Strange Corsa chrome problem
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Burning Brakes
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Strange Corsa chrome problem
I have 3 1/2" corsa sports on my car for 2 years. I have always polished the tips to the point that they looked like a mirror.
A month or so ago, I had a ported TB and intake put on and re-tuned. When they started the car after the mod, alot of blue black smoke came out for a minute or so. Anyway, after dyno and tuning, I noticed that the corsa tips were black. So, I tried to polish them and they never got back to my original bright finish and were a dull shine.
I have tried a polishing wheel and mothers chrome polish, white rubbing compound, laquer thinner and there is still a residue of some sort on them that keeps them from polishing up.
Any ideas of what happened to them? I have had my car dynoed before and never had the problem. The tuner told us to watch out for the smoke when he was about to start the car after putting on the TB and intake so he was aware that it would smoke on startup.
Whatever is on the pipe tips is very stubborn.
Charlie
A month or so ago, I had a ported TB and intake put on and re-tuned. When they started the car after the mod, alot of blue black smoke came out for a minute or so. Anyway, after dyno and tuning, I noticed that the corsa tips were black. So, I tried to polish them and they never got back to my original bright finish and were a dull shine.
I have tried a polishing wheel and mothers chrome polish, white rubbing compound, laquer thinner and there is still a residue of some sort on them that keeps them from polishing up.
Any ideas of what happened to them? I have had my car dynoed before and never had the problem. The tuner told us to watch out for the smoke when he was about to start the car after putting on the TB and intake so he was aware that it would smoke on startup.
Whatever is on the pipe tips is very stubborn.
Charlie
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You might want to try Eagle One Nevr-Dull Wadding Polish...its a solvent so a bit stronger. If that doesnt work, maybe Goof Off?
You could also call Corsa for advice and/or sending the tips back for polishing by them. btw---
I got a factory tour of Corsa and they got a big room where folks (in hazmat suits & hoods) do nothing but polish tips to a mirror shine, 24 hours a day.
You could also call Corsa for advice and/or sending the tips back for polishing by them. btw---
I got a factory tour of Corsa and they got a big room where folks (in hazmat suits & hoods) do nothing but polish tips to a mirror shine, 24 hours a day.
Last edited by siffert; Oct 23, 2007 at 07:32 PM.
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I think there are all kinds of chemicals and stuff you can try on it, but going the Corsa call first route makes a lot of sense to me. Somewhere along the line of producing thousands of these, they must have heard/experienced the same thing.
See what they say and tell us about it.
See what they say and tell us about it.
