Polishing exhaust

agw_01

agw_01

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Just a quick one please guys...

Managed to get hold of some poly exhaust hangers from a friend which means I can fit my new shiny 'zorst as soon as I can get under the car.

The exhaust tip is a little grubby, but as you'd expect I want it to gleam like it's never gleamed before :D

What can I use on it? I was thinking furniture polish (lol), but that might damage the finish.

Cheers guys.

3.5 inches here I come :o
 
malc30, why didn't I think of that! We used to use that to clean the brass at the pub where I used to work, and it used to come up lovely. I'm sure we have some of that in the house somewhere.

El and merlin, cheers guys. Metal polish sounds good. I doubt I'll have time to clean it before then (inside the tip needs a good clean too) so if you could please bring yours up El, that would be great. I'll catch you on MSN tonight to sort something out :)

Fulcrum, doubt it mate. Anyway, what fun is it putting a dirty exhuast on a car? You want a spotless, shiny exhaust on a dirty car :cool:

thebrasso said:
Did I hear my name mentioned? :D
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:D I was going to post something similar, but thought it was a little crude. /sniggers

Zip said:
Would Cilit bang do very much
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It would probably go 'BANG' once the exhaust heats up! :p
 
Dirty sods! You're dirtier than my exhaust actually :p

Right, just bought a nice big tub of copper grease from the bay (I'm guessing this is ok to use on the exhaust bolts) and have got some ramps coming on Saturday... so looks like I'm all set :D

Not looking forward to removing the cat. Those are going to be some stubborn bolts :(
 
Rather than create a pointless thread, I thought I'd bump this one... pictures to come tomorrow anyway :)

However, I think I broke the standard exhaust. It sounds like (the car is too low to get under to check it properly :eek: ) it's blowing at the cat... certainly smells like it too!

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Went out to wash the car before, booted it down a dual carriageway up to the speed limit and noticed it was a little (a lot) raspier than before. I head off to find some tunnels and proceed to waste fuel while grinning like a madman at the noise.

Get home, pull onto the driveway where it just gets worse after it scrapes along the curb. Sounds awesome at high revs... kinda like a Buddy Club on a Honda! Low revs are just embarrasing though.

Oh, the rough starting is because I turned the ignition on once before I recorded the video... hence the fuel pump not priming again when I was recording the video.
 
Yeah, it does sound nasty under 4000rpm. On the roads when booting it, it sounds much better.

I've always loved the sound of Honda's with Buddy Club zorsts! But I couldn't live with one everyday. My new zorst is supposed to be quite quiet, which is good.

Still going to beat the de-cat out though ;)

Oh, just e-mailed you btw.

L0rdMike said:
Sounds like it has a hole somewhere. :p
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You don't say :p
 
Berger said:
Ooops, you should be able to get chance to check it over this weekend though if your ramps turn up!

Any chance of a quick word on msn or can i email you? Ta.
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Well, I'm off on Monday so if my ramps turn up tomorrow I'll get under it on Monday and *try* to swap the exhausts over. :)

It's funny actually... I had the SEi for a year, had mega plans for it but didn't have the chance to see them through. I've had the GSi for a month and already, it's coming along nicely.

And yep, sure, e-mail me.

My username @yahoo.com.

El, did you get my e-mail?
 
Good good... that wouldn't happen to be because I just gave you directions would it? ;)

Anyway, just thought it would be a good idea to actually have a reason for bumping this thread...

So here's a few pictures of the exhaust before cleaning. Notice the standard rubber hanger alongside the nice new polyflex hanger. De-cat in the middle there.



Only bad point is that there's a middle box... that's going to block some noise :(



3.5" of pure sex!



There's a manifold, downpipe and centre pipe in there somewhere...
 
thebrasso said:
Definitely sounds like it has a hole in it, that exhaust.

I'm pretty certain you could clean the backbox up though, no problem.

Have you done any prep work like wd40 or penetrating grease on the exhaust mountings to loosen them up a bit?
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lol Andy, yep it definitely has a hole in it somewhere.

Nope, not done any prep work yet. Haven't had the time, and can't be bothered to jack the car up when I come home after work.

Depending what happens tomorrow, I'll jack it up and spray some WD40 on the bolts. I have some spare bolts on the new cat, so if the old ones shear off, that's not a problem.

I just hope they don't snap off like they did on the suspension... man, that sucked! 6 hours drilling out each bolt :o

paradigm said:
Yes, for SOME REASON, Andy missed RR3 didn't you Andy? :mad:;)
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*cough* No *cough* ;)
 
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