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!

 

lol! I got mine cleaned too after seeing urs

I think it looks so much better than black

 

LOL Any Tips for Type-S Tips???

 

pre-cat deletes...

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.

 

Heheh, still debating if I should paint them or leave them.

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! =)

 

Why do I feel like I might be "one of those members"? lol

 

Now those are sum clean azz tips, great job!!!

 

Good work. I usually do mine once a month.

 

pre-cat deletes made my bumper and exhaust tips a slight brown color.

 

Fixed this issue = painted them black!

 

Veddy nice! Look much better.

 

I didn't know you could also clean the inner wall as well....guess what i'm about to do for the next 15 minutes

 

definitly going to do this on the weekend

 

^need to clean mine again

 

That stuff works wonders. My ATLP tips were coverd in dirt, tar specs, and ehaust build up. They came out brand new looking with BKF and #0000 Steel Wool

Before:






After:

 

LOL, that was the least I could do.

I didnt do shit that day we installed your springs.




Btw, GP, I love your red tails!
Keep 'em that way!

 

Yea, what are they? Are those just stocks? I don't remember mine having that darker bezel.

 

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.

 

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:

 

I really don't know what looks better D:

 

Hard to say... Black inside or just polished... I kind of like the black now.

 

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

 

where did u buy it from?

 

OK Imma do mines ASAP. Maybe this weekend since I wont be to busy on Saturday

 

Never mined … I found it
http://www.barkeepersfriend.com/where-to-buy/Canada

 

that stuff look like it does a good job, I need to get some and take of mine asap, gotta find a place to get tho.

 

Home Depot has it. If you prefer the liquid version over the powder check Amazon.

 

I like the black with the polished lip look. You said it was suppose to be black, why is that?

 

Hmmm, Family Dollar has it. I happen to work next to one.

 

Because, thats how it came from the factory.

the insides were painted black.

 

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

 

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.

 

I like it all clean. It has more "ummf"

 

clean exhaust - check....

 

Waaaaaaaaay off topic but...

WOW guitarplayer! Is that your girl in your avatar? In for more pics. MOAR PICS!!!!!!!!!!

 

haha well shit i gotta actually clean my car first..i never even wash it hahaha

 

yeaa I've been meaning to do this..

 

stay away LOL

 

I use this bad boy:

 

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..