I used a green Scotch-Brite pad and some H2O to scrub off all the debris and then polished the tips up with P21S Multi-Surface Finish Restorer. This combo worked really well. I didn't want the tips to be too shiny.

I also confirmed (for myself) why you have to release the clamps after the muffler to get the tips off. The polished portion of the tip is not only bolted to the tailpipe, but it's also welded!

Otherwise, scrubbing the tips down would be a real EZ job, if all you had to do was unbolt the polished portion and remove it from the tailpipe! Unfortunately, I was forced to struggle with the darn clamps!

 

Those look nice!!! Whats your address I'll send you these

 

RJ,

I did the same thing on my '03 cab (Flitz metal polish and fine grade steel wool). They looked great and I figured I'd saved about $400 on S/S tips. Unfortunately, they yellowed right up again after about 200 miles (apparently from the exhaust heat). I did remove mine by just unscrewing the nut and pulling them off.

Eric

 

I also cleaned my tips using Fitz Metal Polish, but I was curious how can I make the tips even more shinier? Is there an alternative to dipping in chrome?

 

We do them in black nickel, which is quite a classy look.

 

No Turn Tech, would u please psost some pictures of the black nickel exhaust tips, and also the price?

 

Ralph it sounds like we have a little project to do... Shall we black nickel them...

 

they are just held on with that one bolt. The fit is very tight, but they do come off, and it is much easier to take the bolt off then to take the clamps off.

If yours are stuck try some WD-40. Also look back in the tip and you can see where the to pieces are slid into each other. the weld you show is the piece that slides into the pipe.

 

I polish my tips on the car (never had them off in fact) with P21S Multi-Surface Restorer Polish applied with a rag. If I go awhile without cleaning them, I use the P21S applied with 0000 steel wool. The tips are as shiny as chrome.

 

I took those bolts off and couldn't get the tips to separate from the inner exhaust pipe! So, I had to wallow in misery working with those cursed clamps...

 

I thought about using steel wool, but I wanted to try something less abrasive first. I also didn't want the tips to be too shiny. There was a bunch of cooked on road tar on the tips, so I really had to take them off the scrub 'em down real well.

We'll see how long the look lasts...

 

Oh boy. I really am sorry about having to work with those clamps... I pulled those things with all my might and they wouldn't separate. They must be really cooked on there!

 

Send me your tips and $500 cash money and I'll polish 'em right up for you! Heck, I'll even cover the return postage cost!

Ground UPS, of course.

 

how about $450 and Fedex!

 

If you want to polish the tips mounted on the car, get a Dremel, a set of buffing wheels and polishing compound and go to work. The tips will be mirror finish; not like the tips in the first set of pics which are still dull. When I changed to Fabspeeds on my old C-2, I buffed the tips on my bench with a Dewalt grinder using a buffing wheel and two grades of compound. They turned out looking like a chrome finish.