Tom R.

A shop by the office just replaced the rusted exhaust tip on my 951 with a piece of stainless pipe. not the prettiest, but it will do the job. the old tip was rusted almost all the way through by the hangar.

I didnt want to spend the $ on a chrome tip, only to toss it when I decide how stock i will keep the car.

How would i polish the stainless while on the car?

Van

I have heard, but not tried, that this is the product for you: http://www.lusterlace.com/auto.html

If you get it, let me know how it works!

CarbonRevo

You call up Tim at SFR and order a SFR QF 3" stainless cat-back and he does the polishing work for you!

Tom R.

was gonna do that, and would do that if tim would charge me the same $83 inclding labor and tax the shop charged me.i think i am going to take an old sock and some rubbing compound and make my own polishing strip. i will report back in a few days.

Burma Shave

Stainless is too hard to polish by hand.

xrad

polish your tip......

RolexNJ

+2

Just try something like Noxon? You don't need anything expensive.

87944turbo

I agree. I have had moderate success using appropriate compounds and a buffing wheel on a bench grinder, but it's not like polishing aluminum.

CurtP

It also depends on the type of stainless on how well and how long it'll hold a polish. Is it 304 (austenitic) or 409 (martensitic)? Hopefully it's 304, but even then it can turn a gold-ish color over time.

ryanm6100

I'm trying to get my tip polished this weekend as well.

I'll let you know how that turns out..

Tom R.

dont get married.

And now we demand pictures of what you are using to buff.

azbanks

See his avatar!

ehall

So let me see IF I follow this....You are "polishing your tip" with an old "sock"?
Lemme guess, the "rubbing compound" is warm and slippery. MMMM HMMMMM... Are you using this hand?>>> If you go blind you'll be doing this.>>>

Keithr726

remove catback
Sand paper lowest grit to highest then use a varying speed orbital with stainless polish. This is what I did to remove the smog spots off of the tips on my audi.

ehall

My crystal ball forsees this......