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Offline GTIdanman

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Dirty exhaust pipes!
« on: April 11, 2015, 10:14:16 am »
What's best for cleaning up dirty exhurst pipes?

Offline bigeyd

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2015, 10:25:18 am »
I use meguiers nxt metal polish http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/meguiars-nxt-all-metal-polysh-cat20.html
Rub it on and polish it off,they come up a treat

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2015, 10:26:49 am »
Cool, cheers! Seems everyone I clean them with soap or whatever they come up ok but caked in crap again a week later! Will give it a try.

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2015, 10:33:33 am »
The very nature of them being exhaust pipes means they won't stay clean forever,my decay ones get very sooty but clean up well.

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2015, 02:08:45 pm »
Engine cleaner. , let it sit for a few minutes , wash off. Then 0000 grade wirewool and some Autosol metal polish and 20 minutes of graft.

Seemed to do the trick on my heavily soiled baked on pipes when I bought my GTI.

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2015, 08:45:21 pm »
thanks guys. just hate looking at them dirty. takes so much away from the back end.

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Re: Dirty exhaust pipes!
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2015, 02:05:58 pm »
Give them a going over with 0 grade wire wool and autosol, apply a bit more and then buff. Will make future cleaning a doddle  :happy2:
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