Hey guys got a 2005 Rx8 Sport, just wondering what other people are using to clean the exhaust tips on their 8s? im not sure what to use, i just dont wanna do something that will ruin the finish or corrode it, but i wanna get the gunk off. any help would be appreciated. Thanks

When i bought my car..it had been excellently maintained...except for the exhaust tips...they were completely black... I used brasso and elbow grease... they look great now.

before..
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after..
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eagle one never dull, a rag and about 2 minutes is all you need.. seriously.. anything else is money better spent on never dull

eagle one never dull, a rag and about 2 minutes is all you need.. seriously.. anything else is money better spent on never dull


That looks great, I'll be picking some up tomorrow. :D

Thanks.

I have to agree. Nevrdull works great. You might use a few strips if the carbon is really baked on but youll see it getting thinner and smaller every time. Good stuff.

http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=2488937&postcount=23

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English Custom Hot Chrome ftw.

http://www.englishcustompolishing.com/usca/hotchrome.html

English Custom Hot Chrome ftw.

that stuff is $16 a bottle for something that nevr-dull does just as good for $5.. my previous statement stands.. can we sticky this? i see treads asking about how to clean exhaust tips all the time.. at least in this one there are 2 choices with pics..

I have the same issue. I will buy some nevr dull tonight and post pics of before and after.

i just use the leftover car wash detergent. works every time. why bother with yet another cleaning product? Or sometimes I use the alloy wheel cleaner too. if it is that bad, then I try with Simple Green. So far the car wash detergent works great.

that stuff is $16 a bottle for something that nevr-dull does just as good for $5.. my previous statement stands.. can we sticky this? i see treads asking about how to clean exhaust tips all the time.. at least in this one there are 2 choices with pics..

People seem to like both but from the pics I've seen it seems like the English Chrome is a better restorative. It's also a fair amount harsher (wear gloves!), slightly more expensive, and obviously more difficult to actually find. Since a bottle will last me approx. 82 years and 20 cars I'm not really all that concerned about spending the extra $10... YMMV. ;)

If you've got a new exhaust and plan on polishing regularly or are in a hurry and just need something then you should probably go the nevrdull route. However if you have a ton of carbon buildup or haven't polished your tips in years then you might want to go the English route. A bottle will literally last you the life of your car regardless of how often you polish.

I don't think I've seen anyone complain about either product.

Eagle one never dull, is a great product, I've used it for a couple of years now.

English Custom Polish

i clean mine every 3 weeks. comes out bright and shiny.

blue magic metal polish. but any metal polish will work given enough rubbing.

Never dull: best performance to price ratio.

I like the Gold!

Apparently the camera is better than i thought. It shows the scratches you can not see with the eye. I have been using mothers mag and alum polish for years. I had a bike with a polished frame and have tried many differant metal polishes and mothers was always far better. The price is very comparable to neverdull and last just as long to.

Holy shiat Magic! Those are the cleanest set of tips I've ever seen evar!

Anyone with Greddy tips have anything to add?

I used the wheel polish from GriotsGarage.com three days ago and it worked like a hot dang. I used a cotton terry rag and the polish compound by hand, and got them as shiny as the ones above in about 10 minutes. If I used power tools I would probably have been done in 3.

3 choices with pics!! this thread deserves a sticky..

Did some Nevrdull tonight, worked out well

My pipes weren't as nasty, but it had shit on it from rallycrossing on salted snow too (like tiny stalagtites were growing...). Mother's Aluminium Polish and elbow grease. Looks as good as new now.

Oh, note that mine are MazdaSpeed pipes.

..jus got an 8 about alittle over a month ago and my exhaust tips have a bunch of baked on carbon...never knew this crap is so much of a workout.:banghead: ive been using nevr dull.

Other than soap and water when washing the car I use Mothers chrome polish after I finish my wheels, and they still look brand new. Ive had the exhaust a year.

i agree with anyone who says English Custom Hot Chrome

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=77235

wizard's metal polish, work better than never dull. and yes ive used never dull before.

im pretty sure he probably has tried something by now.

yea never dull didn't work that well, and it got too messy.

cleaning it bi-monthly with any metal polish will keep it looking shiny. Elbow grease is the main thing.

I have english, and for the outside of the tip (mazdaspeed) It looks brand spanking new afterward, but i still have a bunch of carbon build up on the very tip of the tip that i cant get off after scrubbing for 30 mins on the passenger side...
the odd thing is, it comes off the driver side in ~10 mins or so, but no such luck with the other side. I was thinking of getting a soft tip for the dremel and going at it, but i know chrome finishes are pretty delicate. I need to get my trunk debadged...

Bought my 05 used in Feb. Car in excellent shape...except for the exhust tips which probably were never cleaned. Both were completely black inside and had caked on carbon under layers of dirt. Exhaust looked like it belonged under a Ford F350 Diesel.
Tried high pressure wash at the car wash...surface dirt came off, but that was it.

