How to clean chrome exhaust tips

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Stebrim1
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I have recently got a 380 V6S abds the chrome exhuast tips are not in great condition. Any ideas how to clean or can I buy a good after market replacement

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Post by Fez »

Use autosol and they will come up like new... nothing like a little bit of polishing to keep you happy..
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Stebrim1 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:46 am I have recently got a 380 V6S abds the chrome exhuast tips are not in great condition. Any ideas how to clean or can I buy a good after market replacement

Petrol on a piece of cloth to remove the black deposits etc, then polish with Autosol Solvol 😉
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WD40 works every time
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Post by mickjaguar »

Autosol on a piece of cardboard cereal packet. That was the old method for polishing up alloy motorbike engine casings until they shone like chrome. The cardboard absorbs less of the metal polish than a cloth and levels the surface better for a mirror finish. Although stainless is much easier than ally to shine up
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Post by alpinaman »

Get an exhaust polishing cone on a drill and use autosol

Take all the effort away..
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Post by Tel »

I'd never take a coarse abrasive like Autosol anywhere near my F-Type. On the inside of the pipe maybe.

I use, and have done for many years, on my bikes, a very fine, mild compound: https://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/belg ... mes-407005

Now I have black tips, I never polish them ;-)
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gTechniq M1 metal polish and a polishing pad gave mine a good sort out!

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Post by frankgama »

Ive always gone back to Autosol for my polishing needs, and can get a mirror finish every time.
Recently bought Meguiars metal polish thinking that costlier must be better, but still feel autos is easier to work with and gives me a far better finish.
One could always go down the jewellers route with fine graded Lapidary diamond paste but at the end of the day its just an exhaust.
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Post by Lunar »

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If you don't have a polishing cone - and it's not the sort of thing I'd bother spending on - then save your old socks.

One for putting on and one for polishing off - you can also hold the ends and get right in-between the exhaust tip and bodywork for a good polish.

..a further advantage is you can have a hand puppet show at the same time :D

I'm trying hard not to believe that I get even better noises when I have a dirty end though.
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