Carbon on Exhaust Tip

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My Si only has 5,000 miles on it and I noticed the other day that my exhaust tip is turning black with what seems like a good amount of carbon. I've only ran mid grade fuel in it. Anyone else have this?
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Same. I clean mine weekly lol, but I’m pretty anal about keeping my car clean. I run 93. Just one of those things. If you wax it, it cleans off easier.
 

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My Si only has 5,000 miles on it and I noticed the other day that my exhaust tip is turning black with what seems like a good amount of carbon. I've only ran mid grade fuel in it. Anyone else have this?
Same as others have stated. I just clean if off with paper towel and windex once a week.
 

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The usb port exhaust tip gets cleaned when the car gets washed.

I was considering painting it with high heat satin black paint to make it less noticeable.

I would have preferred a dual tip center similar to the one found on the hatchback sport, heck I may have the oem exhaust tip lopped off at a local muffler shop and replaced with a dual tip.
 


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The usb port exhaust tip gets cleaned when the car gets washed.

I was considering painting it with high heat satin black paint to make it less noticeable.

I would have preferred a dual tip center similar to the one found on the hatchback sport, heck I may have the oem exhaust tip lopped off at a local muffler shop and replaced with a dual tip.
I agree Jeremiah! I like the dual tip better! Haven't heard the USB port exhaust term before, but it definitely fits the description! Maybe that's what Honda ought to call it. Lol
 

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The usb port exhaust tip gets cleaned when the car gets washed.
Haven't heard the USB port exhaust term before, but it definitely fits the description! Maybe that's what Honda ought to call it. Lol
It's much closer to the shape of an HDMI port than a USB port. :)

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Has anyone started getting this? Not a huge deal that high temp paint can’t fix, but kind of annoying with only 4600 miles.

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Has anyone started getting this? Not a huge deal that high temp paint can’t fix, but kind of annoying with only 4600 miles.

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Yes. That has been a common defect people have brought up here. My Si with just under 5k miles has a bare spot too.
 

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have you ever look at any other exhaust. Black soot is part of the combustion process. Live with it or clean it.
 

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