maharajamd

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You didn't do well in the sandbox as a kid, did you. I should speak with your mother.

JoeTL'81

Just cleaned mine on the weekend … this stuff works awesome! I tried other cleaners and polish and it would not remove the black build-up. 10 min with BKF and there were like new!

ArthurL

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Looks like I know what I'll be doing later this week.

4 bangin

thanks for the reminder

ABP_04TL

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thats right Guitar let them kno!!! lol

justnspace

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PCD residue:





After Bar Keeper's Friend.





Inaccurate recommended an alcohol wipe for the bumper. It's still brown.

SSM4DR

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Awesome reminder guitarplayer16 . I'll drop by the local Home depot tomorrow, get this product, & then clean my dirty exhaust tips .

swoosh

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damn those tips looks clean as fawk

well done Justn !!!

Pacura2005

Man greate job i m gonna do same thing to mines ...

Acura604

hey..i like the polished look... so whats the easiest way to remove all the black paint inside the tips? i got most of mine peeling off anyways in there.

thanks..and yah, looks great.. ima gonna go with polished first and then decide if i wanna go black .

guitarplayer16

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You can use very fine steel wool to remove the paint inside.

I used a rag and let me tell you this - my fingers were sore for a few fays and I got blisters...

vietxquangstah

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just did this today. i got my bar keepers friend at a local family dollar store for $1.75

pleasing results

passenger side






drivers side






took less than 10 minutes for both sides. i didn't have stainless steel 'wool' nor did family dollar, so i bought stainless steel scourers instead. 2pack for $1.35 at family dollar

guitarplayer16

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damn looks good man

need some far away shots to see them shine lol

ohsixMTee

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I like the black inner area with a shiny outline and outer surface. It looks good either way I just prefer the inside black.

24no7

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gotta do this asap lol

Abacus

quick question - the black that is not supposed to be removed. Is this the black on the inside of the circle exhaust section or the oval section? I have black all over the inside and don't want to remove whatever black paint I'm suppose to leave.

GeeteeDan

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Thanks, guess my thread where I painted the exhaust cut outs MIGHT have influenced this

Anywho, I'll be picking bar keepers tomorrow

guitarplayer16

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The whole oval section is supposed to be black.

Look at vietxquangstahs pics.

AnthraciteAspec

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Been keepin mine clean for a while now. I remember the first time I cleaned em it was a kind of a pain, but now its pretty easy I just touch em up whenever I wash my car. Its worth it, they look so much better clean.

ye old pic of what little bling I have on my car


Excellent write up BTW. This is good to spread the awareness of dirty tips. You are doing your part to make this world a better place.

Abacus

so none of the cleaner should go inside of anything, this is just for outside correct?

guitarplayer16

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Correct.

timsta

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i must be doing something wrong. it is taking me longer than expected to clean the tips and the black part that is inside.. maybe i am not strong enough lol

guitarplayer16

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It took me hours to clean the inside of the exhaust tips with a rag and BKF.

I would go with very fine steel wool to make the job quicker!

timsta

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Thanks for the advice I gave up after 30 min lol... It really does look good polished and black. I still can't decide

Trunk Monkey

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Get some steel wool or something like a rough brush (toothbrush size) and it'll work. I think it looks better without the black, but that's just me! Especially on SSM

I find making a paste with the powder (rather than the liquid BKF) works better

timsta

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yeah for sure. i am going to get some steel wool tomorrow and finish what i started!

D68Soldier

Very informative and a must read! I will keep this in mind whenever my tips need cleaning. Great thread guitarplayer16!

acurafan01

I went out and purchased bar keepers best friend today and it did wonders on my exhaust tips they were really bad

guitarplayer16

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Glad you guys find BKF useful!

AznAccord08

sorry to bump an old thread, but i used barkeepers friend too!

On the TL


and on the BMW

buctl-s

Did this last weekend and this stuff is awesome. Thanks for the tip!

KJ TL-S

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I'll play, this stuff worked great!

Before:


After:

rossv1

I went to the store and saw some BKF that was in a bottle and some in a can. Does one work better than the other or does it not really matter too much?

guitarplayer16

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Go with the powder in the can

rossv1

So I polished the insides of my exhaust tips to where the black paint comes off and now I'm thinking I liked them better with the insides black. When I go to repaint them, should I worry about masking off the actual exhaust tips or just paint it all and use the rest of the BKF to take off the overspray on the outsides of the exhaust tips?

swoosh

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^^^ dont worry about it....the "black" will deposit back on the inside after couple miles of driving

ortivt81

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I was shopping at Publix the other day and found the can for only $1.59. So I decided to try it, an OMG it looks like I bought a brand new exhaust. FYI it actually took me about an 1 hour to do all four tips!

story.customz

I plasti-dipped mine

CLtotheTL32

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^Looking at the car from a distance after doing that makes it appear that there is no exhaust at all.

That's that shit I don't like.

story.customz

Haha fair enough. But up close it goes nice with the silver and black theme