cleaning stainless/polished exhaust tips
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cleaning stainless/polished exhaust tips
**I have a Blackberry and they're well known for taking shitty pics... I apologize in advance**
My first attempt at a DIY... and by-far the easiest and cheapest 'mod' I've ever done
items needed:
1) $3 can of oven cleaner
2) dirty exhaust tips
3) maybe an old toothbrush or small brush if your tips are REALLY dirty... I didnt need one
4) less than 15 minutes of your time
total cost - $3.00
**important** I discovered after a small drop splashed on my cheek that I'm allergic to oven cleaner or some ingredient in it. Looks like a 2lb mosquito on steroids stung me on the face. Please wear gloves and/or eye pro if you think you may react the same way
Step 1 - isolate your tips. luckily, I hadnt installed the used Borla system I purchased so I was able to put the tips on a piece of cardboard. If you clean 'em on your car, might want to mask off your bumper as the oven cleaner will probably strip your paint of its wax and/or sealant
Step 2 - soak 'em with oven cleaner. this stuff expands and foams up pretty heavily but dont be afraid to get all up in 'ere (LMAO)
Step 3 - walk away... seriously, go find something else to do. 10 minutes should suffice but I've left this stuff on another set of tips for 2 hours and they still came out looking fine. The side of the can says you can leave it on your oven overnight so a few minutes on your tips shouldnt hurt anything.
Step 4 - rinse. you may want to use a small brush or toothbrush to break up the crud but I didnt have to... nor did I have to on a 17yr pair of stock TA tips (pics below). The one on the left I ran under the faucet for about a minute... one on right is still soaking
Step 5 - enjoy. I sprayed mine with some windex and dried with an old shop rag... the oven cleaner takes off water spots, stains, etc so no polishing is needed.
Again, my Blackberry takes terrible pics but the tips are so clean, you can see the grain in the stainless
my 17yr old factory tips - oven cleaner, 10min, quick wipe down with a wet rag
My first attempt at a DIY... and by-far the easiest and cheapest 'mod' I've ever done
items needed:
1) $3 can of oven cleaner
2) dirty exhaust tips
3) maybe an old toothbrush or small brush if your tips are REALLY dirty... I didnt need one
4) less than 15 minutes of your time
total cost - $3.00
**important** I discovered after a small drop splashed on my cheek that I'm allergic to oven cleaner or some ingredient in it. Looks like a 2lb mosquito on steroids stung me on the face. Please wear gloves and/or eye pro if you think you may react the same way
Step 1 - isolate your tips. luckily, I hadnt installed the used Borla system I purchased so I was able to put the tips on a piece of cardboard. If you clean 'em on your car, might want to mask off your bumper as the oven cleaner will probably strip your paint of its wax and/or sealant
Step 2 - soak 'em with oven cleaner. this stuff expands and foams up pretty heavily but dont be afraid to get all up in 'ere (LMAO)
Step 3 - walk away... seriously, go find something else to do. 10 minutes should suffice but I've left this stuff on another set of tips for 2 hours and they still came out looking fine. The side of the can says you can leave it on your oven overnight so a few minutes on your tips shouldnt hurt anything.
Step 4 - rinse. you may want to use a small brush or toothbrush to break up the crud but I didnt have to... nor did I have to on a 17yr pair of stock TA tips (pics below). The one on the left I ran under the faucet for about a minute... one on right is still soaking
Step 5 - enjoy. I sprayed mine with some windex and dried with an old shop rag... the oven cleaner takes off water spots, stains, etc so no polishing is needed.
Again, my Blackberry takes terrible pics but the tips are so clean, you can see the grain in the stainless
my 17yr old factory tips - oven cleaner, 10min, quick wipe down with a wet rag
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Its really a good write up ,gives ya for one clean exhaust pipes,and its the easiest way to clean before polishing,good write up,^still working on the over the axle pipe and other tail pipe,I traded the lm1 catback for a tsp x pipe with sweet thunders I thought I would give him a really nice clean exhaust instead of a dirty one
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Its really a good write up ,gives ya for one clean exhaust pipes,and its the easiest way to clean before polishing,good write up,^still working on the over the axle pipe and other tail pipe,I traded the lm1 catback for a tsp x pipe with sweet thunders I thought I would give him a really nice clean exhaust instead of a dirty one
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Good work!
Thread from a couple weeks ago that I posted some pics and my method of polishing for the same tips...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-exhaust.html
Thread from a couple weeks ago that I posted some pics and my method of polishing for the same tips...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-exhaust.html
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Nice write up I will try these on my Borlas to see how they turn out,i used turtle wax chrome polish but the turtle wax didnt do my tips too much justice but sadly though I will be taking the Borla's off soon