What to use to clean the exhaust tips?

[Adamski]

so am i the only one that uses brasso

Nope. I use it too


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[deka]

autosol user here

 

[Stuart Truman]

Autosol and fine grade wire wool for the insides

 

[Bing]

Autosol and elbow grease... Though I am liking the drill and rag idea.

By the way Ali - those pipes look brilliant ! I have to say my obsession has increased a notch as I now take my chrome tips off the car to clean them

 

[Woots]

brasso....
needs more work doing to them though

 

[Stuart Truman]

Ali, does your car actually go anywhere with the engine running?

 

[Bing]

Ali, does your car actually go anywhere with the engine running?

Not anymore - he's got a Noble :lol:

 

[markeg]

Autosol also..... still trying to work out if the tips come off though :?

 

[Paza3]

Autosol as well, but first time they need quite a bit of attention inside so a dremel and rubbing compound worked a treat finished off with Autosol.

 

[Bing]

Autosol also..... still trying to work out if the tips come off though :?

I assume yours don't have screws holding them on or you'd have found them by now. If they are anything like mine they should, but they need a bloody good hard pull and twist. In fact several twists back and forth. There are three flat bent steel 'springs' holding them on with pressure, plus another one bent the other way to slip into a notch on the pipe itself.

 

[jrainlay]

have to confess to having used a dremmel also... (works a treat!)

+1. It's the last thing I do every time I wash the car.

 

[chris6]

I used autosol initially to clean them , since then in the last 12 months they don't get dirty enough to need other than a wipe round ( the n52 engine runs very clean) Don't forget autosol removes metal as well as deposits

 

[Steve220]

So do pretty much all metal polishes.

 

[Paza3]

jezzzz this has to be the dulliest thread ever , yet I keep checking it ahhahahahahaaah ...

 

[Nick-0-Larse]

Used to use brasso but now use stainless steel bbq cleaner as its very effective and non abrasive.

 

[Nick-0-Larse]

Used to use brasso but now use stainless steel bbq cleaner as its very effective and non abrasive.

 

[RedUn]

Ah so the inside's are supposed to be shiney as well! I spent an hour doing mine by hand the other day.....I may see how much a dremel costs!!

 

[RubyBlueZ4MC]

jezzzz this has to be the dulliest thread ever , yet I keep checking it ahhahahahahaaah ...

I even instigated a full blown conversation about it with Taz x and tomscott at the Lakes Meet last Saturday! :lol:

 

[tomscott]

Just seen one of these on amazon... cant go wrong right... £26!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PIECE-DREMEL-DRILL-GRINDER-ACCESSORY/dp/7253700287

I have also used brasso with good effect but those carbon deposits are hard to remove!

 

[pilchardthecat]

I use alloy wheel cleaner and the wheel scrubber thing. Autosol leaves a residue that makes them soot-up again more quickly