Exhaust staining of rear panel!
Discussion
Now, my 350i has a twin tail pipe exiting through a slot under the bumper. The exhaust gasses are being sucked up by the low pressure effect of the flat back of the car, and giving the right hand side of the rear an attractive yellowey brown effect. Just what you need on a white car. I had the same effect some years ago on a white BMW.
Rather that having to polish it after every journey, I thought that a mod to the pipes may solve the problem. My thoughts are fitting pipes that point downwards, in the hope that the exhaust hits the fast moving air passing under the car, but it has been suggested that extending the existing horizontal pipes will take the exhaust beyond the effects of the low pressure area. Anyone else had this and what what your fix?
Lee
Rather that having to polish it after every journey, I thought that a mod to the pipes may solve the problem. My thoughts are fitting pipes that point downwards, in the hope that the exhaust hits the fast moving air passing under the car, but it has been suggested that extending the existing horizontal pipes will take the exhaust beyond the effects of the low pressure area. Anyone else had this and what what your fix?
Lee
Best solution if you don't want to polish is to use some gaffa tape and then repalce it periodically.
The real problem is that the staining tends to occur more when the car is stationary than moving and this is not going to be helped much by the mods you've suggested. The pointing down trim is probably the best though.
Steve
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The real problem is that the staining tends to occur more when the car is stationary than moving and this is not going to be helped much by the mods you've suggested. The pointing down trim is probably the best though.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Hey guys:
Here's a solution I've used before. PAM cooking spray. Just spray a thin layer around the area before you drive, and it will wipe right off when finished. No fuss, no muss. I've even used it on long trips to car shows on the front-end of my car to keep bugs from hard splatting themselves on the spoiler etc. With a good coat of wax underneath, 30 seconds and it wipes clean.
Shawn Ford
450 SE
Here's a solution I've used before. PAM cooking spray. Just spray a thin layer around the area before you drive, and it will wipe right off when finished. No fuss, no muss. I've even used it on long trips to car shows on the front-end of my car to keep bugs from hard splatting themselves on the spoiler etc. With a good coat of wax underneath, 30 seconds and it wipes clean.
Shawn Ford
450 SE
Gaffer tape? That sounds a tad expensive. Can you get it in arctic white?
Oven spray? Hmmmm, not sure what an oven looks like let alone sprays for it...
Now the stainless plate idea has merit, but it would have to be about 3 foot diameter to cover the area of staining...
Well as I have an enormous penis already, I think the 3.5 will do for now. (Those e-mails about how to enlarge your member really work!)
Next suggestion please.
Lee
Oven spray? Hmmmm, not sure what an oven looks like let alone sprays for it...
Now the stainless plate idea has merit, but it would have to be about 3 foot diameter to cover the area of staining...
Well as I have an enormous penis already, I think the 3.5 will do for now. (Those e-mails about how to enlarge your member really work!)
Next suggestion please.
Lee
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Best idea so fare, especially if you can't afford the bigger engine,
Love the Gaffer tape idea, you could use it on the front to to avoid stone chips.
Tim
Gafa Tape .... Just imagine the goo when it gets hot !!! all the other sh1t will stick to it!
If you want to go bugdet ... try a used currey carton ...
Oh it's to do with cooking! I will discuss your suggestion with the resident cook...
Take away curry containers? Ours our nice clear plastic. You can see what's in them when you want to reheat any remains... Can't really see the relevence to helping my problem though...
Exhaust sticking out too far! What a lot of twaddle. I had two drain pipes sticking out of the back of a Ford Falcon I had. As long as the ends are not sharp they seem to be allowed... Just have to make sure you don't trip over them, or reverse into a bank...
Next!
Lee (Sooty)
Take away curry containers? Ours our nice clear plastic. You can see what's in them when you want to reheat any remains... Can't really see the relevence to helping my problem though...
Exhaust sticking out too far! What a lot of twaddle. I had two drain pipes sticking out of the back of a Ford Falcon I had. As long as the ends are not sharp they seem to be allowed... Just have to make sure you don't trip over them, or reverse into a bank...
Next!
Lee (Sooty)
Well, I went to John Wolfe Racing in Bedford to see what they had in turney down tail pipes. They had some excellent ones of just the diameter as the straight ones that are on it, but it will be such a b'stard to cut the old ones off in situ, that I'm going to buy a night new tin of original hard Simonize polish. That gets the staining off...
Well until the thing rots away under the car, then I will think again.
Thanks for your hints chaps!
Lee
Well until the thing rots away under the car, then I will think again.
Thanks for your hints chaps!
Lee
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