Before/After pics of my exhaust tips
12-09-2008, 01:16 AM
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Before/After pics of my exhaust tips
When I bought my car used last October my exhaust tips were sparkling clean. The exhaust system was installed by the previous owner only a few thousand miles before I bought it from him.
Over time my tips started looking REALLY nasty and after trying certain products on the market I was never successful at getting them to shine again.
A local forum member named GTPaul on redliners.ca told me to try BlueMagic metal polish and I figured I had nothing to loose. These before/after pictures speak for themselves!
Over time my tips started looking REALLY nasty and after trying certain products on the market I was never successful at getting them to shine again.
A local forum member named GTPaul on redliners.ca told me to try BlueMagic metal polish and I figured I had nothing to loose. These before/after pictures speak for themselves!
woa. did the gunk come off right away or was it a long process?
12-10-2008, 07:35 AM
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Saw my car sitting in winter storage and decided to try this Blue Magic stuff. The tips were already clean (but they just didn't shine). I have been using Flitz to clean the tips on my Racing Beat exhaust, but like I said, just no shine. I keep the tips fairly clean for the most part compared to other 8's I see. However this Blue Magic stuff worked great, good call! It blew me away!
12-10-2008, 07:51 AM
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Saw my car sitting in winter storage and decided to try this Blue Magic stuff. The tips were already clean (but they just didn't shine). I have been using Flitz to clean the tips on my Racing Beat exhaust, but like I said, just no shine. I keep the tips fairly clean for the most part compared to other 8's I see. However this Blue Magic stuff worked great, good call! It blew me away!
I am real glad this thread is helping.
12-10-2008, 09:49 AM
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When I had my Greddy SP2 exhaust, I read that the English Custom Polish was the best stuff in the world. So I bought the rather expensive stuff for over $30 with shipping.
I got to work on the tips. I had to wear latex gloves as this stuff is caustic, I followed the directions. Gloves, polishing cotton work into metal, micro fiber cloth buff. The results were less than stellar. It works, but it's too mild and milky and required too much time and effort, though the metal was smooth it did not remove all the tarnishing on my tips (and my tips weren't nearly as bad as the ones posted by the OP). I tried the product on two other occasions and it never really improved my tips beyond the first application.
I give the English Custom polish a so-so rating for use on the Greddy tips.
I eventually went back to using my standard polish at home, Simichrome Polish. The Simichrome works better than the Englich Custom stuyff at getting at the stains but it still didn't remove all the golden tarnish. I can't trust everything I read in here but since the OP use the Blue Magic with good results on the Greddy tips I have I'm going to give it a try with a Mother's mini power ball.
BTW Where did you buy the Blue Magic? Standard stuff at Pep Boys / Autozone?
I got to work on the tips. I had to wear latex gloves as this stuff is caustic, I followed the directions. Gloves, polishing cotton work into metal, micro fiber cloth buff. The results were less than stellar. It works, but it's too mild and milky and required too much time and effort, though the metal was smooth it did not remove all the tarnishing on my tips (and my tips weren't nearly as bad as the ones posted by the OP). I tried the product on two other occasions and it never really improved my tips beyond the first application.
I give the English Custom polish a so-so rating for use on the Greddy tips.
I eventually went back to using my standard polish at home, Simichrome Polish. The Simichrome works better than the Englich Custom stuyff at getting at the stains but it still didn't remove all the golden tarnish. I can't trust everything I read in here but since the OP use the Blue Magic with good results on the Greddy tips I have I'm going to give it a try with a Mother's mini power ball.
BTW Where did you buy the Blue Magic? Standard stuff at Pep Boys / Autozone?
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12-10-2008, 10:18 AM
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There's a polish from Mother's that works really well, only about $2. I just wipe it on and off with an old t-shirt, works awesome... but I have to re-do it every couple weeks from all the buildup 
