Extreme exhaust tip detail

[Rashman]

Great work.
Are you sure the tailpipes are stainless?

Pipework and back boxes are stainless but the tailpipes are chrome plated.

 

[Sp!ke]

On a late R129 they are painted black...no chrome.

Polish up like chrome with some elbow grease though. Try a magnet and see what happens.

 

[C43AMG]

Rash you most definitely won't be going out in the rain now.

On the CL the tips don't come off. So when I had the secondary cats taken off I had them cut off the tips and re chromed, yes they are stainless.

 

[Ndaa75]

I thought I'd show some before and after pictures to show what you can achieve with some persistence.

This is how the exhaust tip when I took it off the car. It looks like it should be scrapped but it is £300 for a new exhaust tip so I thought I'd see if I could improve its appearance before parting with my cash.

A couple of hours of sanding, working from a course grade down to a fine grade and then 20 minutes with a polishing mop ended with this.

Mine looks a little like the before image - are these easy to remove?

 

[kth286]

A couple hours work to salvage a £300 item Spike has earned £150/hr
for that mornings work.

No worries about redundancy for you, seems there is is a job waiting here amongst the forum members.

 

[Ierton]

It looks like it should be scrapped but it is £300 for a new exhaust tip

£90 from MB for the chrome tip (A1294920065). Nice job btw .

 

[Sp!ke]

£90 from MB for the chrome tip (A1294920065). Nice job btw .

That part number is no longer supplied - now superseded by A1294920414 @ £170.40 +VAT

Slightly less that £300 I grant you but sadly no longer £90.

 

[rsvgreg]

Spike great work.

Rash, you can see the carbon reflecting on one of the siliencer boxes! Just taken delievery of a box full of old (clean) Tee Shirts and some chop sticks. Off to the garage.....

 

[Ierton]

That part number is no longer supplied - now superseded by A1294920414 @ £170.40 +VAT

Slightly less that £300 I grant you but sadly no longer £90.

Are you sure? MB Oxford still quote for the cheaper part and the EPC still shows it as valid?

 

[Sp!ke]

I tried to order the old part number both from Mercedes Brentford and inchcape, and had same response from both.

 

[A210AMG]

Polishing your pipes... love it.

Rash... That's just to clean you need a mirrored floor garage

I want to get mine clean on the ML and have tried with oven cleaner and metal polish better but Nothing like yours...

 

[Sp!ke]

Video of said exhaust tip wth internal rear silencer mods - Put the headphones on. :bannana:

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[Ierton]

There's one on eBay BIN £84.99.

 

[Sp!ke]

Good spot - shame it is in black though.

 

[xp2500]

I just used fine steel wool and some water to clean my tail pipes and it came out fairly well....

Dunno if you guys will chastise me for it though...

 

[Sp!ke]

If anyone else has a rough exhaust tip they want me to tackle and I'll do it and write up a step by step DIY as I do it.

 

[developer]

You're only 120 miles from me - consider your offer accepted .

They don't detach, so you'll have to come here...

 

[BTB 500]

You're only 120 miles from me - consider your offer accepted .

They don't detach, so you'll have to come here...

Look like you'll have to lend him the car for a week or two then

 

[donshl]

Darn is it too late to accept the offer? I only live in East London

 

[Sp!ke]

I can only realistically do this if your tips are removable (so you can send me the tip).

Ideally I want something as manky and corroded as possible so as to show the transformation fully.