Sizzle Chest
06-13-2015, 04:45 PM
So, I was one of the lucky people that were picked to try out some new products and review them...My first review will be of a new Pinnacle product.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4114_zpsw1xnmwh1.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4114_zpsw1xnmwh1.jpg.html)
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Yes! Pinnacle Exhaust Cleaner and Brightener. This product claims to: gently clean and polish chrome and polished exhaust tips to a mirror finish. It also states that it imparts a protective coating to make future cleaning easier.
It comes with a foam exhaust polishing sponge. It is a medium-coarse, dense sponge yellow in color.
It is a crème type polish. Off white or tan in color. VERY pleasant smell. My wife says it smells like 'smarties' candy. It has a nice sweet candy like fragrance, and I really like it!
My test/victim: 2013 Porsche Carrera S factory sport exhaust tips. They have approx. 12K miles on them and have been taken care of pretty well. P21S polishing soap is what has been used for clean up/polishing.
I removed the tips from the vehicle to make cleaning and pics easier.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4109_zpsfcoebuow.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4109_zpsfcoebuow.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4110_zpsmgoyrcn9.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4110_zpsmgoyrcn9.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4111_zpsk567etm7.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4111_zpsk567etm7.jpg.html)
I cleaned them with some APC and then gave them an IPA wipedown. I then used the Pinnacle product on them. The container says that a little goes a long way: I only used the amount that was stuck to the lid of the container for this test. It was plenty for these tips.
The tips weren't super trashed, however, they were dirty and had a few spots on them that were 'baked' on exhaust deposits/carbon.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4116_zpser66s80s.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4116_zpser66s80s.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4117_zpskkf9qgn7.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4117_zpskkf9qgn7.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4118_zpsgw92ddnn.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4118_zpsgw92ddnn.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4119_zps6ehotyhq.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4119_zps6ehotyhq.jpg.html)
Afters:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4123_zpsrvqsefik.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4123_zpsrvqsefik.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4120_zps08we4uda.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4120_zps08we4uda.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4121_zpsojghgajg.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4121_zpsojghgajg.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4122_zpsarctwld3.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4122_zpsarctwld3.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4125_zpsi0jgbbez.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4125_zpsi0jgbbez.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4124_zpsdgq7yvpr.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4124_zpsdgq7yvpr.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4126_zpsjkpnxijk.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4126_zpsjkpnxijk.jpg.html)
This new product works as advertised as far as the cleaning/polishing abilities. I don't know about the protective coating aspect of that yet...that will remain to be seen!
It took care of some caked on crud around the underside of the tips near the lettering/part number like a boss. It shined them up nicely, and I will be using this again on our Mercedes exhaust tip soon for another review to validate my findings of this test/review!
In my book a good product to have in your arsenal. I have used numerous other metal polishes and this one has been the most pleasant to work with-ease of use and smell.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4114_zpsw1xnmwh1.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4114_zpsw1xnmwh1.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4115_zpsf1unhp5o.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4115_zpsf1unhp5o.jpg.html)
Yes! Pinnacle Exhaust Cleaner and Brightener. This product claims to: gently clean and polish chrome and polished exhaust tips to a mirror finish. It also states that it imparts a protective coating to make future cleaning easier.
It comes with a foam exhaust polishing sponge. It is a medium-coarse, dense sponge yellow in color.
It is a crème type polish. Off white or tan in color. VERY pleasant smell. My wife says it smells like 'smarties' candy. It has a nice sweet candy like fragrance, and I really like it!
My test/victim: 2013 Porsche Carrera S factory sport exhaust tips. They have approx. 12K miles on them and have been taken care of pretty well. P21S polishing soap is what has been used for clean up/polishing.
I removed the tips from the vehicle to make cleaning and pics easier.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4109_zpsfcoebuow.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4109_zpsfcoebuow.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4110_zpsmgoyrcn9.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4110_zpsmgoyrcn9.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4111_zpsk567etm7.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4111_zpsk567etm7.jpg.html)
I cleaned them with some APC and then gave them an IPA wipedown. I then used the Pinnacle product on them. The container says that a little goes a long way: I only used the amount that was stuck to the lid of the container for this test. It was plenty for these tips.
The tips weren't super trashed, however, they were dirty and had a few spots on them that were 'baked' on exhaust deposits/carbon.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4116_zpser66s80s.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4116_zpser66s80s.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4117_zpskkf9qgn7.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4117_zpskkf9qgn7.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4118_zpsgw92ddnn.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4118_zpsgw92ddnn.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4119_zps6ehotyhq.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4119_zps6ehotyhq.jpg.html)
Afters:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4123_zpsrvqsefik.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4123_zpsrvqsefik.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4120_zps08we4uda.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4120_zps08we4uda.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4121_zpsojghgajg.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4121_zpsojghgajg.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4122_zpsarctwld3.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4122_zpsarctwld3.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4125_zpsi0jgbbez.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4125_zpsi0jgbbez.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4124_zpsdgq7yvpr.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4124_zpsdgq7yvpr.jpg.html)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/bigalfromfl/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4126_zpsjkpnxijk.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/user/bigalfromfl/media/Detailing%20product%20reviews/DSCN4126_zpsjkpnxijk.jpg.html)
This new product works as advertised as far as the cleaning/polishing abilities. I don't know about the protective coating aspect of that yet...that will remain to be seen!
It took care of some caked on crud around the underside of the tips near the lettering/part number like a boss. It shined them up nicely, and I will be using this again on our Mercedes exhaust tip soon for another review to validate my findings of this test/review!
In my book a good product to have in your arsenal. I have used numerous other metal polishes and this one has been the most pleasant to work with-ease of use and smell.