound.
Terry
They must be using cheaper quality aluminium now. I've tried alsorts but think maybe the only way is to cover them.
I will be interested to see what others use as I've even tried using a power mop and polishing compound.
Terry
Deleted account 190920001
Registered user
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2009
- Messages
- 3,368
- Reaction score
- 0
They have been like that for years. Have a search (here and Hexhead) and you will see posts all over the place about it along with some solutions that people have come up with.
Aluminium corrodes - and "low quality" aluminium (unless alloyed with zinc or similar) - will not corrode any faster than "high quality" aluminium
If you laquer them from new - and stay on top of marks/scratches - you may stand a chance, or wrap them as suggested above
Al
If you laquer them from new - and stay on top of marks/scratches - you may stand a chance, or wrap them as suggested above
Al
mattgslc
Registered user
been an ongoing problem
touratech who make them have admitted to using a thinner / lower grade aluminium to the last ones for the GS TC and earlier models, BMW know about this and some have been replaced due to this, mine however did not get replaced and the two panniers have white dots all over them and I never even used them, bike got delivered in a van, the boxes taken off and into the wardrobe, gone off in two days
the only thing apart from above is to polish them with autosolve and get them as good as possible then coat them in acf 50 / gt85 but not wd40 as it just runs off and doesn't last as long
touratech who make them have admitted to using a thinner / lower grade aluminium to the last ones for the GS TC and earlier models, BMW know about this and some have been replaced due to this, mine however did not get replaced and the two panniers have white dots all over them and I never even used them, bike got delivered in a van, the boxes taken off and into the wardrobe, gone off in two days
the only thing apart from above is to polish them with autosolve and get them as good as possible then coat them in acf 50 / gt85 but not wd40 as it just runs off and doesn't last as long
FastestGSA
Registered user
These are the notes I've taken down from others.
CLEAN PANNIERS
1. Water 1/3 Vinegar 1/3 Alcohol 1/3
2. Stainless Steel Clean For Cooker
3. Baking Soda And Toothpaste Mix
4. Autosol
5. Mothers Mag & Aluminium Polish
6. Q20
7. Happish Simichrome Polish
8. Tartaric Acid & Vinegar
9. Coco Cola then rubber with Aluminium Foil
10. Hydro Fluorohidric combined with Phosphoric Acid –*Used for Aluminium Truck Boxes Refrigeration Condensers (fins on Copper) Look for strong formula.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Similar threads
