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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 07:56 PM
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So the prior owner of my 2011 GS did not do a very good job of keeping the exhaust tips clean. The little black baked on spots are a nightmare to get rid of. As I was sitting there rubbing my fingers to the bone trying to clean them I had an idea. I went and got my Dremmel tool out and put a polishing pad on it, applied some very fine "jewelers rouge" to it and in no time had them sparling like new!Has anyone tried this? My daddy always told me "it aint cool if the chrome don't shine". My wife gave me some weird looks as I was doing this. I think she feels like I should do the family silver next.
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I've got a kit with attachments and several pads for my drill and 4 different polishing compounds. Works great.
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 08:04 PM
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I've got a kit with attachments and several pads for my drill and 4 different polishing compounds. Works great.
yup I have the same.
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 08:16 PM
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I use my Mother's polishing ball with my 3/8" drill & some chrome cleaner/polish.
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 09:25 PM
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I went to Harbor Freight and bought some polishing ***** and use my drill and Mothers Mag Wheel Polish. Takes about a minute for each exhaust pipe.


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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 09:43 PM
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LMB-Z ...

Holy Crap! ... The underside of your Vette looks brand new!

How many miles did the car have on it when you took that photo?
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 10:26 PM
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Holy Crap! ... The underside of your Vette looks brand new!
How many miles did the car have on it when you took that photo?
Looks good.
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 11:41 PM
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Looks good.
doesn` it just? note to self,do not throw my old toothbrush away!!
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by oemtech
I use my Mother's polishing ball with my 3/8" drill & some chrome cleaner/polish.
Yep. I have the ball (for inside the pipes), and the cone for the tips. I use Adams, two-part polishes. I also wrap the ball and the cone in T-shirt strips because I'm lazy.



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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 06:47 AM
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Just for the record Corsa tips are stainless not chrome. Just sayin
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 08:32 AM
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Yep. I have the ball (for inside the pipes), and the cone for the tips. I use Adams, two-part polishes. I also wrap the ball and the cone in T-shirt strips because I'm lazy.



Your not lazy......I am lazy. Just have to wipe the dust off.

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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LMB-Z
I went to Harbor Freight and bought some polishing ***** and use my drill and Mothers Mag Wheel Polish. Takes about a minute for each exhaust pipe.


Now that shines, you should me proud of it, and stick mirrors under the car to shows it off.
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by LMB-Z
I went to Harbor Freight and bought some polishing ***** and use my drill and Mothers Mag Wheel Polish. Takes about a minute for each exhaust pipe.


I want to do that over the winter! Beautiful!
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 10:12 AM
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I use good ol' steel wool and glass cleaner on my Corsa's.

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Originally Posted by Turbo6TA
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Holy Crap! ... The underside of your Vette looks brand new!

How many miles did the car have on it when you took that photo?
Thank you for the compliments. The car had about 54,000 miles on it when I took that pic. It now has almost 56,000.
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 10:40 AM
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I use the tapered and cylinder "Buff Bobs" from Harbor Freight. They're $3.99 each and work great.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-1-2-h...uff-65000.html




http://www.harborfreight.com/2-inch-...uff-65001.html





the whole kit is $19.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/14-piec...kit-98707.html

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i also have the kit for polishing the tips
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 01:22 PM
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Thank you for the compliments. The car had about 54,000 miles on it when I took that pic. It now has almost 56,000.
What chemicals did you use to get the aluminum components so clean? ... aluminum brightener?
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Originally Posted by oemtech
I use my Mother's polishing ball with my 3/8" drill & some chrome cleaner/polish.
I've got the ball too.. Does it load up polish in the holes in the tips??
Haven't used mine yet...
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mine didn't
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