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      04-15-2009, 01:56 PM   #1
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Borla Stainless Steel Exhaust brought back to life

I had some time to clean up my friends exhaust. The before and after speak for themselves, even with the cell phone pics.

Chemical Guy's Grime Reaper
M105 by hand with a stainless steel scouring pad
Blue Magic applied and buffed with Powerball
Never Dull apllied and bufffed with Powerball

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      04-15-2009, 02:00 PM   #2
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Very nice.
Too much work for me though.
Especially because its pretty much impossible to keep them that way
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      04-15-2009, 03:06 PM   #3
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very nice!!

I had great results w blue magic and fine steel wool.
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      04-15-2009, 06:16 PM   #4
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very nice!!

I had great results w blue magic and fine steel wool.

I use steel wool as well but the stainless steel scouring pad allows me to wipe away the gunk and check my work. Blue Magic is definitely a go to product that is cheap.
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Nice tips. A line similar to that has got me in trouble.

But why all the effort to shine up bits that sit under the chassis that no one but us gear heads would look at anyway?!?
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how long did this take you?
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      04-15-2009, 09:29 PM   #7
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nice job!!
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      04-16-2009, 08:18 AM   #9
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Nice tips. A line similar to that has got me in trouble.

But why all the effort to shine up bits that sit under the chassis that no one but us gear heads would look at anyway?!?
The guy wanted it polished, I didn't mind doing it.

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Start to finish, two hours! I'm seriously thinking of buying a polishing wheel and pads.



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nice job!!
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