Anyone elses tailpipe go rusty after a couple of months of ownership?
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Yep, is just surface. Get some Autosol & fine wire wool, after 5 mins it will be like new.
Wot he said. Autosol and something slightly abrasive and it's all fine, it's just the salt doing its thing.
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Not being funny mate but I see you live in Cornwall: am I right to assume you live not so far away from the sea? Or that you often visit the coast?
EDIT: Maxi was ahead, didn't see that.
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YeahI presumed Maxi was talking about road salt?
I live near enough to the coast but during the summer months the rust was very minimal, during winter when there is gritting going on it looks really bad.
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If it's rusty, it means the chrome plating is very thin and each time you clean it you thin it even more. I have the trim intended for the Panda. Cost 65 quid 2 years ago, but still perfect.
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I presumed Maxi was talking about road salt?
And I wasn't.
I'm talking about proximity to the sea, salty air basically!
Reminds me of the state of anything made of iron in the garage of our family holiday home, everything's rusty without actual any contact with salt.
Mine is still completely fine, just a few black marks on it! I give it a rub down every time I wash it though, so I suppose that helps. It gets a full polish whenever it needs it too.
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I live about 20 miles from Plymouth and 8 miles from Looe so i wouldn't consider the air to be "sea air" and wouldn't expect "stainless" steel to be affected by this in such a short time. I will give it a good clean now the freeze is over and the roads are not being salted.
I live in the West Midlands, just about as far as you can get from the sea...
And my exhaust is just as rust on a car thats a month old. I'm not worried as I suspect it'll just polish out when the weather gets better
And my exhaust is just as rust on a car thats a month old. I'm not worried as I suspect it'll just polish out when the weather gets better
I give it my 100% 306maxi guarantee
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and it'll be fine
Thanks 306maxi I'll get some and give it a try.
Thanks 306maxi I'll get some and give it a try.
Get some fine wire wool too, use it to apply the Autosol
I tend to use those non-scratch kitchen scourers. They're not scratchy like the normal dark green ones, seem to do the job. Also found out yesterday that an electric toothbrush is great for cleaning alloy wheels
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It"s not stainless steel. If it was it would not rust. It's just a cheap bit of poorly chrome plated mild steel. Something us Pop owners do not have to pay extra for. Keep rubbing away!
Keep rubbing away!
I tend to use those non-scratch kitchen scourers. They're not scratchy like the normal dark green ones, seem to do the job. Also found out yesterday that an electric toothbrush is great for cleaning alloy wheels
As is a horse hoof brush, lol. (newish members won't be able to appreciate this remark, sorry.)
As is a horse hoof brush, lol. (newish members won't be able to appreciate this remark, sorry.)
Well It'll be ditched when the exhaust is replaced anyway and you'll have to buy a new accessory one.
And the horses tend to complain less than the person whose electric toothbrush you use (Mrs Notts was livid).
I miss the old days.
And the horses tend to complain less than the person whose electric toothbrush you use (Mrs Notts was livid).
I miss the old days.
Maybe Daniel doesn't need his toothbrush anymore .......... perhaps he is a Steradent man, lol.
Maybe Daniel doesn't need his toothbrush anymore .......... perhaps he is a Steradent man, lol.
Maybe... he could continue the oral hygiene theme by using Polygrip to hold in his windscreen washer nozzles!
