I'm getting ready to wash/wax/detail my car today....what's the best thing to use to get all the black off the exhaust pipes??

 

Ceramabryte.You can find it in the appliance section of Home Depot or Lowes.Its a ceramic appliance cleaner.

 

Thanks, I'll go pick some up

 

I use mothers mag polish and white scotchbrite pad, didn't have very good results with ceramabrite... my .02.....JR

 

Some folks around here claimed that Ceramabyte
took all the coatings off their exhausts over time ...

I dunno ... I am not sure WHAT to use now ...

 

If you want your tips to look like this:


then DON'T USE CERAMABRYTE or any other abrasive cleaners.

That stuff is fine for glass top stoves and stainless steel sinks, but on ceramic coating it is murder. It will dull and scuff the crap out of your nice shiny tips.

Use Mother's polish on the outside, on the inside use a wire wheel on a drill or dremel to get the black funk off first, then finish off the inside with Mother's just like the outside. Another product that I just tried is Meguire's Gold Class metal restorer. Stuff works good, too. Using a very small amount of distilled water on the felt buffing wheel you use on the outside of the tips helps bring out a brighter shine on the more stubborn/neglected tips.

Hope this helps,

 

hey WRONGDAYJ, thanks for the advice on getting the exhaust tips clean, the mother's polish works great. however, you must have spent all day on your pipes to get them that shiney, i spent 2 hours and they look good, but not nearly as good as yours. thanx again!

 

Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish, been using for over two years on my L's exhaust tips - no scratching, great results.

 

Been using it since I got my truck and my tips look shinier than new. Just my .03. Best thing is to get rid of the B/S stock tips and get stainless. Better yet, clean 'em and install cutouts so that soot doesn't even get there.