Hope this is in the right place, well it is for advice!! Recently got an r56 mcs and am loving it, its in good condition but the only thing letting it down is the tailpipes. What's people's suggestions, I've got fallout remover (tried), wheel cleaner(tried), tar remover, old bottle of ag metal polish and a clay mitt. I have got a dremel with the felt polishing pads so was thinking of using that with the metal polish, sound like a good idea?
Try Autosol from Halfords and a MF cloth first but you can use very wire wool and autosol together, then some people use a ceramic coating but if your not using the coating for anything else then it's a bit expensive just for your tips.
If you look underneath the trims there might be a grub screw that holds them onto the exhaust(our mcs coupe has them) if you can get the trims off you will them easier to clean.
Thanks everyone for your replies, I work with a couple of plumbers and will see what type of wire wool they have, if not I'll pick some up as this seems to be the way forward!
Father in law has the wire wool, just need to collect some autosol this week and give that a go, I tried my dremel with a felt type pad and that did do some good but they wear down to quickly!!
After what seems forever, I finally found some time to have a crack at getting the tail pipes on the mini polished up, still need some work but happy for now, think I need to get a flap disc for my dremel to remove all the crud inside, but that's for another day!!
I did use 0000 as you know how it is, start soft and work up!! Maybe I'll get some coarser stuff, was having a look on amazon and I might get a wire wheel to do the inside, save my rubbing arm!!
Be careful going for a more coarse wire wool as it could scratch the finish. I only ever use 0000 grade and have cleaned up some very grubby tips without any problems, just persevere with it.
Things have definitely improved again today, but still more to do!! Today's tools included brass then wire bristle brush, oooo grade wool and autoglym metal polish!! Still think I'm going to get a wire wheel for my dremel
Coming on well, the inside of the pipes you might not be able to get as you want - if this is the case I'd be tempted to spray them with heat resistant matt black inside once you're got everything else sorted...
Most exhausts will use a lower grade stainless for the pipework and internals which you'll never be able to polish up to the same shine as the decorative outer skin.
I'd just leave the insides to soot up again and stick to polishing the outsides and the rim.
The chrome tips are effectively a slide over part, the outside part I'm fine with, has polished up great, just need to remove the crude build up just inside the lip (not chrome finished, but would still like it presentable), an hour on my knees with wire wool and polish got me here, going to get a wheel to save my knees and I'll have a look at the britemax stuff
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