I bought an 05 recently and the exhaust tips were quite dirty and the paint inside was chipped. So I decided to redo them today. Used Barkeepers friend to clean the outside and engine paint to redo the inside after masking the area with blue painters tape. I think it came out pretty good.What do you guys think?


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31


By zsameer, shot with MAXXUM 7D at 2009-08-31

 

Nice job man they came out real good. how long did it take for the paint to dry? did you run the car to heat up the tips to help dry faster? Anyways nice work.

 

I didnt take too long. i just left it for like an hour or two. Didnt turn the car on to heat it up. It will get backed when i drive it next.

 

Very nice work.

 

Great work man! These little things really can enhance the look of the car.

 

That looks awesome. Did you use brush-on engine paint or spray paint?

 

Nice!

 

I just taped up the tips with newspaper and blue painters tape and used the spray paint.

 

looking good

 

Is it hard to find Barkeepers Friend? I've tried Brasso...didn't do a whole lot.

 

I got it from Wal Mart in the cleaning section where they have bathroom cleaners.

 

looks real clean bro

 

Nice work man, looks sweet. I had to polish mine too. They didn't look too bad but they did have the stupid black buildup from the exhaust caked on pretty good. Some wd-40 and flitz metal polish took care of that though!

 

Such a simple mod but makes the tips look so much better. Mine are beat but im putting new exhaust on tomorrow so screw it.

 

Great job! Tips look really nice. I need to do the same with mine.

 

Awesome paint job! Tips look new again. Would have been nice to write up a DIY with pics and all. But sounds pretty easy.

 

Man you sure got alot of patience and time to play with stock exhaust tips..lol.

They look good btw.

 

Thanks man. The only thing that needed patience was covering the stainless part with blue tape and even that wasnt too hard and then i just used newspaper to cover the rest and painted it. If i do this for my friend i will take some pics and do a write up.

 

This took under half an hour and under $7.00. Besides i just got the car and its gonna get special attention till the newness of it wears off

 

Thats what I call attention to detail...Great work!

 

Thank you all for giving me such good feedback. i appreciate it.