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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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inside of my exhaust is all black just wondering whats best to clean it up want it shinny again cheers people
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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t cut works if you dont have any metal polish...
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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Oven cleaner if it's baked on.

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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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The inside will always be black mate what ever you do to clean it. As soon as you start driving it will go black again.

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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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run the car for a hour on hard boost then stop and lick it clean ! why on earth do you want to clean the inside of it ?
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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really fine wire wool with some metal polish will bring it up a treat, did it on my r32 when I had it

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didnt take too long
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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Bloody buftys.
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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looks better when there nicely blackend off just polish the outside up nice and shiny,
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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Lots of autosol and lots of elbow grease always does the trick for me!
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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I found best thing is WD40 hope that helps.
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Your life must be very boring to clean the inside of your exhaust
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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Brilllo pad and shampoo for the main shit, then finish it off with autosol, or meguiars metal polish and a cloth. I used to use Mr Muscle oven cleaner, just spray, leave and wash out.

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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
Your life must be very boring to clean the inside of your exhaust
So must yours to reply to the thread
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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I have a 4" tail pipe so plenty of room to give a good polish, it always reminds me of a ex girlfriend.
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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i started doing this a few weeks ago. I could only get a bit off so i give up.
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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cheers for all the replys im not sad or a bufty just i cleaned all my car today and couldnt getr the exhaust clean its thick with black shite just wanted to try get it looking nice dont see any harm in that
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Autosol and wire wool brings it up a treat
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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cheers ill give it a bash tommorow
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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ill raid me mothers house tommorow for all her oven cleaners ect lol
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Exhaust
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ill raid me mothers house tommorow for all her oven cleaners ect lol
Better try that if it's thick, I think only some strong chemicals will do the work. If it comes off well and good from thereon try to clean it often in order to prevent it from becoming too thick, though however hard you try on the cleaning it will become black again.

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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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Autosol.
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by david 100
I have a 4" tail pipe so plenty of room to give a good polish, it always reminds me of a ex girlfriend.
PMSL .
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Cif
Sat here for ages (well a few seconds) trying to think what Cif was an abbreviation for (as in pmsl, lol, ftw, rofl etc) then i realised you meant Cif cleaner .
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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run it through the dish washer
the mrs will never know
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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honestly mate dont bother its a total waste of time i did it a couple of times and within minuites it was black as fook agian.

if you must..some apc,rags,stiff brush and shitloads of elbow grease,autoglym to finish it off..good luck!!
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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu.H
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Sorry mate this isn't the what sexual diseases you've had thread
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