75 z1 900 fork color

I was thinking of polishing them or painting them
What color should I use to get close to factory for restoration

Most were polished Aluminum with a clear Lacquer coating. If you're going to polish your forks, you'll need to remove the Lacquer with paint stripper, polish, & re-spray the forks.

They were polished and coated with clear, but they were not highly polished to a mirror finish. More of a finely brushed aluminum finish that you might get if you polished them and then wiped them with 000 steel wool around (not up and down) the legs. Ed

Thanks for your help