tackling the polish exhaust

[RI-SVT]

I want start polishing my magnaflow exhaust very soon, I have a busy work schedule, but I want to do while the exhaust in on the car taking my time, the pipes are perfect aligned, reason I don't want to remove, I have read the how to on this already, are all those different grits of paper necessary or some can be skipped? can anyone who has done it while on the car add some tips ? thanks

 

[03' White Snake]

The smoother the pipes the shinier it will come out.

I use Eagle 1 Chrome wheel cleaner in the beginning to take all the road grime off. Works really well. Sand in 1 direction only with the grain of the metal. I would take them off as its very easy with a jack and 2x4 to make them level again.

 

[UnrealSVT]

I want start polishing my magnaflow exhaust very soon, I have a busy work schedule, but I want to do while the exhaust in on the car taking my time, the pipes are perfect aligned, reason I don't want to remove, I have read the how to on this already, are all those different grits of paper necessary or some can be skipped? can anyone who has done it while on the car add some tips ? thanks

You have a nice cobra. Take your time and do it right you won't regret it. I would recommend taking it off.

Black and decker sells a combo pack with 150/60 grit flapper wheel in it. It easily attaches to a drill. If you can't find it in stores, amazon it!

Hit it with 150 grit flapper wheel and then wet sand the following in order. Take your time! Grab a cold beer and sand in a well lit place ,along sure the paper is always wet. 04Sleeper hit it on the head by using a spray bottle with a DROP of dish soap.

220
320
400
600
1000
1500
2000
3000 (to go the extra yard)

Then polish either with cotton buffing wheel or just by hand with none other than mothers mag polish

This is a sure fire way to do it once and right. Trust me I have done 4 sets of borla stingers for people and it comes out FLAWLESS.

Lastly...take your time! Lol

Good luck brother!

 

[BO TY KLR]

I used a orbital palm sander on the course grits(80-220). Saves the arm workout for the finer wet grits

 

[getTwisted]

Doing it on the car is going to be hard. Getting in those tight spots trying to sand will probably be a huge PITA. Best of luck though.

I think taking it off and then spending the time to put it back on right would be worth the trouble.

 

[FromGTtoSVT]

as mentioned, if you skip steps it will come out not looking great.

I did mine last winter and rushed it.....it looks good, but not mirror like some others posted.

 

[jblood37]

There's no way I'd do mine while it was still on the car. Good luck though.

 

[Rob_Stylez]

I had mine off, it was tough cant imagine doing it while they were still on the car. Take them off and do them right!

 

[Blueline]

DEF. remove the pipes. I start with like 150 maybe then go all the way down to 2000 grit. I use a power hand sander and it takes me about 12 hours to do both pipes, but Im super anal. Dont skip and grits and dont move to a finer grit until all scratches are removed from the current grit. Here are some pics to give you some inspiration lol, its worth it in the end!

 

[04sleeper]

Cat -backs on these cars are so easy to take off it's not worth the trouble to keep them on the car. I could see if you had to take the car to an exhaust shop and have them cut off and rewelded, but these are some of the easiest cars to remove the exhaust from.

It will literally take you 20 minutes to take them off. You are going to spend hours doing this anyway. Would you rather do this all on your back? Your arms will be sore enough. LOL

Take your time and follow the steps and you will be rewarded with your desired results.

Remember, you only have to do this sanding hard work once! Then you are just maintaining the shine with polish.

Good luck and let me know if you need any pointers.

 

[fast ford brian]

Like stated above , use a sander ! It save's hours of sanding and your hand's will thank you .

 

[03' White Snake]

I actually bought a bench top polisher from Harbor Freight that I use every winter to maintain the polish pipes. Like stated, the first time is the hardest and most time consuming part.

 

[Boogie Chillin]

Windex works great to for the wet sanding, get a bunch latex gloves or dish gloves, NO way I would do this with them on the car. If I were to do it again, I would find a guy that does it for a living and pay to save my arm. I remember getting done with the first pipe, and it looked great, then I looked at the raw second pipe and began to gently weep. Enjoy!

 

[8gtoklr]

I used 4 grits and was tired, I wetsanded the tips to. I am saving up and having them ceramic coated bright chrome

 

[RI-SVT]

yeah im taking the pipes off, just wondering can I use a sandpaper block, might make it easier on the hands, im gonna start now and take my time, how many packs of each grid is needed?

 

[Franco]

I did it on the car came out great but not like the results off the car. Main difference is the use of the flapper wheel. That would have brought my exhaust to the levels pictures above. As I use my car I def came out good enough. Maybe next winter I'll pull it off and do it the right way. But results can come out good on the car just have patience and good jack stands

 

[Franco]

I did it on the car came out great but not like the results off the car. Main difference is the use of the flapper wheel. That would have brought my exhaust to the levels in the pictures above. As I use my car I def came out good enough. Maybe next winter I'll pull it off and do it the right way. But results can come out good on the car just have patience and good jack stands

 

[Franco]

Sorry for the double post

 

[8gtoklr]

yeah im taking the pipes off, just wondering can I use a sandpaper block, might make it easier on the hands, im gonna start now and take my time, how many packs of each grid is needed?

get a sander, i used the blocks.

 

[weaselp1]

I used a orbital palm sander on the course grits(80-220). Saves the arm workout for the finer wet grits

Would it be possible to use the orbital sander on the finer grits too?