Cleaning exhaust tips

[schmalex]

Boring topic, I know!! I am generally crap at cleaning my car properly, but I used Autosol on my exhaust tips this evening and was simply staggered by the results. 15 minutes of rubbing in with a soft cloth and agitating with a toothbrush on some of the more stubborn grime took 7 years of crud off and brought them up looking like new.

Thoroughly recommended. I have no before pics, but here is an after pic

[vtecyo]

For 200 PH points, what car is that?

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[g3org3y]

Agree, Autosol is decent stuff. You need to put in a bit of elbow grease but results are worthwhile. Used it to good effect on the E30's chrome bits.

[Enricogto]

vtecyo said:

For 200 PH points, what car is that?

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Bmw 6-series of some sort (ie no M6)...

[schmalex]

Which one, though? There is a very subtle, yet obvious difference between the 630 & 645 / 650 and it's all in the tailpipes..

[BeMo]

Autosol is good stuff! Just done the same with mine this weekend.

[ManOpener]

schmalex said:

Which one, though? There is a very subtle, yet obvious difference between the 630 & 645 / 650 and it's all in the tailpipes..

630i

It's in your garage

[Riknos]

Autosol is amazing stuff! My R6 had lots of corrosion on the exhaust that looked naff, and no amount of scrubbing with cleaning products got any of it off! I was recommended on the bike forum to use Autosol, not realising just how effective it will be...!

Here is my pic with a after/before shot:

[Riley Blue]

How long do you think it will stay looking like that? I'll give it two weeks max.

[lewisf182]

Mine lasted a couple of days before it started to go black again. And that's not on a diesel either.
Still, was nice to get 9 years of crap off and have it shiny for a day or two!

[schmalex]

Surely the point is that once you've taken the build up of crud off initially, it's then only a quick job to bring them up. I'm sure that if one were to apply a good polish after the initial clean, a quick blast with the jet wash would see them sparkling again...

[BE57 TOY]

Me too (7 years worth)

[Sensibleboy]

Makes air con pipes look great too - if you are that Determined.

[Lucas Ayde]

schmalex said:

Boring topic, I know!! I am generally crap at cleaning my car properly, but I used Autosol on my exhaust tips this evening and was simply staggered by the results. 15 minutes of rubbing in with a soft cloth and agitating with a toothbrush on some of the more stubborn grime took 7 years of crud off and brought them up looking like new.

Just don't leave it in the bathroom and mistake it for Anusol by mistake or your tailpipe could be burning ...

[andy-xr]

I was inspired by this thread to give mine a go. There's something odd about it though, I did mine using a greasy rag with Autosol on it. It was kind of like some weird tromboning thing.

I'm half way through at the moment, I think another couple of cleans and it'll be as sparkly as a mild steel tip can be