brokerjoe

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Does the dirt &amp; grime on your tips looks like this? This amount is about 3 days after washing the car &amp; a total mileage of approximately 30 miles. Seems a bit excessive IMO. What say you?

frybear

Mine are pretty damn dirty as well. Not sure how to clean without using SOS pad

brokerjoe

Well, maybe I'm lucky because I can get away with just using Windex or a foam window cleaner &amp; a paper towel.

ItsOnlyMoney

I get a similar amount of residue on my SL55 and what I found works the best is cleaning the tips using Wheel Wax Polish and then I coat the tips with Rejex Marine wax. After which a simple hose and a little wipe and the tips are good again.

I apply Rejex about twice a year and after 2 years and almost 17k miles the tips on the SL55 look almost new.

frybear

Thanks for the advice.

frybear

BTW, glad to see your tips are as close to the valence as mine are. Was worried it might melt it.

Quattrings

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I used to have the same kind of tips on my Corrado and I would try (like you) to keep the inside clean.

The standard tips have a consistent inside diameter, so there is really nothing to clean except for the exterior of the tips.

On the flared tips, you can clean the inside flared area up everytime, or just let the inside of the tips build up normally. I do believe that it's going to drive you crazy trying to keep the inside of the flared tips clean. IMO it's probably not necessary, it's more of a never-ending battle.

brokerjoe

sit directly on the valance itself. That's how bad of a job the guy did on installing my tips.

frybear

adjustment bar and pried apart the rubber slots holding in the muffler hangers to allow a little more give. Took about an hour and a half all told and he only charged me $100.

brokerjoe

Wow!! Thats awesome. I see that when they "know" what they're doing they actually end up charging less &amp; taking less time. For instance. My guy never listened to me when I suggested drilling a new whole for the cross members holding the 2 sides of the muffler together in order to bring in each side. I think that's pretty elementary don't you? It took 3 hours, cost me $320 bucks &amp; it's still not the way I want. True from a distance they look fine but from about 5 feet away you can see they're cockeyed a little. I'm embarrassed to say I took it to Midas!! But you would think something sooooo simple could be handled by these guys. Guess not!!