Always thought this was a waste of time and impossible to do but figured I try it. Ran to walmart, picked up 0000 steel wool for $3.50 (about a dollar less than Lowes by the way) and Mothers metal polish. I'm shocked at the results and highly recommend doing this. Gives the car an appearance of being brand new. I didn't go crazy with it, probably 20 minutes of time spent. Looking at before and after pics, you'd think this took forever but that steel wool with polish is amazing.

 

Very nice results . Looks like you gave me a project to do in the near future.

 

good work!

 

I am going to do that! Cool plate BTW!

 

Nice work! +1 on the cool plate.

 

very nice!

 

Very Nice!

 

I just recently did the same thing and I was stunned with how much it brings life back to the car.
I reached under there and worked on the cans as well and the finished results made it worth all the effort.
My tips looked just like yours before I started. I can't find any uploaded pics of the before (I'm at work) but here's a shot of the after.

 

^ sick!

 

Great job. Polishing the exhaust tips is one of the things that people forget to do that can keep your car looking brand new.

 

that looks amazing.

 

So want mine to look like that what did u use ?

 

Mothers makes a metal polish. Works wonders. I usually do this about once a month with mine.

 

really didnt do anything for me it polished the parts that i did get the carbon off of nicely though

 

wow they were crappy looking in the beginning. Thumbs up to restoring the look.