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Old 06-15-2006, 05:24 AM
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mine went gold w/ a new exhaust in about 2 weeks, 1 month tops maybe? after cleaning them when i originally posted, they are just starting to gold. they are degrading nowhere near as fast after using the english custom polish as they originally did.
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The english custom polish is much better than any other product I tried for the RB exhaust. After 30k my cans were so gold there were almost brown and the tips were always a light gold no matter how much I polished them or what I used. Now the whole system is as bright silver as when I picked it up at SS7. Thanks for the tip (pun intended )
Old 08-01-2006, 03:10 AM
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Just placed my order.
I have a new exhaust that arrives on Friday, and I'm going to be pro-active on the tips.

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Old 08-01-2006, 02:04 PM
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I still like mine GOLD!
Old 08-02-2006, 03:16 AM
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the english custom polish is very good got my rb tips back from the gold. recomended
Old 08-02-2006, 02:29 PM
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Good stuff. I noticed after I used it that it has also prolonged the "gold" effect from occuring.
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Originally Posted by newcastle
Good stuff. I noticed after I used it that it has also prolonged the "gold" effect from occuring.
I noticed that to.

I recommend applying it to new exhaust tips as they will not get as gold as if they weren't treated.

Old 08-08-2006, 09:35 AM
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Question for anyone who has ordered this.
How long did it take you to get your order?

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took me over 2 weeks to get mine.
Old 08-08-2006, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
took me over 2 weeks to get mine.
You mean I have to be patient!!!

Oh well.

Thanks.

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Yeah, when I ordered mine it was taking a while so I called them up and they had the product but were waiting for a shipement of "caps" for the bottles before they could send the shipment out.

Nice man I talked to on the phone but they're not the fastest company ever. Worth the wait though, especially with that pretty new exhaust of yours...
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It took a while for mine also.

They sent me an email to let me know they were waiting for bottles.

Does anyone elses bottles leak?

I put teflon tape on the threads to solve this.
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I don't think mine leaked... damn, now I need to check when I get home.
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Easy to tell as it will leave a white line or whatever color it is down the side.

I noticed it the most when I was shaking it up...
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No leak here. It did eat through my mechanic latex rubber gloves and skin though so be sure to wear some sturdy hand protection when applying.
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Got it yesterday, just had to wait one more day before posting a question about how long it takes to arrive. :shrug:

Well, I laid down behind the car to start cleaning the tips, and I found that I may have a leak in my exhaust. Right where the center pipe and the muffler meet. I loosened the clamp, and moved it slightly closer to the muffler, and tightened it a little more than the specs call for.
Hope that takes care of it.

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hope that fixes it. Hey, I still havent' seen pics of this new exhaust of yours...
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People had trouble with the Turbo XS exhaust leaking also on the rear connection close to the bumper.
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i use blue magic metal polish and it is a shiny as the day i got it.
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I detail my car every Sunday. Will I need to polish my tips every week as well or can I do this like once a month or when I wax the car?
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I polished my tips w/ this stuff back in the beginning of March '06 and haven't really had to touch them since. They are getting a little bit gold, but only barely so. They still have plenty of silver shine. Before polishing with this stuff, the tips went gold/blue in about 2 months. So the protection does work.

So I think polishing maybe half a year or less should do the trick. I am going to polish mine again sometime before winter (and this time get the bottom of the cans as well), probably in a month or two.
Old 08-22-2006, 09:11 AM
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Mine turned gold in about 30mins of driving.
It's been over 2 weeks since I polished them, and they are still nice and shiney silver.
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Originally Posted by SilverEIGHT
I detail my car every Sunday. Will I need to polish my tips every week as well or can I do this like once a month or when I wax the car?
It only takes about 2 minutes per side after the first time deep cleaning. Easy on / easy off. You definately won't need to do it every week, but it's no big deal if you want to.
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OK, that's it! I'm ordering some of this stuff.
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Does anyone know why the tips turn gold? The OEM ones never did.


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