does anyone else notice this on thier Tanabe exhaust tips?

 

hmm...Has it been snowing in oklahoma? lots of rain maybe? Looks like that can be buffed out easily

 

Looks like surface rust. Should come out with a wash and look as new.

 

Washed, used S.S. cleaner to no avail. Had to use very fine steel wool to buff it out. Is this normal? My aftermarket corvette exhausts that were SS never had surface rust.

 

i'd be pissed

 

Wow, that sucks. My tips have no blemishes at all - maybe you ran through some acid or other chemical...

Javier

 

uhh i would really like to see if a lot of other people has this problem....

 

maybe the quality of their stainless steel is how they keep their cost down.

 

Oh that's really bad, This can be caused by anything even water and sun..

 

No problem on my Tanabe's

 

I'd email Tanabe and get an answer.

 

What kind of S.S. cleaner did you use? Brasso has worked great on all of my cars chrome tips, and can be used on Stainless Steel.

 

i've only had mine for less than a month but im sure there are plenty of other members have had theirs for a while w/o any problems. i'd guess you drove through something that reacted with the steel? but w/stainless steel who knows? i'd try asking tanabe or just keep asking around (service people, shops, etc.) if they've seen anything like it. good luck!

 

No problems with mine either. I would recommend that you use some Blue Magic on them. One time my 18" Momos (on my Corolla) had similar "things" appear on them like that and I used Blue Magic and they disappeared

 

Gassman,

We are really sorry that you are having this problem. This is the first time we are hearing of anyone have any problems. If there is a problem with the exhaust we will be more then happy to help resolve the issue.

We will be sending PM shortly.