How to remove stock exhaust TIP?

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Jul 12, 2009 | 04:40 PM

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joebaggg

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From: Toms River NJ

My Ride: 2013 535i xDrive AW/Black M-kit

Came off in like 5 taps. No wood no jack haha. Off to powdercoating tomorrow

Jul 13, 2009 | 05:19 PM

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ktlocklear

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From: B-Ham, AL

My Ride: '06 550i '84 Nissan S12 Turbo

mine pop off easy when I put a towel around them when I dry off the car..don't think this is normal

Jul 13, 2009 | 08:46 PM

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theXman

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My Ride: 2004 530i

Model Year: 2004

I might do this mod as well.

Jul 13, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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v_therussian

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My Ride: Alpine White 2006 530Xi (SLD)

member Anzafin has a comprehensive DIY on this, but you don't really need to be very scientific - take a heavy'ish hammer and a block of wood and go to work. Mine came off after about 10-12 taps each (I was afraid to hit them hard). But its not like you're likely to damage the tips, as long as you have the block of wood.

Jul 14, 2009 | 06:58 PM

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Okay, I'm the newest member to this "tips" club. No pics yet, as they are still drying in the spray booth.

I started by just taking them off to try and get a good cleaning on the chrome, then I realized that the chrome was actually pitted around the rim and some of the chrome was actually gone!

To hell with this, I exclaimed, and now I have low gloss black tips, after cleaning and roughing them up a bit.

Jul 14, 2009 | 07:04 PM

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Howitzer

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What I want to know is where can I find BIGGER tips? I don't want my crappy, tiny-looking tips.

Jul 15, 2009 | 10:33 AM

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bespoke1

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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='940064' date='Jul 12 2009, 11:47 AM

Nice DIY.

BTW, I think they make a creme for dirty tips. Should clear up in a week to ten days.

Mine's clearing up nicely.

Jul 17, 2009 | 07:37 AM

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joebaggg

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From: Toms River NJ

My Ride: 2013 535i xDrive AW/Black M-kit

i just got word they powdercoated my tips gloss black rather then flat black, anyone have pics of this? this could be a disaster! haha any opinions ? my "530i" on the trunk is flat black but my m5 rims are gloss black...