Whats the best product for cleaning tail pipes?

[lumpystew]

As per title - Any reccomendations?

[BrewsterBear]

Elbow grease and Solvol Autosol. It will take a lot of time and patience though.

[TVR MAN]

Autosol, Meguiars metal polish. Any metal polish really.

Also wire wool if they're in a bit of a state to begin with.

[Acf69]

I asked on a detailing site a while back. WD40 or oven cleaner were recommended for breaking down the carbon deposits. Then with very fine wore wool and some metal polish to get it all shiny

I've not tried yet as the bad weather hit us before I got a chance

[lumpystew]

Thanks Gents,

[OggyDJ]

Autosol seems to work fine on mine

[Err Indoors]

OggyDJ said:

Autosol seems to work fine on mine

That looks the business.

[David Hype]

The real secret is... to actually remove them!

Just a couple of rusty bolts/screws later, you can get at all 360 degrees of them with a decent bench based polishing wheel/mop.

Or if you are so inclined, fettle them in your lap manually, with some grubby rags and the said Autosol.

[lumpystew]

OggyDJ said:

Autosol seems to work fine on mine

Nice Pipes - The last time i said that I got slapped around the face.

[OggyDJ]

Cheers guys, only bolt-on Design 911 items but a bit more exciting than the std ones IMO.

There is something in exhaust gasses that stains chrome (any chemists on here will be able to tell us what it is) so you need to keep on top of them. Good blast and they soon soot up again.

[David Hype]

Not being mean or miserable... Please do show us the same photo in 6 months after the winter of use with lovely tailpipes, they really are looking the kiddy !

[Slobberchops]

Slightly o/t but are there any twin tailpipes you can buy to replace the std ones on my 996.2? Really don't like the oval shape of them!

[OggyDJ]

David Hype said:

Not being mean or miserable... Please do show us the same photo in 6 months after the winter of use with lovely tailpipes, they really are looking the kiddy !

Like I said, takes some commitment to keep them looking like this (had them on for 2 yrs now, this photo taken last week).

Winter of use...are you kidding ! It stays in here over winter

Edited by OggyDJ on Monday 26th November 23:56

[bullettneil]

i cant stand dirty pipes. when i bought my car a couple of months ago that was the first bit i cleaned.9 years of carbon build up looked like this


time,elbow grease and autosol to start then meguiars metal polish to leave a wax coating so the water beads up

[STiG911]

bullettneil said:

i cant stand dirty pipes. when i bought my car a couple of months ago that was the first bit i cleaned.9 years of carbon build up looked like this


time,elbow grease and autosol to start then meguiars metal polish to leave a wax coating so the water beads up

[LuckyP]

How about the black tail pipes on a GT3 - is there any trick to these? They look very used at the moment. Wouldn'y want to tackle them with anything to abbrasive for fear of destroying the finish (whatever that is).

Cheers

Pete

[nickfrog]

Yes Autosol but if they're very dirty I'd try a white kitchen scourer (not green!) with Autosol first prior to trying 0000 wirewool. It might just be enough bite.

The other secret is to seal them once clean. A high-temp wheel sealant like Wheel Seal and Shine works well http://www.planetpolish.com/index.php?main_page=pr... It then makes cleaning them a 30 second job.

Edited by nickfrog on Tuesday 27th November 09:44

[sootyvrs]

I normally use Autosol if they are really bad with build up.

Don't know about anyone else but there is that much black soot that comes out of my exhaust pipes (Cayman R) that as soon as mine are clean, one outing and the edge of the sports exhaust pipes are covered with soot which looks awful!

I tend to just get some tissue and brush round the edge of the exhaust to get it all shiney again if the car is clean... otherwise I just leave it until the next wash!