Just a reminder for fellow members...
07-21-2011, 01:13 PM
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Just a reminder for fellow members...
Hey guys,
Just a reminder to clean your ---------------exhaust tips!
I've seen so many member's rides on here that wash and keep everything about their car so clean and shiny except for their exhaust tips.
If you have that black buildup on the tip's lip right in the middle bottom lip, it can be removed easily!
All you need is Bar Keeper's Friend! I think I bought it for like 3 bucks (it's harder to find in Canada!).
All you do is take a hose to the tips to rinse them, then take a wet rag and apply some Bar Keeper's Friend on it.
Then you want to rub it in on the tips USING GLOVES!
If you don't wear gloves, you might get blisters.
It doesn't take long to work, which is the best part!
Then you rinse your tips with water!
All done!
Cleaning my exhaust tips took me 10 minutes; 2 or 3 minutes on each and rest to take pictures for you guys! =D
The last time I cleaned my exhaust tips was last year in August. I actually removed the black paint inside the tips which I thought I was supposed to take off.
It DOES look incredibly good and so clean.
I learned that the black paint wasn't supposed to be taken off, so I'm painting them low gloss black.
Basically, I cleaned them today to get ready for painting.
Here's the before:
Notice how they look cleaner already than a lot of member's tips because I removed the black paint in August.
Right tip done:
Left tip not touched:
Look at the comparison!
Both tips done! =D
They shine and stand out from so far away!:
Now that's what I call a nice clean ass.
Cheers!
Just a reminder to clean your ---------------exhaust tips!
I've seen so many member's rides on here that wash and keep everything about their car so clean and shiny except for their exhaust tips.
If you have that black buildup on the tip's lip right in the middle bottom lip, it can be removed easily!
All you need is Bar Keeper's Friend! I think I bought it for like 3 bucks (it's harder to find in Canada!).
All you do is take a hose to the tips to rinse them, then take a wet rag and apply some Bar Keeper's Friend on it.
Then you want to rub it in on the tips USING GLOVES!
If you don't wear gloves, you might get blisters.
It doesn't take long to work, which is the best part!
Then you rinse your tips with water!
All done!
Cleaning my exhaust tips took me 10 minutes; 2 or 3 minutes on each and rest to take pictures for you guys! =D
The last time I cleaned my exhaust tips was last year in August. I actually removed the black paint inside the tips which I thought I was supposed to take off.
It DOES look incredibly good and so clean.
I learned that the black paint wasn't supposed to be taken off, so I'm painting them low gloss black.
Basically, I cleaned them today to get ready for painting.
Here's the before:
Notice how they look cleaner already than a lot of member's tips because I removed the black paint in August.
Right tip done:
Left tip not touched:
Look at the comparison!
Both tips done! =D
They shine and stand out from so far away!:
Now that's what I call a nice clean ass.
Cheers!
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07-21-2011, 01:49 PM
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this is within a few weeks of not cleaning the tips. i'm glad i have a black car.
after. cleans up great with bar keepers.
this is within a few weeks of not cleaning the tips. i'm glad i have a black car.
after. cleans up great with bar keepers.
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07-21-2011, 01:50 PM
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I hate second thoughts lol.
Same procedure =)
Just use Bar Keeper's Friend on a rag and rub it in.
I suppose it helps if you have smaller hands to get under the bumper.
I'd get a stick or something skinny and put the rag over it and use it to rub in under the bumper.
Looks great! =)
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07-21-2011, 05:32 PM
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Veddy nice! Look much better.
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07-21-2011, 07:15 PM
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07-21-2011, 07:37 PM
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Thanks for the tip! (no pun intended lol) im about to do this now and clean my tips cause they have that black stuff on the bottom even after i cleaned them and washed them.
07-21-2011, 09:46 PM
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Thanks everyone, and you're all welcome =)
My tail lights are 100% stock =)
Maybe it's the lighting heheh since it's dark in my garage, and the reds reflect the darkness which makes it appear darker.
Here's my car outside:
My tail lights are 100% stock =)
Maybe it's the lighting heheh since it's dark in my garage, and the reds reflect the darkness which makes it appear darker.
Here's my car outside:
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07-21-2011, 09:53 PM
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I really don't know what looks better D:
07-21-2011, 10:20 PM
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where can i get a can of this stuff in socal? its $4+ on amazon but i know local stores have it for < $2, just dont know which ones
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07-22-2011, 09:46 AM
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I bought mine from Home Hardware Building Centre =D
Note that Home hardware won't carry it because they only carry building supplies such as nails and wood.
Home Furniture obviously won't have it too since they only sell furniture.
Thanks for your opinion!
It's supposed to be black inside (from factory) supposedly to cover up the soot build-up.
I hear some car manufacturers leave their exhaust tips polished, and some paint the inside black.
People with polished tips are painting the inside black while people with black inside the tips are removing them (like me).
I don't know which one to keep LOL
Note that Home hardware won't carry it because they only carry building supplies such as nails and wood.
Home Furniture obviously won't have it too since they only sell furniture.
It's supposed to be black inside (from factory) supposedly to cover up the soot build-up.
I hear some car manufacturers leave their exhaust tips polished, and some paint the inside black.
People with polished tips are painting the inside black while people with black inside the tips are removing them (like me).
I don't know which one to keep LOL
07-22-2011, 09:47 AM
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Soot buildup will black it out naturally. It's painted that way for aesthetic reasons. With the inside painted black, you get the illusion that the exhaust opening is large and trapezoidal (more aggressive), rather than the small round opening inside a large tip like it actually is.
07-22-2011, 10:23 AM
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I like it all clean. It has more "ummf"
07-22-2011, 10:39 AM
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clean exhaust - check....
07-25-2011, 11:30 AM
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Waaaaaaaaay off topic but...
WOW guitarplayer! Is that your girl in your avatar? In for more pics. MOAR PICS!!!!!!!!!!
WOW guitarplayer! Is that your girl in your avatar? In for more pics. MOAR PICS!!!!!!!!!!
07-25-2011, 11:42 PM
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07-26-2011, 08:13 AM
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Guitarplayer16, Nice write up...
I don't know if i like it with the black or not.. For some reason, the black makes the exhaust tip look larger were as the clean exhaust tip shows off the smaller pipe.. I am undecided on this one.. Nice House BTW..
I don't know if i like it with the black or not.. For some reason, the black makes the exhaust tip look larger were as the clean exhaust tip shows off the smaller pipe.. I am undecided on this one.. Nice House BTW..