So a couple of weekends ago I was washing my car and decided to see if there was any way to get the stains off of my exahust tips as I have a test pipe and they get pretty dirty back there. After trying various polishes and compounds I basically decided that there was no solution....

Till I looked over and saw a steel wool pad that my friend had used to get some stuff off of his counter surface in the garage. I grabbed it and within 30 seconds my exhaust tip was gleaming. I'm so happy. I thought I'd never see the polished shine of the stainless steel again but they look great! A little Meguiars Aluminum/Mag Polish had the exhaust tips looking great.

I hadn't seen that mentioned before on here so I thought I'd post it up. I've been letting the tips get dirty for a couple weeks now so I'll take some before and after pics the next time I do it.

 

tease tease tease!!

cant wait to see those pics...

which steel wool? make sure its very fine-

 

I'll wait till they get reeeeally dirtied up to go at them again.

After spending countless hours with my porter cable on a friend's black Yukon ( ) his paint was looking great again with a great deal of the swirls removed, I barely had the energy to do my car. I've got to devote another day real soon to complete start to finish job on my paint.

I'm a failure with my camera, I always think "I should've taken pictures..." way too late. Next time I won't forget! I'm gonna earn me a badge this year...

 

I'm a complete rookie at wash & wax...

But I always just use some rubbing alcohol on my stock exhaust tips and they come out gorgeous

 

I use WD-40 on mine and find it cleans the tar off also.

 

You would not believe the stuff Mr. Clean Magic Erasers can clean. My girlfriend uses them on everything. Seriously, try them out.

 

I have magic erasers as well and have been impressed with what they can do!

Prior to this I tried alcohol, brake cleaner, carb cleaner, CLR, and paint thinner. Seems like a little abrasiveness was needed to get the soot that builds up on the pipes.

My exhaust is a Comptech so it's got a rolled lip around the exits and that's where it builds up. I'll take pics soon and you'll see Maybe even this weekend...