Restoring and cleaning your exhasut tips with Todd from Esoteric Detail

Greg@DetailedImage · 07-06-2009, 08:53 PM

Sometimes it’s the small things that make a big difference between a good looking car, and a great looking one. Your paint can look fantastic, but if you haven’t taken the time to properly detail areas such as the wheels, wheel wells, glass, or the exhaust tips, then the job simply isn’t complete.

View our latest article by Esoteric Auto Detail, cleaning exhaust tips.

See how Todd transforms these old exhaust tips...

to a like new condition...

Read the entire detailing your exhaust tips article

Enjoy your new tips!

Greg @ Detailed Image

jibaholic101 · 07-06-2009, 08:58 PM

thanks for the article! i had no idea how to clean an exhaust tip :/

pjdvd · 07-08-2009, 04:17 PM

I assume the process is different for the black chrome tips on the 135i? I wouldn't think you'd want to use a wire brush on those...

jmcgraw013 · 07-08-2009, 08:26 PM

+1 I wouldn't use steel wool on shadowline. I also wonder if the interior of the pipe on a shadowline exhaust tip would clean up nice like those M3 tips shown above?

Greg@DetailedImage · 07-09-2009, 10:33 AM

I would avoid using the steel wool on black chrome as you suggested. I'll see if he can do a follow up post sometime in the future when he gets a black chrome exhaust tip.

Greg @ Detailed Image

BrokenVert · 07-09-2009, 10:43 AM

The trick is to keep them clean as you go along. Once a week I borrow some of my dads stainless steel stove cleaner. It is a steel/chrome cleaner that is designed to clean and protect metal that goes under many hundreds of cycles of heat and cold. They keep my tips looking great and shinny.

PS nice article.

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Greg@DetailedImage 125 Rep 3,515 Posts Drives: clean and protected Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NY iTrader: (0)	Restoring and cleaning your exhasut tips with Todd from Esoteric Detail Sometimes it’s the small things that make a big difference between a good looking car, and a great looking one. Your paint can look fantastic, but if you haven’t taken the time to properly detail areas such as the wheels, wheel wells, glass, or the exhaust tips, then the job simply isn’t complete. View our latest article by Esoteric Auto Detail, cleaning exhaust tips. See how Todd transforms these old exhaust tips... to a like new condition... Read the entire detailing your exhaust tips article Enjoy your new tips! Greg @ Detailed Image
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jibaholic101 Brigadier General 159 Rep 3,496 Posts Drives: women wild Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC iTrader: (0)	thanks for the article! i had no idea how to clean an exhaust tip :/ __________________ some italian, german, and japanese ones; and on order more of the same
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pjdvd Private 1 Rep 56 Posts Drives: 135i-Monaco-Euro Deliv Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 135i [0.00]	I assume the process is different for the black chrome tips on the 135i? I wouldn't think you'd want to use a wire brush on those...
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jmcgraw013 Private First Class 9 Rep 117 Posts Drives: '11 135i Cv Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern Virginia iTrader: (1)	+1 I wouldn't use steel wool on shadowline. I also wonder if the interior of the pipe on a shadowline exhaust tip would clean up nice like those M3 tips shown above? __________________ '11 135i Cabriolet Crimson Red, CPO, Savanna Beige Lthr, High Gloss, Shadowline DCT, Prem Pkg, Sp Pkg, Value Pkg, Sirius, Alarm, CA, 264's
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Greg@DetailedImage 125 Rep 3,515 Posts Drives: clean and protected Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NY iTrader: (0)	I would avoid using the steel wool on black chrome as you suggested. I'll see if he can do a follow up post sometime in the future when he gets a black chrome exhaust tip. Greg @ Detailed Image
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BrokenVert Resident Kerbalnaut 477 Rep 10,703 Posts Drives: Topless Brute/Hybrid Boogaloo Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fahrvergnügen/NY iTrader: (0)	The trick is to keep them clean as you go along. Once a week I borrow some of my dads stainless steel stove cleaner. It is a steel/chrome cleaner that is designed to clean and protect metal that goes under many hundreds of cycles of heat and cold. They keep my tips looking great and shinny. PS nice article. __________________
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