rubber on exhaust tips?

[DragCamaro]

hey everyone, i just finished off my et streets today and my exhaust tips have a pretty good coat of rubber on them. ive never had much of a problem getting the rubber off 1/4s, but this stuff has been melted then remelted to the tips. its on pretty thick too, is there a trick to getting it off or should i just wait a while for it to dry and try and peel it. like i said its on pretty thick haha.
thanks, Mark

 

[notacarlo]

Let it firm up then peel it off. The other alternative is to get throttle body cleaner. It will eat the rubber off, use plenty of rags.

Prevention: Use a dry-lube like PTFE (Wurth). Spray it on liberally, let it settle and go tear a$$. The rubber will fall right off the pipe.

 

[scojack_2001]

I just left it there for a while and it rubbed right off. The stuff I used on the quarter panel actually took some of the paint off!:frown:

 

[DragCamaro]

alright thanks guys. btw to anyone that uses a gas and sponge.... you might wanna wear gloves.... just sayin lol

 

[TurboRegal84]

Use a razor blade to get most of it off....then use a wirebrush to make the surface uniform. After that you can polish to bring the metal shine out or paint it black as it was factory.

 

[scojack_2001]

alright thanks guys. btw to anyone that uses a gas and sponge.... you might wanna wear gloves.... just sayin lol

I used the tar remover stuff from GM... Well it worked LOL!:frown:

 

[SMS]

I use WD40 to remove any rubber that doesn't rinse off. I don't allow it to build up though, always clean'er up the next day.

 

[mytoy]

leave em dirty and show em off!

 

[Pronto]

leave em dirty and show em off!

Me too.:biggrin:

 

[NVRL8]

Kerosene works good too. Won't harm the paint if you hafta do the quarters also.

 

[tford]

here's a nice little helper

I don't know where the link is so sorry about that but I ran across these things called "burnout buddies" a while ago. They are magnetic and stick to the lower part of the 1/4's. I don't know anyone who used them but they say they don't scratch the paint. Anyone who has them let me know. Ha Ha. I have a lot of burnout buddies but not the kind for rubber on 1/4's.

 

[NVRL8]

Burnout Buddies

I have them. They work well. Some say they may fly off, but that's never been a problem for me. Try here for purchase:

Product Listing - Odds-N-Ends

Performance Systems Manufacturing, LLC

 

[WS6]

John's performance used to sell those burnout buddies.


EDIT:Whoops! I'm too slow on the draw

 

[turbofabricator]

DRAG RACING in January??????? YOU MAKE ME SICK!!!!! It rains here untill the day after the 4th of July. We even had more snow here than EVER!!!! Dang Global Warming!!!!! I WISH I could have the rubber on the tail pipes problem this time of year..................Lucky dog!!!

 

[aminga]

Meguiars Body solvent is excellent for removing burnout rubber and it won't hurt the paint.

 

[DragCamaro]

i wasnt drag racing, i just got another set of tires for the rear and decided to finish off the old ones haha