LlBr

IMO, leave them on and clean as best you can with a marine-grade stainless steel polish/cleaner.

There's nothing worse than to be behind a car with mis-aligned exhaust pipes/tips.

LlBr

Ask them what they do to "ceramic coat" them. I'm still convinced it's a fancy word for a basically DIY "spray paint."

Quadcammer

so they can look dirty all the time?

kdurg

Those tips look shot and completely neglected. Can't imagine any amount of metal polish and steel wool will bring them back to life to a level you'd be really happy with.

Spend $200/$300 and get a new set and be done with it. R&R is simple, 10 mins per side max. 13mm bolt IIRC. You can adjust them easily and even angle them upward for a more aggressive look.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...item2a07a3f0b0

LlBr

To inspire the application of simple "elbow grease:" I believe these are the "after" photos of a comparison to missing photos of very dirty "before" tips:

BoxsterG

I have great results using wheel cleaner on my 997.2 tips. I left it soak in while i do the tires and rims and they clean up like new.

greenpdk

The ebay advertisement says the tips will not fit on S models. Did you have any trouble putting them on your S car?

kdurg

^^^ i have the PSE tips. not the schnell. surpised these won't fit an S. center outlet off the tips look to mate up to a standard 3.8 non PSE muffler....

Harvey in FL

Jeff is the only one there, so leave him a message if he does not answer. Also, he will some times wait for a few days for other items to coat at the same time, so it could be a drop off on Monday and pick up on Friday. I believe, you may also mail the tips to him.

They were coated at:

Jeff Gosnell, Owner
Maryland Performance Coatings (MPC)
5360 C Enterprise St.
Eldersburg, MD 21784
410.549.6122

Good luck,

Harvey

Skibum

It's such a pleasure to know that there are those that are as **** as I am.
I use a piece of terry cloth about 3 inches wide and 24 inches long. Wet completely then top with a good helping of Barkeepers Friend.
Polish like you would polish the toes of shoes. (Rapid back and fourth)

johnwb

I have removed mine to do a super cleaning. They are pretty easy to remove. Just the one nut. Getting them back on requires a bit of patience and attention to detail to make sure they are lined up just right. Make sure the clamp has actually expanded enough to easily slip the tip back on the pipe.

0000 steel wool and chrome polish might be required to get your tips cleaned up.

LlBr

See? That's what bugs me; the cost benefit analysis If they were my two front teeth I'd be really careful and do the job 110% thoroughly. Since they are almost under the car, are the exhaust system, I just do the job as best I can without removing them. Of course do what makes you feel best and enjoy most; just sayin' it's something to consider when you have fifty other things to deal with on a Saturday.

OTOH, my engine compartment is spotless. I detail that all the time. LOL.

johnwb

LlBr,
I agree with you. Mine were in pretty rough shape and neither were lined up just right. So I took them off and did a detailed job. Since then I do what someone else said and sort of polish them like a shoe shine. Not worth too much time.

McCulla

I have an 05 C2, with the single, sort of rectangular outlet. They looked like hell, so I took the easy way out. Took them off, used decreasing sized grit metal sand paper, down to a couple of sizes of steel wool to get a nice even, roughened surface. Degreased and using high temperature (Rustoleum, it says 2000 degrees) primer and flat black, painted them. No more polish worries. Looks sort of "rat", but good with my black car (IMHO). I have to qualify that opinion by saying that I liked the flat black Fuchs on my first 1980 911SC, so I like the contrast of shine vs flat. Literally no upkeep now...personal taste, obviously.

entdoc

I posted about this a while back when I had a similar problem. I tried metal polishes without success. I ended up using Barkeepers Friend which is used to clean baked-on pots and stainless steel appliances and is available at Williams Sonoma and other kitchen supply stores. The results were amazing without using steel wool, sandpaper, etc. - only a cloth. I made a bit of a paste with water because it comes in a powder form.

Hope that helps.

David