exhaust tips polishing

[Bignod00]

Another vote for Autosol here.............always brings my Milltek tip up a treat!

[xjay1337]

I wouldn't bother with the stock exhaust pipes
They are mild steel and will start to rust again almost immediately.

On mine we sanded them and then went through about 4 or 5 different stages of metal polishing to get them back up
They went horrible again after a few weeks even when coated in a hi-temperature wax.

[JUNNYAK47]

Autosol metal polish for the win!   

[Jack_gti]

Deffo autosol.

[HollisEi]

I still have the stock exhaust tips, but what I do, is after every drive yep, every drive I take a damp microfiber towel and wipe the insides of the tips, and use a dry microfiber towel right after to each tip to buff em clean - They look perfect

Getting them looking perfect in the first place is a different story... 0000 steel wool, P21S Polishing soap, and elbow grease

[tommy_d]

i always use fine wire wool and carbon collective metal polish !

[Neil 54]

Mine were really bad when i bought the car fine wire wool and autosol for me too now nice and clean so only need soft cloth and autosol to keep the shine

[AliGTI]

So I started on the exhaust tips with 400 wet and dry, which took the soot and corrosion off really well but not the scratches. Are the tips stainless or plated?I 

[bigeyd]

Do you read replies ?

I wouldn't bother with the stock exhaust pipes
They are mild steel and will start to rust again almost immediately.

On mine we sanded them and then went through about 4 or 5 different stages of metal polishing to get them back up
They went horrible again after a few weeks even when coated in a hi-temperature wax.

[AliGTI]

Do you read replies ?

I wouldn't bother with the stock exhaust pipes
They are mild steel and will start to rust again almost immediately.

On mine we sanded them and then went through about 4 or 5 different stages of metal polishing to get them back up
They went horrible again after a few weeks even when coated in a hi-temperature wax.

Yip! I did deserve that, you were quite right. My excuse was I was feeling tired and hungover from the night before and didn't really read before I began to type. I'll keep on top of them for a while during the weekly wash and see how I go.

[Jesta]

used wire wool, then different grades of emery cloth to get the crap off and then finished with autosol which brought them up a treat for about a couple of weeks, they look caked now so will be interesting to see how easy they are to clean back to a polish again.

autosol defo works well but its all the other caked on crap that makes it a pain to look good again.

[markos]

Mothers mag and aluminium polish for me