Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
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09/06/11 02:59 PM
09/06/11 02:59 PM
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NOrrTH
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Has anyone got a good systems for cleaning slotted exhaust tips, like a wheel spray where the soot just washes off?
I can't find a good brush small enough to get in there and dread the thought of using a Q-tip or stuffing a small rag in.
Thanks.
'71 GTX N96 auto 3:55
'74 Challenger 440+6 4spd 4:10
'71 Duster 340 auto 4:10
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Re: Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
[Re: NOrrTH]
#1070367
09/06/11 09:43 PM
09/06/11 09:43 PM
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Posts: 12,171 Benton, IL.
DaveRS23
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I think I tried everything on my GTXs tips. I kept tapered strips of cloth with a short wire twisted on one end that I could fish through the slots. It was a ton of trouble and they always got dark from the heat anyway.
What I ended up doing was keeping a new set of tips in the trunk and swapping them for the drivers at the show. A lot of trouble too, I know. But they always looked great and got a lot of peoples attention.
Master, again and still
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Re: Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
[Re: NOrrTH]
#1070371
09/07/11 09:01 AM
09/07/11 09:01 AM
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Grizzly
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Moparts Proctologist
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Sounds like you might have to cut them off, weld the gap up and re-install.
Otherwise, you will be fussing around with them every time you drive the car. That'll get old in a hurry.
Mo' Farts
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Re: Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
[Re: DaveRS23]
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09/08/11 12:14 AM
09/08/11 12:14 AM
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sogtx
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IMHO you will never keep them presentable if you drive the car very much at all.
I used hi temp silicone on the inside of the tip where it meets the fluted part , I now clean them half as much , but its an never ending battle .
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Re: Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
[Re: RSNOMO]
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06/30/14 10:03 PM
06/30/14 10:03 PM
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screamindriver
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SS versions are out there...
They've been out for a while...
This is what I ended up doing..You can only fight the losing battle for so long...But I still use a small,bendable gun bore brush to clean through the slots..
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Re: Cleaning slotted exhaust tips
[Re: mopars4ever]
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07/01/14 12:50 PM
07/01/14 12:50 PM
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NachoRT74
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I'd like to find a REAL GOOD RED PAINT able to hold the heat and fumes and not get burnt.
two sets I have bought ( one piece of $**T from ebay, and the other ones from PG Classic ), no one has hold the heat
With a Charger born in Chrysler assembly plant in Valencia, Venezuela
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