Alsea

I just purchased a ’07 Carerra S in great shape with low miles. The only issue is the four exhaust tips which are discolored due, I expect, to continued heating and cooling cycles. I haven’t tried to clean/polish yet, any advice from the experts on the list?

Thanks!

1990nein

Clean/polish should do the trick

You can also take them off to make them easier to clean.

Pwilliams

I use SOS pads and or blue magic metal polish for the stock brushed stainless.

Dukec4s

Autosol Metal Polish....

okbarnett

damp rag and rubbing compound

Alsea

I'm talking about the outside, is SOS OK on the polished area?

okbarnett

NO !! no wire or scuff pads at all!!

Mojo31

Barkeepers Friend.

Chaos

+1

WindyCityC2S

+1 more on BarKeepers Friend. No one ever believes me, but it is awesome on cleaning the grime from windshields too.

LexVan

Do something similar:

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/7480...amic-tips.html

John D II

Most any metal polish or polishing compound will work very well. If you want to do a super job, remove the tips and polish them with polishing compound on a bench grinder with a soft polishing wheel mounted on one side - this will bring them back to new condition.

shammerman

Here are some very old pictures of cleaning results of the center tail pipe of my then Boxster. The results were quite amazing and the process was not that bad either. Should have washed the car too

http://www.wenol-polish.com/

wc11

The brushed stainless steel holds the carbon extremely well.
I used everything. Many different compounds do work.
But having said that, I tire of spending almost as must time on the tips as the whole car.
Fabspeed polished stainless tips fixed it all.
Now its just a wipe with a damp paper towel. so flippin easy now!

cairo94507

I used regular wax and some elbow grease and my tips cleaned up like new. Once they are clean, keep them clean and it is no longer a hassle. Good luck.