Exhaust tip removal...

[Westcoaster]

I have a 2003 Boxster, does the exhaust tip come off by removing the single bolt under and towards the front of the car? Also is it aluminum or stainless?

thanks, Al

[percymon]

Its held on by the single bolt underneath which clamps the trim against the twin outlets on the back box muffler. There is also a small bent piece on the frontedge on the top of the trim which hooks onto the seam of the muffler box

All trims are stainless, even the Tequipment one from the 550 anniversary

[Westcoaster]

Its held on by the single bolt underneath which clamps the trim against the twin outlets on the back box muffler. There is also a small bent piece on the frontedge on the top of the trim which hooks onto the seam of the muffler box

All trims are stainless, even the Tequipment one from the 550 anniversary

Thanks, that's what I saw (including the small bent piece at the front), the bolt must be corroded, it wouldn't turn much more then 1/8 of a turn.

I might have to either use an impact wrench or drill the bolt out as I don't want to damage where the bolt goes in... I was planning to polish the tip, currenlty is appears to have a 'sand blasted' look.

[Westcoaster]

Well I got the tip off, broke the bolt doing it and had to drill it out, after getting the tip mostly polished, I decided to beadblast it back to a satin finish for now.

Does anybody know what material the muffler box as seen in the picture above is made of?

Al

[percymon]

Its the standard muffler, just polished up (very very quickly) with some metal polish

[Westcoaster]

Its the standard muffler, just polished up (very very quickly) with some metal polish

do you know if it is stainless or aluminum?

[pjslowik]

...after getting the tip mostly polished, I decided to beadblast it back to a satin finish for now.

Did you get it to a mirror finish? I did mine and it is like a mirror. I'm currious why you went back to the satin finish.

[Westcoaster]

...after getting the tip mostly polished, I decided to beadblast it back to a satin finish for now.

Did you get it to a mirror finish? I did mine and it is like a mirror. I'm currious why you went back to the satin finish.

Close to a mirror finish, don't know, but maybe because the polished stainless tips on my RX-7 need to be polished about once a month and the smooth finish shows any imperfections. Sort of like gloss paint on a wall versus satin...

So, I broke out the glass bead machine and satin is where it is at for now, the beads are quite gentle, not like sand so if I get the bug to try again I have only lost a bit of time.