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      10-20-2011, 03:57 AM   #24
clivem2
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Originally Posted by Lotus7 View Post
Don't know about the 20d version, but the ones BMW puts on the 35i are made of non-ferrous stainless steel. I wipe mine once a week with a damp paper towel and polish them with Semichrome every (2) months, or so, and they look as good as new.
My 30D version looks to be made from the same metal at the ones I had on my 335i Vert. Not chrome at all, surely stainless. The 335i ones blackened quickly, the X3 diesel seems cleaner. When the ends of the 335i exhausts became badly tarnished I used fine wirewool to no ill effect at all - just on the very ends and interior.
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