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No big deal...any chrome polish on a cloth will clean the tips (and the inside baffles seen inside the tips) just fine. Does keep the car looking just that bit sharper.
I might add, once you get it clean and shiny, a quick wipe with a THICK folded over cloth [the pipes get hot!] after each drive will keep it looking that way.
That works great, yep. Although I only use it when doing a genuine wash.
For touchups between washes, I use a little bug & tar remover to remove the more stubborn carbon deposits, followed up by glass cleaner. Easy and fast to do
Never need to clean the inside ones. So what do you use?
Go to CF Vendor "Top Flight Reproductions" and look at its kit for @ $30. It has everything you'll need.
For me I use my drill, a Mother's ball, Simichrome, and any other great metal polisher. I even use NevrDull to get rid of those little black dots that seem to accumulate. Just traded my '09 Z for a '14 C7 and the Z's tips looked brand new.
Harbor Freight make a metal polishing kit (cotton buffs & various cuts of rouge). Cheap!
Chuck up a cotton buff in the drill and polish to a mirror finish. Once the surface is polished smooth, cleaning is a breeze. I wipe mine out with acetone between detailing. Acetone is a great stainless cleaner.
I'll tell you like I told 'em all.
WIZARDS PRODUCTS are used exclusively on all my vehicles - from top-to-bottom, and under the hood.
Their Metal Polish works very well on my chrome tipped exhaust on my 7.3 PSD.
Many people on the forum report great results with a ceramic or glass cooktop cleaner, such as Cerama Bryte.
That's what I did after I neglected them for ~20,000 miles. I used Bar Keeper's Friend, then Adams Blue, then Pink (all with the power ball wrapped in a rag, then the cone wrapped in a a rag) then Duraglit by hand.
The outside (which was just road crap, not the carbon glued-on crap like the inside) was polished just by hand.
I simply use a rag drenched in soap when I wash the car and they come out shiny and like new almost every time. I did need to use never dull once after returning from the museum pickup and 1100 miles. No special tools or chemicals needed.
Just tried the cerama bright on a z06 i received this week. Previous owner never touched the tail pipes. They were a mess. This is my first veto btw. I'm in love.
09-13-2014, 10:01 AM
So what do you use?
