My Tanabe tips are starting to look all nasty, so I've been looking for DIY's online on how to clean and polish them....

I found this and thought I'd share to everyone and have a small contribution to this section of the forum.

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/d...aust-tips.html

You're welcome.

 

Nice find, I looked at my tips in disgust the last time I washed my car. Time to clean em up properly

 

Thank you for the info!

 

On my Tanabe's I use the P21S Metal Polishing Soap with regular washes to keep them fresh. Then whenever they start to get buildup or have been really dirty I use the P21S Finish Restorer. They still look brand new after a good cleaning.

 

damn they really get that dirty? Mine are stainless and I just clean them with soap and water??

 

thanks for the info1

 

Try easy off oven cleaner. Trust me, it works......

 

S100 Polishing Soap worked great for mine.

 

Here is another great example of how to polish your exhaust tips!

 

Let me try that out!

 

Detail Image. Do you sell the parts and chemicals for us DIY'ers?

 

nice find!

 

In general a good metal polish will help you with this process. The Optimum Metal Polish is a great choice and it's on sale too. The P21S Metal Polishing Soap and P21S Finish Restorer are two other premium choices. If that doesn't work and you need something really strong use some really fine grade steel wool and then use a metal polish after that. Again I highly recommend reading this article - Exhaust Tip Detailing – Detailed Image. Let me know if you have any additional questions.

 

What if I want to polish out the blue burnt look on my tips? What do you recommend for that?

 

Blue-Job Chrome and Metal Polish has a unique non abrasive, highly concentrated, powder formula, guaranteed to remove bluing and add a long lasting shine, without scratching or dulling the finish surface. Will leave exhaust tips more resistant to future bluing or tarnishing.

And yes I carefully typed "Blue-Job"