Hey KZR,
So in my never-ending quest for information, learning and devouring as much tech tips as I can find to use myself going forward I realized I really don't know how to bring back the finish on these black chrome pipes on my GPz. I realize that without removing them and taking them to a place that can do a full strip and re-plate of the black chrome that it will never be "perfect" but I am sure that I can at least go through the effort myself of rubbing on them by hand to bring them back to nearly showroom quality again.
Currently this is about the best pic I have of the black chrome, I can and will take a closer better pic tonight when I am at the new house doing some yard work after normal work gets out. They are in really good shape already but they are still showing their age and patina, and for most they would leave it but I want this to look like it just rolled out of the showroom for me.
On normal chromies I have heard of using super fine steel wool, scotchbrite pads, and aluminum foil among other things to bring the finish back as well as some rubbing compounds, but something in the back of my head keeps saying that will probably ruin the finish on these ones
So, what is the proper way to try to restore the finish on these black chrome pipes without removing the black tinting itself???
Thanks,
Brett
PS: Did a search via google as well as searching KZR but really didn't find much of anything, mostly talk about what black chrome is and how it is nearly impossible to find a place that does a true black chrome anymore since most of the shops have been closed due to higher and higher EPA restrictions.