Used Simple Green...smells like root beer, but still no change.

Tried Chrome polish from Turtle Wax...no change.

Brasso...starting to see some metal through the carbon, but arm fell off.

Wrights Metal Polish (Wipe on, wipe off)...complete joke.

Eagle One Never Dull....saw a little improvement after 2-3 minutes, encouraged....after about 15 minutes per side, have the factory shine back, even did the inside of the tips.

Now that the chrome is visible again, I used the chrome polish...looks like mirrors. After a week, the small bit of carbon wipes off at the lightest touch.

Never Dull for the win...+ just a little patience and elbow grease.

Windex works well too, just soak it down and scrub it with a plastic bristle wheel brush. Carbon deposits literally drip right off

These pics are left with windex and right with mothers mag/alum polish. The windex removed the carbon but did not bring the shine. took about 2 min with mothers but I do not really let the carbon build. If you look closely at the right you can see my yard and the neighbors house.

this reminds me! Time to order more ECP...

i've neglected mine for a while.. lol damn gotta go get some metal polish. haha

I also neglected mine for a long time as well so i grabbed some metal polish and Mother's Mini Powerball and made the job of cleaning my exhaust that much easier. Almost looked brand new again

you will never win this battle.

E.C.P. has been ordered. I'll take some more before / after pics

I just picked up some never dull today, waiting on my exhaust to cool off before I start cleaning it

english polish > never dull. Used both and the hot polish is better

for the users of nevrdull, it's oily stuff.. if you use a microfiber rag to wipe off after getting the carbon gone, you will have much better results.. there are other polishes here with pics to show how good they work, but honestly nevrdull works just fine.. especially if you have lots of buildup..

tell you guys what next week I will take the neverdull vs. mothers challenge and see which works better, faster, and holds the shine longer.

Meguiars chrome polish.

Mothers wins!! Today I tried neverdull on the L. tip and mothers on the R. tip. I believe the results are obvious that the mothers tip is far better looking than the neverdull tip. Yes I know the R. tip is in the sun but I do not think it has any bearing on the differance in look. So here's how it went. First off i got the neverdull about 2 weeks ago and got a little excited and went ahead and cleaned the L. tip only to discover I was already dissapointed with the quality and mess that is neverdull. So after waiting 2 weeks to let the carbon and unburnt fuel rebuild on the L. tip. I did the comparrison today. the neverdull was cheaper than mothers as expected but I think the small can of mothers will last a bit longer than the neverdull due to the little bit goes a long way deal. Also you have to tear off a good bit of the never dull so you can keep it in your fingers and not let it drop on the ground and pick up bit of concrete that will scratch your tips. Neverdull is also a mess and leaves behind an oil that is hard to get completly off. Everytime I thought I got it all I would rub another spot and it would leave another oily streak. The mothers on the other hand dries to a powder like wax and comes off clean. It also took off the eewww inside the tips much much faster in other words no elbow grease required. So hands down mothers is far superior to neverdull. Pics are in order for comparison and again L. is neverdull R. is mothers.

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^ I second that mother's is best. Always used it, always have. Made my tips look good as new, and doesn't require much elbow grease! Will get picks up tomorrow for proof!

Have you seen the Mothers website? I just checked it out and the front page is pretty awesome...Check it out

http://www.mothers.com/

Just Bought some of the Mothers polish!

^tight website! Even has the Furai right there on the homepage, they know whats up!

I just leave it, the bronze color matches my rims.

Autoglym Metal Polish.

i just bought my rx-8 two weeks ago brand spankin new. the tips already has carbon on it as u guys are talking about. is this normal though? im planning to bring it to mazda. i cleaned mine with soap before. but i will try some of the suggestions from this thread.

^Buy some Mothers Aluminum Polish. It works magic.

i just bought my rx-8 two weeks ago brand spankin new. the tips already has carbon on it as u guys are talking about. is this normal though? im planning to bring it to mazda. i cleaned mine with soap before. but i will try some of the suggestions from this thread.

Yes it is normal, as with any exhaust system. As topgear said just get some mothers mag/aluminum polish! Works wonders, it's what I always use

wow 2 weeks lucky you. 4 days and i'm back to black

I clean my Racing Beat exhaust tips every weekend when I was hit. Using Meguiars soap in there weekly helps to slow down the build up.
Every few months, use English Custom Polish and they look better then new.

HOLD THE PRESSES!

This is now the best fucking polish there is for your exhaust tips.

http://www.lusterlace.com/auto.html

Took me 20 minutes to polish BOTH pipes to brand spankin' new condition from golden yellow corrosion POS. The rust literally fades away in front of your eyes with every swipe.

Don't know how they do it, but I don't care. It works like magic. Gone are my days of getting polish all over the exhaust shroud after hours of polishing.

^^ unless you've got before / after pics, I'm gonna stick with English Custom Polish.
Check the no more gold racing beat tips thread for pics. :)

HOLD THE PRESSES!

