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Offline jaylufc17

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Exhaust Tips Clean
« on: August 10, 2016, 01:38:45 pm »
When i bought my GTi over a year ago they were covered in oil...

used metal polish and elbow grease lol however wasnt seeing much of a difference

used oven clean on there and that got rid of a lot (remaining is mainly on the tip, around the exhaust is pretty clean)

what else can i use for this

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2016, 01:58:29 pm »
try using 0000 grade wire wool mate plus autosol plus elbow grease of course - works for me. a coat of wax makes cleaning them next time a lot easier... there was a thread about fitting new tips over the top of the original ones somewhere on here.. audi ones i think.. if all else fails...

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2016, 04:11:20 pm »
Britemax Metal Polish Twins.

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2016, 04:14:37 pm »
I spent hours trying to get mine looking good.

In the end I paid £20 delivered for some tips that go over the top off ebay. They look the part  :happy2:

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2016, 04:48:35 pm »
Paint them black.... then you never have to worry about them

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2016, 05:17:02 pm »
What did you use to apply the metal polish?

I used Fairy liquid with wire wool, then Autosol with wire wool, then finally Autosol with a cloth.  Didn't take long and the results were pretty good.  Wire wool took care of most of the dirt.

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Re: Exhaust Tips Clean
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2016, 05:35:45 pm »
Quite a few threads on this. Think the consensus is that once the tips are 'gone' beyond a certain point, you're p*ssing in the wind.

Autosol is quite good, as long as whatever you're cleaning/polishing isn't heavily corroded. I think the standard tips are mild steel? That won't help.

Just get the standard system off a for a full 3" jobbie. Perfect excuse.