Tailpipe tip shine?

[nieuwhzn]

Who cares?! It's going to get dull again quickly. All the polishing makes it worse. Just drive the car.

[Nine8Six]

^ +1

Always wanted to have mine powder coated black, gave up the idea eventually. Actually does the trick naturally if unpolished. Beside there is nothing better looking than a thick and ugly dirty and carbonized performance lookin tailpipe

RE Autosol. Yes, the best polisher I've tried also. Especially on AL... Autosol is yet the only abrasive that will give you "mirror-like" surface finishes with very little effort. Great prod, worth saying

[oldskool73]

I used Autosol on mine, it's an Aluminium (yeah they even spell it properly on the packet! :P) polish but it worked fine and came up really easy.

[Slate 01]

Who else found the title of this thread hilarious, "Tail Pipe Tip Shine"?

If this were a Seinfeld episode the punch line would be, "Not that there is anything wrong with that"

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by nieuwhzn

Who cares?! It's going to get dull again quickly. All the polishing makes it worse. Just drive the car.

Nooooooo..... don't listen to these naysayers. Shine those pipes!

I bought a very rough PSE and brought it back to life - I first used a 2" 320 grit Scotch Brite Polishing Ball on a power drill along with Blue Magic Metal Polish Cream. It took the top layer of grit off. I then used brake cleaner, Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish and applied this by hand using 0000 super fine steel wool . This cleaned it up more and added some shine. Lastly, I put several coat of Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish on by hand rubbing it in well then buffing it with a soft cloth. I would guess I put 10 to 12 hours into the polishing of it.

Before and after.... I regularly get under the car to admire it!

[grc0456]

Holy cow, Chuck. That looks incredible. I think I have a new project for this weekend.