Exhaust Tip Cleaning??
03-14-2007, 06:45 PM
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Hey Everyone!!! Yes, I am already worried about cleaning the tips with 120 Miles on the car. My tips are starting to get black and I was wondering what I can use to clean them? Thanks!!!
03-14-2007, 07:47 PM
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I've thought about that but it will take too much time to keep that part clean so I just forget about it. I will change it to a new one if it's to the point that's bothering me so much.
03-14-2007, 08:28 PM
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I use a product called Never Dull. It's great stuff to polish anything that's chrome. It's a wadded up fabric type material that you year apart and rub on to the chrome area.
About $5 at any auto store. Comes in a silver can.
About $5 at any auto store. Comes in a silver can.
03-14-2007, 09:03 PM
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i think any type of metal polish would do, on my car its only the very tip that rolled in that turns black. i use a similar polish that wasupdu uses purchased at a trade show had it for 4 yrs now ..very little wad goes along way..ericd
03-14-2007, 09:15 PM
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i wouldnt... cuz its abrasive..it might ruin the trim... ericd
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Originally Posted by bmw1986' post='402887' date='Mar 14 2007, 10:45 PM
Hey Everyone!!! Yes, I am already worried about cleaning the tips with 120 Miles on the car. My tips are starting to get black and I was wondering what I can use to clean them? Thanks!!!
03-15-2007, 05:32 PM
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The chrome plating on the tips is minimal. So expect to wear off after a couple of times you polish it.
For the window trims use some aluminum oxidazitation cream. They are anodized aluminum and anything else will destroy them.
For the window trims use some aluminum oxidazitation cream. They are anodized aluminum and anything else will destroy them.