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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 10:20 PM
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Cleaning your Chrome Tail Pipes

It was funny the other day i was cleaning my tail pipes. The trash people come by. they pick up my trash and say hey kid thats some nice car you got.But what are you cleaning those pipes with.

I said "coke," he said " are you kidding" i pulled out my walmart brand soda and showed it to him. He almost went crazy. I showed him my aluminum foil and eveything and he said thats a nice trick you got there.



What do you use to clean your pipes?






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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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WD-40. I believe your tips are polished stainless steel, not chrome. WD-40 is designed for cleaning stainless. Be careful around the paint with that soda. Personally, I'd rather drink the soda and use the WD-40.

Also, please control your use of carriage returns.
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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 11:12 PM
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wel i give mine a good coat of wax every other month and when they get alittle dirty i just go over them with some detailin spray and they look just like when i waxed them.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:11 AM
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windex. yes windex
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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if they are polished then use mothers Mag aluminum wheel polish. I havent tryed it yet on my pipes but they need cleaned up soon. That mothers stuff works great on my wheels so i can imagine it will do good on the pipes.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:19 PM
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well i dotn have the stock borla tips, i have chrome 3" pipes,




from under the car,

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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:20 PM
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can you believe that exhaust syetem came off a 4th gen camaro.


It works great and sounds great.


And yes that is a completely custom Intermediate pipe. IT wasn't premade they bent it themselves out of ne peice and it works amazingly.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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your sig is helluva long and is more than one page on my computer, any chance you can shorten it a bit? it sure would be scrolling through a giant sig. thanks in advance.
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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 10:34 PM
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admin has said as long as i only use it once per thread, its ok. and i started only using it once per thread when it got sooo long. before ahnd i used it all the time.
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Old Nov 10, 2004 | 12:21 AM
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if there chrome, get some turtle wax chrome polish. i used it on my polished tips. worked good.
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