Spokane5150

Very nice. Looks great on the smurf colored cars.

Dudley

Flitz

Marine Blue

Yeah

I clean my entire car after every drive.

But I usually only have time to get it out once our twice a week.

Mumbles

^ same here

AZ_Steve

Hi, I have a, new to me, 997.2 C2S (2009). The car is in excellent condition all over, very pleased with it. I am having trouble with the exhaust tip though. When the car arrived (delivered to me from CA), the car was dusty but clean, the exhaust tips were totally black. I have cleaned the car a few times now (including a full clay bar, protectant, polish, etc detail). I haven't tackled the exhaust tips because I don't know what the tips are supposed to look like? The car is completely stock, so my question is - what is underneath this blackness and whats the best way to get them clean (is there any easy way to remove the tips for cleaning?)

Dukec4s

Simichrome and 30 seconds time...done!

Quadcammer

please for all that is holy tell me that you're kidding

Rocco07

I had an 07S with tips that looked like that. Nothing worked. I removed them and took them to a professional metal polishing company. They soaked them for two days in solvent and polished them to an amazing chrome-like finish. I was very happy with them. Total cost was $150.

Marine Blue

Absolutely not. It seriously takes me less than 30 seconds to clean them. At 19 months and 6K miles the tips still look new.

Here's a shot of my exhaust after a 50 mile spirited drive, this is before cleaning it.

AZ_Steve

I had a go at my tips today. I used some advice from various forums. First I washed the tips thoroughly with the water I had been using for my wheels. Then I washed the car a normal. There wasnt much difference on the tips, but my wheel sponge was totally black! So i Guess some of the carbon came off! Once I had finished washing and drying the car, I got some bar keepers friend and some OOOO wire wool. I used a micro fibre cloth and the barkeepers friend, took about 20 mins per side to get most of the deposits off, just good old fashioned elbow grease. Then I used the OOOO wire wool to get the most stubborn deposits off. The results were pretty fantastic to be honest. I ordered some simichrome as recommended here as the tips are a little dull given I dont think they have seen the light of day in some time. Here are the results, I will have another go in a couple weeks with the simichrome to see if I can get them completely clean and shiny again.

fskof

After you polish them apply a coat of wax on them and they will clean very easy. (I use Collinite 845 but any durable wax will work)

PV=nRT

AZ Steve:

Great job! I'll follow your lead tomorrow on my tips. Fortunately their not too horrible at this point, I just want to see um shine.

PHX 911

If you want to put something on them so they clean up easier the next time you clean them, don't use wax. It has a melting point of 160-165 F. It will flash off.
Use a synthetic paint sealer instead, with a much higher melting point.

Goldstar

Wash them well, apply a good rubbing of any quality car wax using 0000 Wire Wool. Give a good rinse, final shine with glass cleaner. They will look brand new.