Keeping Exhaust Tips clean with no cats

[gamecock426]

Hey guys, I wanted to open this up to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to keep your Exhaust Tips clean after removing the cats. Prior to removing the cats I only needed to polish them every few months. Now, I am having to polish them every 1-2 weeks to keep them from turning brown. I even just recently went to some black quad tips and even they are turning brown. I'd love to see some suggestions on how to keep them cleaner longer than a week or 2 at a time, other than putting the cats back on!

Thanks guys

-Gary

 

[wolfman311]

Hey guys, I wanted to open this up to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to keep your Exhaust Tips clean after removing the cats. Prior to removing the cats I only needed to polish them every few months. Now, I am having to polish them every 1-2 weeks to keep them from turning brown. I even just recently went to some black quad tips and even they are turning brown. I'd love to see some suggestions on how to keep them cleaner longer than a week or 2 at a time, other than putting the cats back on!

Thanks guys

-Gary

Running E85 = problem solved

 

[gamecock426]

Running E85 = problem solved

Interesting! I'd love to switch to e85 but for now it's my daily and its not available enough locally.

 

[wolfman311]

Interesting! I'd love to switch to e85 but for now it's my daily and its not available enough locally.

I completely understand.

 

[mattaglover]

Spray with wheel cleaner once a week, scrub and rinse. No more brown or black.

 

[gamecock426]

So I tried the brake cleaner which did nothing. I also repolished them and put some synthetic wax on and that really made them get brown quicker.

I will try the wheel cleaner next.

And also as a side note, with the new flex fuel tune from Lund, looks like I'll be able to try out the e85 solution sooner!

 

[04sleeper]

Running E85 = problem solved

LOL. +1

I cleaned my tips once when I put them on. Haven't needed to really since. Only to get off water from puddles and whatnot. Inside is still clean as a whistle!

 

[noldevin]

I wouldn't use wax, the tips get pretty hot without cats. There's not much you can do to prevent it, your cats were getting rid of the crap that's getting on your tips.
You could use E85 or put the cats back on lol.

 

[gamecock426]

Well I am now running e85 so that will fix that problem!

On another note I did try some wheel cleaner on them the other week and by far it was the most effective tool in cleaning them up real quick.