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Old 07-05-14, 02:23 PM
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Default ES300 Exhaust Tip Upgrade?

I'm looking to style up my Lexus a little bit with a new exhaust tip, but I've been looking everywhere on the internet to find out what my exhaust tip size is and i can't find anything! I also would like to know roughly what the total cost of an exhaust tip installation would be. (cost for the tip itself and installation) Any help or suggestions from you guys would be awesome. I've tried calling a few shops near me but i can't seem to find any that do exhaust work.
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What do you have in mind? Any pictures? I would recommend staying with the factory chrome tip. I have yet to see an aftermarket exhaust that suits this body style.
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This is what it looks like right now. Its not really "pretty" anymore. It's anything but that actually... I think i want a tip that's a little longer, and has a new chrome finish.
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You can polish that back to chrome.


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You'd be surprised what you can do with some polish

Here's mine before and after. I also painted the back of the muffler to look better. I used some silver polish and a lot of elbow grease and it came out looking great.


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I have a dual tip, although it doesn't seem flush with the rear bumper cutout, I like the look. I believe I have a few photos, look into my past posts.
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Originally Posted by lostape45
You'd be surprised what you can do with some polish

Here's mine before and after. I also painted the back of the muffler to look better. I used some silver polish and a lot of elbow grease and it came out looking great.


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That looks way better. What polish did you use and where could i buy it? And did you have to take the muffler off to paint it?
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Originally Posted by westopill
That looks way better. What polish did you use and where could i buy it? And did you have to take the muffler off to paint it?
I used some stainless steel polish you could probably find at a hardware store. I just left the muffler on and covered the surrounding area with newspaper to keep overspray to a minimum.
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Originally Posted by MrBooby
What do you have in mind? Any pictures? I would recommend staying with the factory chrome tip. I have yet to see an aftermarket exhaust that suits this body style.
I'd dispute that, many work, it's all in the placement and proportionality to the exhaust cut out on the bumper.
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I agree with 01LEXPL, although i think just polishing up the one i have would be cost effective. Maybe I'll think about getting a new one, if it's cheap.
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