Upgrading to an S8 backbox

[Oli18]

Hi,

I've always been amazed that our (D2) cars never came with chrome exhaust tips aside from the S8 and have felt that the standard 'black' tips don't look all that exciting.

I saw that the guys at A8parts had a spare S8 exhaust that i thought i'd try and get my hands on as i really like keeping with the OEM look (Thanks Ian, Dave & Dave...it arrived super quick!)...it's been sat in my house for over a month as i haven't found the time to take a first stab at it but finally started it today...

I haven't finished it yet as it's been a bit harder to clean that i first thought but we're going in the right direction.

This is how it looked when it arrived:









As you can see...it needs a bit of TLC

I started with a basic kit of tools...



and after about 1 1/2 hrs of blood, sweet and tears I had the following (mediocre) result:







The results i'm aiming for is this:



I have now left it to soak up with some serious grime remover and have unconventionally used 'Oven Pride' which worked really well on all my kitchen wear...it's a little harsh but I think it may require another 2 hrs of scrubbing at this rate.



I'll hopefully show what the result is of it tomorrow but if anyone has any other ideas, please feel free to share them ...

-Oli