How To Clean Black Exhaust Tips
What I would do is use an APC and a small wheel woolies brush to clean the carbon off the tips then carefully follow up with a paint compoundpolish on a microfiber towel to get any stubborn stuff off.
How to clean black exhaust tips. They could at least go with a matte black look to mask it a bit more. Make sure that you use a bucket and microfiber cloth that you dont plan on using for a normal car wash. However this is not always easy.
For chrome tips I use chrome polish. 2013 Genesis Coupe 38 Track Edition. You definitely dont want to go after them with steel wool.
1 - 13 of 13 Posts. This black soot from the exhaust tip can cause damage to your paint and you want to keep it as far away as possible. Tara cleans her exhaust tips for the first time on her 2007 BMW 335i E93 convertible.
Those are black chrome. Ive heard wheel cleaner acid is good for breaking down exhaust carbon build up although if the tips are coated in some way i would use with care. Apr 29 2019 1 Just opening up for suggestions on how to clean these black Chrome exhaust tips.
I am sure any other similar product would work as well. Applying a ceramic coating directly to the tips is really the only method I have found that works reasonably well to keep the tips looking clean and polished. Wash them up and use some mineral spirits to clean off any tar or stuck on stuff if there is anyTo get the black off use 0000 Steel wool this will not scratch the finish but remove all the blackThen use some decent polish to finish cleaning this sort of helps to keep the black from coming back for a period of time.
Joined Dec 13 2018 Messages 137 Reaction score 70. No need to use harsh cleaners or scrub the exhausts. Luckily you can mix the diesel fuel with a detergent additive to get rid of these harmful deposits.