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Udspie

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Can anyone tell me how the exhaust tips are fitted to the back box. Are they just push on or is these some sort of fixing.

Tia
 
Nictrix said:
They are push on but may be very tight and need a bit of effort to get off.
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Thanks for the info bud, I've had a go at removing one of them before but it's tight. I recon I'll wd40 them when the cars not in use and try again. Regards
 
Udspie said:
Nictrix said:
They are push on but may be very tight and need a bit of effort to get off.
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Thanks for the info bud, I've had a go at removing one of them before but it's tight. I recon I'll wd40 them when the cars not in use and try again. Regards
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I used a rubber mallet and trying to be careful got them off in the end.
At some point I want to get them plated as the original finish is pretty poor.
 
Nictrix said:
Udspie said:
Nictrix said:
They are push on but may be very tight and need a bit of effort to get off.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info bud, I've had a go at removing one of them before but it's tight. I recon I'll wd40 them when the cars not in use and try again. Regards
Click to expand...

I used a rubber mallet and trying to be careful got them off in the end.
At some point I want to get them plated as the original finish is pretty poor.
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I think the originals are alloy...I've got a polishing kit that I use for the bike, a mirror finish on alloy is no problem (as long as you can get the feckin things off) Lol
 
Udspie said:
Nictrix said:
Udspie said:
Thanks for the info bud, I've had a go at removing one of them before but it's tight. I recon I'll wd40 them when the cars not in use and try again. Regards
Click to expand...

I used a rubber mallet and trying to be careful got them off in the end.
At some point I want to get them plated as the original finish is pretty poor.
Click to expand...

I think the originals are alloy...I've got a polishing kit that I use for the bike, a mirror finish on alloy is no problem (as long as you can get the feckin things off) Lol
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Im not so sure they are alloy. They are held on with spring clips that are welded on and these rust onto the exhaust. That's what makes them so difficult to come off the first time.
 
Be gentle when polishing the tips they only have a thin coating over what looks like a copper base I found out the hard way :oops:
 
Nictrix said:
Udspie said:
Nictrix said:
I used a rubber mallet and trying to be careful got them off in the end.
At some point I want to get them plated as the original finish is pretty poor.
Click to expand...

I think the originals are alloy...I've got a polishing kit that I use for the bike, a mirror finish on alloy is no problem (as long as you can get the feckin things off) Lol
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Im not so sure they are alloy. They are held on with spring clips that are welded on and these rust onto the exhaust. That's what makes them so difficult to come off the first time.
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Must be a rivet/weld....The new genuine replacement ones are alloy. If they rust, they aint alloy, maybe not, I'm not 100% on that.

Possibly a seasoned owner may comment on this thread :cry:
 
Mine are filthy also, the one part of the car I cannot get clean!

I purchased some silvio, and a buffing pad, not tried it yet....

Any advice on how to clean these would be much appreciated!!
 
I use paraffin now and again just to get the worst off as they are never going to be spotless especially the ring at the end.
That's why I would like to plate ours.
 
flybobbie said:
They look like stainless with a dull chrome layer, usually decent chroming has a copper coat underneath.
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Would this mean it would be possible to polish right through both coatings into the stainless to get a good finish?
 
Having replaced mine 2 months ago, I can confirm push on and pull off. Used wd40 to ease their hold. E89 definitely snootier than e85. I use alloy cleaner on the lip and inside to try and avoid the building up of crap on the bottom edge. They are brushed alloy so definitely will not polish to a mirror finish, be warned as stated earlier. Hope this helps.
 
I finally got round to doing something about the tips on our E89.
I thought I would just add it to this thread as it might clear some things up.
The tips are apparently stainless steel with possibly a nickel coating over it covered with high temp paint (according the the guy who managed to do this to them)
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This is them with the paint and the nickel coating removed down to the stainless and polished.
They look pretty good to me and pretty much what I was looking for.
Much better than the silver painted finish.
 
Not sure. I originally went to get them chromed but noticed before I went that a magnet would not stick to them so I wasnt sure what they were made of.
When I got to the chromers he said if its not magnetic he couldnt chrome it so he went next door to a guy who does polishing to see what he thought. Stainless isnt magnetic, I didnt know this.
While we were standing talking he switched his machines on and buffed a section of paint off. He said there was some sort of discolouration but they should polish up well and to come back the next day.
I gave him 2 days and when I collected them he said they were pretty tough to do because of the coating that he though was possibly nickel.
The speed he done the test part I would assume it only took him a couple of hours.
Hopefully they stay like this.
 
That's weird.

BMW take a stainless steel part, coat it and then paint it a lifeless aluminium silvery colour, adding cost into the car to make it look dull.

Gotta love these folks (sometimes). :(
 
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