[Andys83]

Folks,

Had the car about 6 months now and ive noticed the exhaust tip is manky black and a bugger to clean, any tips on getting it nice and shiny again!? 😄.(without replacing it!!!)

[SteveChester]

Originally Posted by Andys83

Folks,

Had the car about 6 months now and ive noticed the exhaust tip is manky black and a bugger to clean, any tips on getting it nice and shiny again!? 😄.(without replacing it!!!)

Autosol + elbow grease.

[Andys83]

Originally Posted by SteveChester

Autosol + elbow grease.

I feared that!!! 😞. It's like it's welded on!!

[Rustywingnut]

Autoglym Clean Wheels

Spray it on , wait 3 - 5 minutes and wipe off

[RobUK]

Originally Posted by Rustywingnut

Autoglym Clean Wheels

Spray it on , wait 3 - 5 minutes and wipe off

I'm gonna try that, cos I've tried the Solvol Autosol method to no avail

(Hopefully you can buy it at Halfrauds)

[BMWRyan]

I use meguiars nxt all metal polish. It's the best I have used up to now. Leave it to cure then buff to a powder it leaves a nice finish as well..

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Rustywingnut

Autoglym Clean Wheels

Spray it on , wait 3 - 5 minutes and wipe off

+1

got my black chrome exhaust tip that was caked in soot, shiny again!

note....wear gloves.... my hands were ingrained black for days

[crazybones]

Originally Posted by RobUK

I'm gonna try that, cos I've tried the Solvol Autosol method to no avail

(Hopefully you can buy it at Halfrauds)

The Autosol method does work but it takes a long time. I was sat on the ground polishing the exhaust tips for 15/20 minutes to get rid of all the black deposits. To be fair, I hadn't cleaned them before other than washing, so there was 7000 miles worth of deposits!

I'll try the Autoglym wheel cleaner next time instead.

[southbynorth]

Originally Posted by BMWRyan

I use meguiars nxt all metal polish. It's the best I have used up to now. Leave it to cure then buff to a powder it leaves a nice finish as well..

Me too - great stuff, shifts any amount of crud quickly and easily without any hard work at buffing

[derekh929]

Micro Fiber cloth with metal pollish and pull side to side round it, if still don't come off 0000 wire wool with paste if stil struggle 00 wire wool then finish with Micro Fiber and finer metal polish never beaten yet, battery drill and metal pollish tool last resort does the trick

[e92ben]

Mothers metal or aluminum polish and some steel wool. Rub it on. Will look amazing like chrome. Better than the first day you got the car!

[TonyS]

Some of these suggestions, such as using steel wool, sound pretty aggressive.

I know the crud is pretty hard to remove (I've not had much success so far) but is it really ok to attack the finish with something as abrasive as that?

[derekh929]

Originally Posted by TonyS

Some of these suggestions, such as using steel wool, sound pretty aggressive.

I know the crud is pretty hard to remove (I've not had much success so far) but is it really ok to attack the finish with something as abrasive as that?

Yes it's fine done it heaps but you need to use plenty of paste and very fine wire wool 0000 first and work up

[TonyS]

Originally Posted by derekh929

Yes it's fine done it heaps but you need to use plenty of paste and very fine wire wool 0000 first and work up

Ok, thanks

[Johnny5iv3]

Try bug and tar spray.

I've read that tooth paste works as well.