Exhaust tips for B8 Avant
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Mine actually has a little rust on it. . . shouldnt they be corrosion resistant? Car is only 2 weeks old and was delivered with the rust colored spots. Just didnt notice it til i washed it a few days ago.
Dealer trip maybe...
Dealer trip maybe...
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I've detailed people's exhaust tips for over twenty years and what is causing the hard to remove staining is the heat generated from the pipe. When you add heat into the equation, it bakes in the condensation. (Driving in the rain is even worse). The only way around this is to clean the tips on a regular basis. Once a week is what I do and after four years, my tips are stain-free all around. I also keep a coat of wax on them, and that keeps things less stained. Or if you polish the tips out with chrome polish, the smoother, more slippery surface makes it easier to keep clean.
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It seems a number of people of people in the UK have now raised this with their dealers. One dealer has said he keeps a good stock and that they believe the chrome tips are being removed prior to delivery at the dealers.
I think that's dealer B.S. but I'm trying to find out if Audi do have slip on ends that are suitable. As far as I understand at the moment, it's only for the non-S-lines which I think are smaller diameter.
I think that's dealer B.S. but I'm trying to find out if Audi do have slip on ends that are suitable. As far as I understand at the moment, it's only for the non-S-lines which I think are smaller diameter.
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I don't blame you for being disappointed. Even my 3.2 tips are a step down.
While my 3.2's exhaust tips are the closest to the B6/B7 versions that the B8 offers, they still are not nearly as nicely finished from the factory as the B6/B7.
I would call them "slightly polished" as opposed to "highly polished".
I went to work on them with some Nevrdull and chrome polish and they look much improved. From 2 feet away, they now look the same way my B7 tips looked when clean. But up close, you can tell they were never truly (what I would call) "polished" from the factory.
I'm not dissatisfied with them because I can make them look good.
Like you, I would be very dissatisfied with your's if I had been led to believe they'd be similar to the B7 tips because I don't see a way to make your's look good. (at least not without a different tip design and a welder)
I would call them "slightly polished" as opposed to "highly polished".
I went to work on them with some Nevrdull and chrome polish and they look much improved. From 2 feet away, they now look the same way my B7 tips looked when clean. But up close, you can tell they were never truly (what I would call) "polished" from the factory.
I'm not dissatisfied with them because I can make them look good.
Like you, I would be very dissatisfied with your's if I had been led to believe they'd be similar to the B7 tips because I don't see a way to make your's look good. (at least not without a different tip design and a welder)
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I've detailed people's exhaust tips for over twenty years and what is causing the hard to remove staining is the heat generated from the pipe. When you add heat into the equation, it bakes in the condensation. (Driving in the rain is even worse). The only way around this is to clean the tips on a regular basis. Once a week is what I do and after four years, my tips are stain-free all around. I also keep a coat of wax on them, and that keeps things less stained. Or if you polish the tips out with chrome polish, the smoother, more slippery surface makes it easier to keep clean.
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