Well if you want to try polishing your stockers it's fairly easy, just time consuming. I can't remember exactly what grits I used but just start at a low grit like around 400 and just work your way up to around 1500 or even 2000 if you want them to look real smooth. iirc correctly I went 400-600-800-1000-1500. After that I wiped them down, hit each tip 2 of 3 times with the powerball and some Mother's mag and aluminum polish and they looked like the pics above. If you're having a hard time getting all the black out though just start at a lower grit than 400, sometimes they can be a bitch if they've never been cleaned before.