Exhaust tips

In a quest to clean up the look of the stock exhaust tips, does anyone have a suggestion to bring back a shine, or, has anyone tried replacing them with:
Ricambi's
157096 [157096 MUFFLER TIP] $146.59 each (4 pcs)
348 4 16 2 EXHAUST SYSTEM -VALID FOR USA AND CDN-
348 (1989-1992) 4 14B 2 EXHAUST SYSTEM - VALID FOR USA SPYDER

 

Thanks Dan, I'll try to clean them up first based on these suggestions and if it just doesn't do it for me, then I'll put in the silly order. I just think it would look nice to see them polished. I put in the "ultimate pedal" set and am looking for a polished shift ball as well. A little bit of gleam here and there

 

Okay, 4 or 5 of the metal polishes didn't do much to improve the discoloration of the exhaust tips. They looked as though they had never been cleaned in the last 13 years and not balck as much as a "bronze" sort of oxidation with a bit of carbon buildup on the inside of the tip rings. Rather than add the sleeves (although mcuh less time involved) I broke out the six or so grades of emory cloth figuring that if it screwed it up I could always go the sleeve route instead. I've done three of the four so far and while not totally gleaming and reflective they look so much better than before. As we've said in past posting, cost $0.00 - priceless. I left one original so I could post a picture which I'll do soon.

 

The photo isn't great, hard to capture reflections but.. the bronze look is gone and there is now a shine. It was a matter of medium-fine-very fine-ultra fine emory cloth. I suppose I could have gone further with polishing compound but this was enough. One bit of advice though is that instead of working it like shoe shine (left-right moving) which leaves grooves moving in and out did a much better job. Didn't really take that long but it looks much cleaner. Could have spent $250 and bolted them on but nah...
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