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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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i have a trustpower extreme II stainless steel exhaust.. i have had it for about 4 years now.. when i first bought this exhaust it looked like a mirror.. but over time it started turning goldish brown.. people told me it was due to my exhaust getting to hot.. anyways i tried just washing it with soap and water while washing my car but it doesnt do anything.. i was wondering if there was any kinda of solution that anyone knows about.. just want the exhaust to shine again.. thanks
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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You can you ss polish or never dull. Niether will last very long, though.
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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use brasso, i had same type of problem..never dull is good but it will take much longer...gl
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 06:09 AM
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You have an authentic Trust Extreme? You should post some pics. Where did you get it?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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yea.. my friend used to own a shop and he was importing a bunch of things from japan so i told him to get me one.. yea ima post some before and after pics as soon as i get it done.. probably do it sometime this week.. thanks for the help
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 02:30 PM
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yea.. my friend used to own a shop and he was importing a bunch of things from japan so i told him to get me one.. yea ima post some before and after pics as soon as i get it done.. probably do it sometime this week.. thanks for the help
That's awesome. I'd love to see some pictures.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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Even decent SS with 4 years of road use will start to stain. Nothing a little bit of acid can't take care of! Ive had good luck with a can of diet coke and a ball of aluminium followed by something less abrasive like never dull to polish it off..
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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what do you mean a ball of aluminum? damnit tried the brasso but doesnt do a thing.. any other suggestions while my exhaust is off.. also when i took my exhaust off my gasket basically crumbled apart.. any suggestions on where to get a new one asap?
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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The best gaskets are oem. You can a full set for around 70 bucks from Nissan. Have you tried the ss polish?
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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i tried a product called brasso.. its some sort of metal polish.. didnt do a DAMN thing haha.. someone posted that never dull is good but takes longer then brasso.. so i bought brasso.. wasted 30 mins of yanking trying to get the damn exhaust off the hanger!
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You need the ss polish. You can spray it on and let it sit, then buff it out.
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aluminum foil, balled up. don't make the ball too tight, if it can form around the exhaust itll polish it better.
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so i took some pictures from before i cleaned it.. it looks basically the same after so didnt even bother taking pictures.. trying to put some pictures but it says to insert picture URL.. how do you get a URL for you picture? not good with comps.. haha
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Send the pics to your email. When it asks you to download the pic, save it instead, then send that to here.

What did you end up using?
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Originally Posted by homer_choi
i have a trustpower extreme II stainless steel exhaust.. i have had it for about 4 years now.. when i first bought this exhaust it looked like a mirror.. but over time it started turning goldish brown.. people told me it was due to my exhaust getting to hot.. anyways i tried just washing it with soap and water while washing my car but it doesnt do anything.. i was wondering if there was any kinda of solution that anyone knows about.. just want the exhaust to shine again.. thanks
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Damn, that's a fail and a half...
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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hahaha tell me about.. wasted an hour and a half of my time!!
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Hmm...
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