Chrome Chipping off Exhaust Tips?

Purple metal polish. Very easy to use and works a treat. http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...7d1346cb-1.jpg
Above photo shows it applied to one side.

Where do u get the purple metal polish from?

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Originally Posted by MovieDude

I've just bought a 2010 GTI and the chrome pipe covers (if that's what they're called) are very sooty. I've tried washing them using car wash detergent and a wheel brush but there are some very stubborn marks. What do you use?

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I've just merged your thread with an existing one on the topic. Plenty of good info in here.

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Originally Posted by BHardstaff

Where do u get the purple metal polish from?

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There's a couple of places after a quick google but I buy mine from the first link.

http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/pr...e_metal_polish

http://allthingsstainless.com.au/ind...FYY3pAodnFwD0A

http://www.fullnoise.net.au/californ...al-polish.html

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Originally Posted by MIRSAD

I am using this one:

Autosol Metal Polish - 75ml - Supercheap Auto Australia

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Off to SCA tonight.

Thought I should update ... bought said polish and it works brilliantly. Don't know if my exhaust is particularly smoky but the tips get smoky / sooty after a few weeks or around 100kms. The tip edges are hardest to get clean.

I just use the finest steel wool from bunnings done in seconds , always used it in resto days with any chrome .

Do you apply any kind of protection after cleaning that will keep the soot off longer?

I don't but it sounds like a darn good idea. What's out there?

Well the tips are annoyingly sooty after just a week of normal driving around the suburbs and along highways; mostly in a high gear. Has anyone considered painting their tips a matt black colour alternatively, should I get VW to check it out?