I used paint stipper on mine. Like the guy above said that paint is REALLY on there. with the clutch cover, I got most of it off with stipper and scotch brite pads and then used a pliable wire brush on a die grinder to finish. On my cylinders, I took it all down with my dremel with a 220 whick also took out the numbers and shrp edges,. then cleaned up the rest by hand with 320, then 400, then 600, then polished em. its best to go all the way to like 3000 to get a mirror chrome look though. If you just want the bare look, cover the machined areas mostly to keep out crap and have them blasted. It might cost a little, but it would be ALOT less ageerrrrrr :verymad: vating