This is now the best fucking polish there is for your exhaust tips.

http://www.lusterlace.com/auto.html


Ummm... Which polish? They list about a dozen variants.

Stick with Old English if you can get it or Mothers if you can't. Like Jedi I wash mine almost weekly with soap/water and every month or two apply Old English. It's the best bang for the buck to not only polish your exhaust, remove the carbon build up, and help the bronzing of the tips. Plus it lasts a while. Haven't seen any other that accomplishes all three as well. Tho there are very good arguments that combining two products will get you at least comparable results.

Plus one can of Old English is gonna last you the life of your car.

The luster lace. Duhr. Actually, every one of their product works great (I have wide sized luster lace, sealant, and luster pads). Tested all three, and while its not recommended that you put sealant on a hot surface, the pad and laces work extremely well.

It's almost magic.

You're talking about a ridiculously low price..., chump change really. It's rather pointless to even consider it if you're able to afford a $30,000 car.

+1 eagle one

I used to use never dull, using mothers right now. No real preference, they all seem to clean well enough.

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I was still in the process of waxing the car (zaino) and didn't get a chance to use back to black on the trim when I took these photos.

Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish on a Corvette
http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=130836&stc=1&d=1230063037

From a couple feet back:
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i've had the same thing of mothers polish the last 3 years hahaha

Another satisfied Mothers customer here.

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Just a suggestion that makes the cleaning much easier IMO.

When I clean my tips, I use a drill and my mothers cleaning/polishing ball.

If I am to use that Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish, will it change the color of my tips? Mine right now are the Agency Power that are blue on the ends of the tips...will this polish affect those at all??

Just Tried Magic Blue after a hour still Black inside and on edges, tips not cleaned all winter, really bad!!!
I'll try the Mother's or Nevr Dull next saw them too. Also tried Flitz great finish also did not get the carbon build-up!

(lol love to burn money)

Anyone else use NevrDull?

Works great on Ti Tips.

I used Mothers on mine. They did what I needed done, the inside will always get dirty, so I don't really mind the black rim on the insides.

Before:
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After:
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What did you use? I use Meguiars All Metal Polish and it does wonders!

^He said Mothers Metal Polish.

nevrdull only $6 and great results here are mine

before
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after
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^Nevrdull for the win! I use it. even gets rid of carbon soot.

NevRDull fan here, too.
Cheap, ridiculously easy, and great results.

I dont know what it is, but im using english custom hot polish and i cant get the carbon/gunk off the rim/edge/tips of the exhaust. Have not even bothered to try getting the inside at ALL. the left side does come a lot cleaner than my right side. I have a mazdaspeed exhaust. The outside of it does look pretty good though.

Last weekend i tried using a felt pad on my dremel and polishing it on max speed (15000 rpm) and all it did was destroy the felt. Whats the secret ? Ive tried rubbing by hand with the english and a microfiber towel for 15-20 mins and see very little progress, and its hot as all hell outside right now.

Sand paper

^^Um? wow. I just take a small wad of Nevrdull, rub it on gentle in small circles over and over, and then rub off with a polishing cloth. Shaboosh! Magic.

Maybe you're just trying too hard.

^I was serious if you guys think i'm crazy show me your best results and i'll beat you every time.

I didn't mean take a piece of sand paper to them i ment polish the metal. Look up metal polishing on google and get an idea of what you need to do. It's pretty easy once you know the steps

^ I wasn't referring to your sand paper comment. ^^ is two posts. :-D

But yes, I know metal polishing with grit paper and oil, but you really don't need to do it. Too much work and the results aren't noticeably better AND no need for that much work.

Nevrdull. :)

I feel like a paid advert.

I went at it with a dremel at 15000rpm, and yesterday i tried grade #0000 Steel wool and more chrome polish... Barely any improvement. Ill figure this out before i lose it.... i will buy nevrdull next time im at a store to find out.

I went online to lowes and homedepot. But I can't seem to find any sort of polish. Do they sell mothers mag and/or neverdull?

+1 for neverdull. Works great. All you need is to tear some off and use it and rub until everything is gone. Then wipe. No prewash or anything. My hand was completely black rubbing out the carbon but its all gone now.

Nevrdull is made by Eagle One. I think you can pick a tin up at Autozone. It's a little silver can.

I use NeverDull and a little elbow grease. I rub About 3-5 minutes on each tip, hehe sounds dirty. Then I leave the NeverDull residue on the tips and I take out my PowerBall, drill and mothers mag and aluminum polish to finish it off. Only take about 1 minute each tip and then wipe of the excess. NeverDull is a good cleaner but does not give you a real shine and mothers gives you a good shine but not the best cleaner. I bought one, wasnt impressed, so I bought another, wasnt impressed, had both so I used both, and it came out much better. Im sure there is a product that does both, but this is the way Im going until I run out of either.

^don't think there is a product that does both.

It depends on the material of you tips too. And they aren't aluminum which corrodes terribly. Mine came polished, so I won't need a metal polisher for probably another year.