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Old 04-02-2011, 11:24 PM
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So this is my first DIY here on S2ki..yes its really obvious but I thought I'd give it a shot for fun. THe goal here was to clean the exhaust tips of my car off. There were looking rather faded / had NEVER been polished.


Here is a finished picture next to a dirty one! YUCK!


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Eagle one Polish
Dawn Dish soap
10 mm socket and wrench
Que tips
some paper towels.


Here is what they looked like when I started.


The exhaust tips are purely cosmetic on the OEM muffler so they come off with a single bolt (10mm)


First I washed them under hot water with some dawn.


I used a que tip to get into the inner ring. SUPER DIRTY!!


Next I used the Eagle one chrome polish.


Inside there is a wad of what looks like stringy material.


Tear a piece off and polish lengthwise till the tip is nice and coated.


Next wipe clean. I used a microfiber cloth to make sure I didn't scratch up the metal.


All done! Here is a pic of a clean polished tip next to a dirty one. Big difference.


And finally a close up of that once dirty inner ring.

Installation is the reverse of removal!

Goodluck!
Old 04-03-2011, 08:22 AM
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I have done this several times. It takes a little bit of time, but worth the time investment.

Nice job with the cleaning and with the write-up.
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Originally Posted by G
I have done this several times. It takes a little bit of time, but worth the time investment.

Nice job with the cleaning and with the write-up.

Thanks!
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I like to use oven cleaner spray on mine.
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Careful that stuff can etch metal depending on how it reacts with the buildup on the tips.

I did the same dish soap/Never Dull treatment on mine. That stuff is awesome.
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Interesting polish. I used Mother's mag & aluminum polish on mine. It worked well.

Is the wadding polish damp or dry?
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Nice job, never heard of eagle one metal polish ? looks like it works awesome.
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I stopped doing this last year when I painted them with high temp flat black paint.
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I find myself doing this often since I have a testpipe. The buildup sometimes is thick. Nice work!


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