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Review: Polishing your SS exhaust tips!

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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 04:12 AM
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Review: Polishing your SS exhaust tips!

So, after having my beautiful Fast Intentions exhaust tips out on the road for a while, I decided to give them a nice polish to make them look brand new. I did some thread search on Google, and most people recommended "Neverdull." Then I called up Fast Intentions, and they recommended "Mothers Mag Polish." To figure this out better, I got both (fairly cheap, around $5). I used one on each tip to see which one worked better, and all I can say is that they bring exactly identical results, so it doesn't matter which one you use.

Mothers Mag Polish: <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Bodya97071/mothers-mag-aluminum-polish.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Neverdull Polish: <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Bodya97071/Neverdull-polish.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Sexy-looking tips afterwards: <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Bodya97071/WP_000202.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Bodya97071/WP_000200.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n120/Bodya97071/WP_000203.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

I was happy with the polishing results, and the entire process took about 15 minutes. I'd recommend either or for your polishing needs, although I personally liked Mothers better. Both are simple and easy to use with instructions (Duuhhrr).
Keep in mind that you'll also be better off with using a regular microfiber cloth to wipe away the polish.

I think I even gained, like, 10 horsepower after gettin' 'em polished up!

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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Soliditude
I think I even gained, like, 10 horsepower after gettin' 'em polished up!
I'm heading out to Pep Boys right now to pick some up along with some octane boost!!! +50 hp here I come!!! JK...

I have the same exhaust but with the SS mufflers so it looks like I'll be getting a couple cans of that Mothers to get those canisters nice and pretty too. Thanks for the compare.
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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My wife's 2005 rx8 had really dirty tips since the rotary motor in there burns oil. I decided to try some engine degreaser to get the soot off the tips and after two applications, the soot all came off leaving some dull looking tips. I decided to try some polish on them and they came to such a mirror finish that my wife actually thought I installed an aftermarket exhaust system. She said the tips looked better than when she bought the car new. I used engine brite degreaser for the baked on soot and Meguiar's all metal polish to get a mirror-like shine.

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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Yeah, Mothers will work great. Even so, one can of it will last you quite a while. You really only use a tiny bit of it, even if you have SS canisters rather than CF like mine.

And yeah, the mirror finish is amazing. If you view my pics full size, you can see the reflection of me taking a picture of it with my phone, lol.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 12:51 AM
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Did the towel turn black after? Alot of metal polishes turns black except P21s.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by benseen
Did the towel turn black after? Alot of metal polishes turns black except P21s.
Yes, it did when using Mothers. Neverdull already comes with a pre-dipped fabric that you polish with, but Mothers comes just as a cream that you'd put on your towel and then polish with. Once it turns black, that's when you know you're done with that area.

Neverdull basically saves you the part with the microfiber cloth, but it runs out faster that way.
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