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care for stainless downpipes - red98 - 26-04-12
anyone got some TOP TIPS for cleaning and keeping clean stainless exhaust downpipes
Re: care for stainless downpipes - Fazer Jake - 26-04-12
autosol and plenty of elbow grease :d
Re: care for stainless downpipes - mcyoungy - 26-04-12
ride the bike and ignore them.
Re: care for stainless downpipes - griff86 - 26-04-12
I use peek or autosol metal polish and a green scourer, they come up great!
Re: care for stainless downpipes - steeeve66 - 26-04-12
(26-04-12, 09:12 PM)griff86 link Wrote: I use peek or autosol metal polish and a green scourer, they come up great!
x2
Re: care for stainless downpipes - ade the blade - 26-04-12
stainless steel cleaner regularly :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Re: care for stainless downpipes - Dead Eye - 26-04-12
Pretty sure I know the answer to this, BUT
Mine have gone slightly golden (which is to do with high temperatures affecting the compounds in the metal correct?) and I assume that no amount of scrubbing / polishing is going to make them return to silver is it?
Re: care for stainless downpipes - Captain Haddock - 26-04-12
(26-04-12, 09:03 PM)mcyoungy link Wrote: ride the bike and ignore them.Ditto, enjoy the ride and if others don't want to look at it feck em.
Re: care for stainless downpipes - Fuzzy - 27-04-12
(26-04-12, 11:14 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Pretty sure I know the answer to this, BUT
Mine have gone slightly golden (which is to do with high temperatures affecting the compounds in the metal correct?) and I assume that no amount of scrubbing / polishing is going to make them return to silver is it?
I had to sand down my downpipes not long ago due to a plastic bag melting onto it and I found that it went back to silver although that only lasted for about 2 rides.
Re: care for stainless downpipes - red98 - 27-04-12
morning all and thanks for your replys..a mixed bag there....i was thinking of painting them black to match the origanal anyone tried that ?
Re: care for stainless downpipes - Fazer Jake - 30-04-12
mine were looking abit grubby so i sanded em down with a light wet and dry paper then polished with autosol, came up brilliantly
Re: care for stainless downpipes - red98 - 30-04-12
(30-04-12, 01:04 PM)Fazer Jake link Wrote: mine were looking abit grubby so i sanded em down with a light wet and dry paper then polished with autosol, came up brilliantly
thanks fazerjake...i think t i`ll do the same
Re: care for stainless downpipes - janner_10 - 01-05-12
(27-04-12, 06:22 AM)red98 link Wrote: morning all and thanks for your replys..a mixed bag there....i was thinking of painting them black to match the origanal anyone tried that ?
I did with the original crappy downpipes but certainly wouldn't if I swapped them for lovely stainless.