So today in the Detail Garage we're doing
some finishing touch detailing
on this Lotus Elise.
We've detailed the whole top of of the car
and we wanted to move down to the bottom and
get some of the finishing touches.
The back of the Lotus has a really nice Borla
exhaust,
and it really shows off the whole car
because any car enthusiast loves to see that
cool stainless steel exhaust.
The problem is the tip goes all the way down
to the bottom,
and it's really low to the ground.
That means it gets things like road tar,
condensation builds up in the tip since it's
at an angle,
and it gets these drip marks with carbon and
road film at the bottom.
I could lay down on my back and clean this tip,
but it was much easier to throw it on our
BendPak lift,
and lift up the car so that I'm comfortable
and standing up
so I can clean any part of the car quickly
and easily.
I'm gonna grab some of our Heavy Metal Polish,
and I'm gonna remove these drip marks
and this "ring around the tip" that really
kills the look of the car.
I'm gonna get underneath and I'm gonna grab
some metal polish,
and we're gonna polish it up.
We're under the Lotus and we're gonna start
cleaning the tip.
If you're doing this at home, you can do it
in your garage
with jack stands to get under the car.
But here at the Detail Garage we've got this
awesome
BendPak HD-9 lift.
This thing is real cool.
It's four-post, and it allowed me to get the
car exactly where
my height is, so I don't have to be bending
down
with back or knee pain,
I can stand up and get the job done efficiently.
I adjusted the car and the lift so that the
exhaust tip is right in my eyesight,
and I'm not bending down or working in an
uncomfortable position.
I'll take my Heavy Metal Polish,
it's available on our website,
and I'll put a little bit of polish on my
applicator pad.
There's a few drops of polish...
Now I'll take the polish and spread it all
over the tip.
This is a custom Borla exhaust on this Lotus
and the tip hangs super low.
One of the things the owner always tells me
and I notice whenever I see the car,
is that it always has stains, road tar, and
road film
because the rear tires kick up a lot of dirt,
and it really makes the back of the exhaust
not look like it should.
It has a beautiful muffler, and all these
stainless steel pipes,
and if the tip doesn't look good, it's gonna
kill the whole look.
I'm scrubbing hard, and we're getting a lot
of dirt off the tip.
A lot of this is oxidation and what I like
to call the "ring around the tip."
That's because carbon, dust, and dirt settles
inside the tip,
and then when condensation that blows out
of the tip
it causes this ring.
Let's keep polishing.. make sure we look good.
If you want, you can add a little more polish.
You can see the oxidation coming off the tip,
so we want to do the best job cleaning.
Now that I have the tip all polished up,
I'm gonna grab a microfiber towel,
this is one of our black Workhorse Microfiber
Towels,
and I'm gonna buff off the tip.
Now this chrome tip is really starting to
shine!
And it's gonna match the shiny look of the
Borla muffler.
Finishing touch details is what it's all about!
I'm gonna go finish the rest of the car
because there's a few more touches I want
to finish around the car.
We'll see you next time in the Detail Garage!
