cj225 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Saw this being talked about, so thought I'd weigh in with a guide. Apologies for image rotation, both Postimage and Imgur refuse to accept a few of the photos in landscape format and convert & lock them to portrait The Subject So this is the exhaust we'll be using for the guide - it's a very early Janspeed jobby, I'd estimate it's old enough to have left school as JanSpeed themselves suggested it's not been manufactured for a "long time". It's similar to the cheap chinese ones you get off eBay, but has a crossover pipe which (hopefully) reduces drone. For those who've read my project thread, you'll recognise this exhaust was on the car when I bought it, but got swapped for a standard jobby through the renovations. Tools and Sundries - Dremel (or similar) with a polishing mop/wheel - Autosol Metal Polish - Wire wool - Wheel Cleaner (I used VW Rim Cleaner: 000.096.304.96304) - Microfibre cloth - 1500 grit wet/dry or similar for scratched/stubborn finishes How To First off, I soaked the tips in wheel cleaner to let it start to break down the carbon deposits. The tips were both corroded and heavily carbon stained, making them look almost painted black in areas. I put on some hand protection and readied the wire wool. Next, you'll want to start scrubbing. Keep applying more wheel cleaner, using it as almost a lubricant whilst you scrub with the wool. If your wire wool and wheel cleaner are good, you should start to get a dull but clean silver finish. Keep at it to as much detail as you want - you could clean the whole silencer if you wished (done a little for demonstration...) Next up, we'll need our dremel and Autosol... It's best to spread some polish over the area you want to use first... Then work with this, giving you a reasonable idea of what you're working with.. The next stage involves a bit of of a detailed polish, just due to the condition of the finish. You could decided to flat off with some very fine wet/dry here, if there are signs of scratching or corrosion still. I applied the polish to a small area, working in a zig-zag fashion on a very slow speed, then made a further pass at a faster speed. This process was repeated, working up the speeds, whilst being thorough with each stage... With this process you'll see improvements, but don't be put off by having to do a few areas more than once... Before long, you should start to see progress... Repeat the above steps until you get to a point you're happy with... Could also spend an inordinate amount of time of the inner section, but in my experience it lasts no time at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat haggis Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 nice . great explanation mate ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickeyTattoo Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Would you be able to do this without taking the exhaust off? Don't have the facilities to do it myself and don't want the charge of taking it to a garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj225 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 6 hours ago, TrickeyTattoo said: Would you be able to do this without taking the exhaust off? Don't have the facilities to do it myself and don't want the charge of taking it to a garage. Yeah, it just won't be as easy I guess. I only did it with the exhaust off as it was already off and sat in the garage, but it was much easier that if it had been on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marseille Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yours is a bit different to the second generation 986 boxster janspeed, you've done a nice clean up job on it thou, it's quite satisfying getting tired parts looking like new again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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