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Just apply a little to a clean soft cloth and buff away discoloration.
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I do like the look of the round chrome tips that the XLA option provide and have time to change my order to add them for $340.
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So, what's the deal with the factory exhaust tips? Do they come off relatively easily?
I do like the look of the round chrome tips that the XLA option provide and have time to change my order to add them for $340. Or am I better off waiting and seeing what becomes available after-market?
Edited by - hsjb on 02/21/2006 3:42:45 PM
One nut to loosen to remove it appears. I was all set to get chrome until I did a bit of work on them (you can search here) with some Halls, silver polish and Stainless Steel Magic. They are now bright, look more workman like than chrome to me (purposeful) and stay that with a bit of attention with a rag with the Stainless Steel Magic sprayed on it. So you might want to wait and play around with them before deciding.
I was going to take them off to hand polish them but didn't need to.
I believe the chrome exhaust tips will be available at
www.boothedesign.com
and it might be a group buy. At present there is a group buy for the colored center wheel crest from the same guys (sponsor)
Edited by - FORMULA1 on 02/21/2006 7:30:20 PM
Are the XLA tips even available yet? I haven't heard of anyone who has actually got them. The stock tip is the only thing i don't really like on the Caymen, so i'll be changing them out as soon as some nice round tips are availble.
Here is the reply to my inquiery from Ralph Boothe with respect to chrome exhaust tips:
' I only have a few of them to start with. They are a high grade stainless steel. I found an excellent polishing shop and the owner of the shop almost talked me out of plating the tips. They look chrome now as they are polished to a mirror finish and will be easy to take care of in that all you would have to do to keep them up is to polish them with a cloth and some metal polish. I do intend to plate some of them and plan to black nickel plate some of them. This will have to be your call. I just sent one to Ken Smiley today for his car and some pictures. I can ship you one tomorrow. The price is $100.00 each on an exchange basis as they cost $318.00 each retail, so I must have your tip returned to me in exchange. It must be without dents and deep scratches. I will charge you an extra $200.00 core charge to be retuned to you upon receipt of your good condition tip. That is just the way I must deal as some have had very short memories and did not return an exhausttip to me. I also hope we can get enough people on the group buy. I can ship you this item with your supplying us with a credit card number. Do my otherneat items turn you on? That is such asmy wheel hanger, wheel bolts, and soft socket? Regards, Ralph T. Boothe'
Ken or Ralph:
Can you post a pic of the polished tips. Even though I polished mine, I suspect a shop could have done a much better job than this.
JHELLOW, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I UPLOADED MY PIC INTO YOUR MESSAGE SO YOU COULD VIEW THEM BACK TO BACK - K-Man S
jhellow,
My tip is en-route and should be here Friday at which time I'll take pictures of the tip as well as the removal and installation process. Then I'll send my old tip back to Ralph. Your tip looks pretty good in my opinion, but I haven't seen the one from Ralph yet.
jhellow, that looks good to me as well. Mineare just a bit shinier (perhaps the silver polish?). It is personal taste and a toss up between polishing and chrome plating but to me the car looks a bit more like a tool with them polished and more like a show car with them chromed.
Check the exhaust tip section of our web site,
www.boothedesign.com
. They are at the end of the gallery section on our site, so give that a look and see how you like. We do the tips for all Porsches.
Yes if you want chrome this is the place to go. Depends on the look you want or maybe you could just have a couple of sets to fit your moods/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/shades_smile.gif
. . . jhello, have you done a tip polishing 101 yet as I want my tips to look exactly like yours! Tools, compounds and process please matey?!
Cheers
Dean
It really is easy to get them looking nice. There are some product suggetionson this sitesomewhere but it was less than an hour for me starting when the car had very few miles. Since then a little care as keep them looking polished.
My tips aren't set to arrive until tomorrow, rest assured as soon as I get them I will be installing them and posting photos. I look at it the same way for $100 I'll let someone else do the polishing that has top grade equipment and will stand behind the work. If I do it and it fades I have to do it again and I'd rather have my time to do something else in this instance. I also like to help support site sponsors and advertisers whenever I can.
I just got off the phone with Ralph and ordered my Chrome Tips. I think K-Man S was supposed to get his today, if so please post pics!! In my opinion the chrome tips are a must if you care about detail.
BTW, for $100 this is the best deal going! If you order from Porsche factory they are $340, but I don't think they are even available.
Aloha Russ
Russ, Chrome is likely to turn blue and greenish due to the heat (see motorcycle mufflers) over time. You might want to try Blue Away (
www.eastwood.com
) to keep them looking sharp.
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The polished stainless is brighter, more mirror like than the chrome plated tool I have in a picture with it. Wait until you see these pics! Going out for a bit, will post them when I get back...
