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    Apr 9, 2007 3:52:16 PM

    mawyatt
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    Polishing Exhaust Tips

    Anyone know if you can polish the standard exhaust tips (the dull ones that came with the earlier turbos). If so, how do you polish the tips?

    TIA,

    Mike

    Apr 9, 2007 5:56:05 PM

    roadtrip
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    Re: Polishing Exhaust Tips

    mike, ive been keeping my cars stainless tips looking good with a maguires product called " metal restorer " . im sure any readily available metal polishing paste product would work equally well

    Apr 9, 2007 6:01:19 PM

    mawyatt
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    Re: Polishing Exhaust Tips

    I'm looking to make the tips shine more since they were dull to start with from the factory. Will any of these products help improve the shine? I'm not looking for a chrome look, just something much less dull.

    TIA,

    Mike

    Apr 9, 2007 6:39:56 PM

    LoranTw
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    Re: Polishing Exhaust Tips

    Mike, try Autosol. It's a great metal polish that cleans and polished at the same time...alittle elbow grease is all thats required to use this product.

    Apr 9, 2007 8:29:55 PM

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    Re: Polishing Exhaust Tips

    Quote:
    mawyatt said:
    I'm looking to make the tips shine more since they were dull to start with from the factory. Will any of these products help improve the shine? I'm not looking for a chrome look, just something much less dull.

    TIA,

    Mike



    The finish in my 997S tips is brushed SSteel. Short of major machine work there is no way to polish SS (it is a very hard alloy). Basically all you're doing is cleaning it and adding an oxygen molecule layer over the top to stop it from oxidizing (turning reddish brown). Any decent cleaner for SS is what you can use. Go to a marine store for the "best" SS stuff because a marine environment is more severe than your garage.

    That yellow stuff called "Seapower" or the blue stuff called "Flitz" are good marine-quality products.

    Adding a layer of wax can't hurt after "polishing."

     
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