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Cleaning exhaust tips......

Craiglm68

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Gents,
Just had a Carnewal GT exhaust put on my Cayman S by the fine gents at Northway Porsche, it sounds fantastic. The current tailpipes are looking rather "used" (condition is fine, just dirty)....rather than spend £200+ on a new tailpipe kit, is there an economical way of tidying them up yourself?
Cheers
Craig
 
I reckon Brasso or some other metal polish would work. used in on my first car many moons ago for the chrome bits (try a small area first perhaps)

i assume the tailpipe tips are the chrome sticky out parts?

 
If the chrome has baked on exhaust deposits, a cloth or microfibre and a metal polish like Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish and if that doesn't work, then use a fine wire wool and the metal polish. I've used Liberon 00 in the past.

 
I'm not talking about light deposits where NXT or Autosol is fine. It is the tips that have never been cleaned with hard black deposits that fine wire wool can help with, obviously not on the chrome work itself. Fine wire wool is not like a Brillo pad. They go down to 000 but for this type of job 00 should work ok.

 
My 997.2 turbo had terribly pitted and filthy 'pipes when I took over ownership earlier this year. By far the best product I tried was Autosol, but as others have advised, be very careful with anything too abrasive, such as wire wool. I managed to get my ones looking half decent after investing in a Dremel rotary tool and polishing tips, but in the end decided to have them re-chromed (£140 for the pair). The caked on carbon deposits just wouldn't budge without some minor scratching of the surface. They now look stunning and well worth the spend. They're now kept shiny regularly with Autosol and microfibres.

Simon

 
Just to also advocate Autosol. I think it is very good.

I've also had no issues with using a fine wire wool either, but I would use with care. There are 'drill' attachments that you can use that work with good effect, but perhaps a little much for anyone other than sad amateur detailers (like me!)

 
Yup a +1 for Autosol too, I had similar issues with both the CR and Cayman with chromed tailpipes and it did the job in both cases.

 
MattDC2 said:
Gazoak said:
This was after a wash and treatment with Autosol.

Wow, good job! I hope they thanked you when you gave it back!

They did say they would show it to their valeters yet the 911 I borrowed subsequently was just the same!

 
MattDC2 said:
The Autosol metal polish that Halfords sell also works well
Autosol is good. You can even use depending on the contamination cutting compounds, T Cut or slightly courser compounds depending.

 

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