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turborx8 12-10-2008 11:46 AM


Originally Posted by 416to212 (Post 2762331)
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 bought it at Canadian Tire (I live in Canada).

I was told that Mothers metal polish/Meguiars metal polish/Blue Magic are all equal.

\\Konig\\ 12-10-2008 12:22 PM


Originally Posted by 416to212 (Post 2762331)

BTW Where did you buy the Blue Magic? Standard stuff at Pep Boys / Autozone?


anyone know?

Fortunate Few 12-10-2008 12:53 PM

wow im getting that! mine look gold!!!

416to212 12-10-2008 01:14 PM


Originally Posted by turborx8 (Post 2762567)
I was told that Mothers metal polish/Meguiars metal polish/Blue Magic are all equal.

Hold on... they are all polishes but are you saying the results were the same for all these three polishes? No way....

Just want to know if this Blue Magic stuff is THE ISH to get for the Greddy exhaust tips... I've already tried Dawn, English Custom, and Simichrome and none of them are outstanding.

Oh and in my experience there is no such thing as a 5 min job. If you can really polish those tips in 5 mins, it would be magic....

Silver_Mazda09 12-10-2008 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by Fortunate Few (Post 2762663)
wow im getting that! mine look gold!!!

Just come over to the house......I already have that! :lol2:

turborx8 12-10-2008 06:05 PM


Originally Posted by 416to212 (Post 2762693)
Hold on... they are all polishes but are you saying the results were the same for all these three polishes? No way....

Just want to know if this Blue Magic stuff is THE ISH to get for the Greddy exhaust tips... I've already tried Dawn, English Custom, and Simichrome and none of them are outstanding.

Oh and in my experience there is no such thing as a 5 min job. If you can really polish those tips in 5 mins, it would be magic....

The guy who told me to get bluemagic also said mothers and meguiars would do the same thing. I can't confirm that as fact because I only tried bluemagic.

I swear to god I spent less than 5mins polishing each tip. It's very effortless.

Jedi54 12-10-2008 06:11 PM

nice results turbo!

I have been using English Custom Polish for years and the stuff ROCKS!! Bummer to hear someone here didn't have a good experience with ECP but for me, it's worth every penny.
Doesn't seem like you can go wrong with either one of these products. (check the RB gold tips no more thread for my ECP pics)

chancejat 12-10-2008 06:15 PM

i use the mothers mag polish and it take literally like 5 seconds for it to get the carbon off......ill never use 'NEVER DULL" again....


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