Remove Carbon from Exhaust Tip
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Pflugerville, TX
Vehicle: 2000 Elantra
Cars make soot, and it deposits in the tailpipe. A little. All of them. This may get a little less-bad after the engine is fully worn in, but unless you have chunks of build-up back there do NOT worry about it. There are a few products you can apply to the tips that will let the carbon wipe right off with a damp cloth. I wouldn't know what they are because I have cleaned my exhaust approximately* zero times to remove carbon build up.
*Maybe once or twice when it was new?
*Maybe once or twice when it was new?
Using the same mitt or sponge on the body that you use on the rims or exhaust will cause micro abrasions and scratches in the clear coat. You should always use the cleanest, newest, best condition possible of sponges or mitts on the paint.
I use an "Old" one for the exhaust, not the same one as I use on the paint.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Floating around the AUDM
Vehicle: X3 Sprint, S-Coupe Turbo
If it's metal I use a plastic scrub pad and mineral spirits.
Errm, aren't all exhaust tips metal? Unless you have some crazy bosuzoko angled glass pack.



