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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 05:56 AM
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Tire Care

What do you use on your tires to get em that shiney black?

What is your favorite product and how do you use it?
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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 09:21 AM
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i'm interested too.
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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 10:08 AM
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Meguire's and Stoner's make good stuff
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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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I use No Touch Wet "N" Protect. Your tires will be Blingin.
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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 11:18 PM
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Just make sure to use a product without silicon in it. A lot of the tire products out there do, I've even seen some that say outright on the front that it's Silicon.

While the silicon based ones will look good too, they will dry out and brown the tires.

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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 09:44 PM
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also try to look for somethign that does more than shine the rubber -

maybe something that helps protect it from the sun ?
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Old Jul 27, 2003 | 03:42 PM
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I use Meguiar's High Gloss Tire Gel. It comes in a bottle (the stuff is purple) and you apply it with a crecent shaped sponge.

I find this works better than the spray on stuff since:

a) It doesn't end up dripping all over your rims. (This, I heard somewhere, is bad for your rims).
b) The shine lasts a great deal longer.

The only downside is that I've noticed a buildup on my tires....but that can be probably scrubbed off with a good brush and soap.
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Old Jul 27, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Hello-

I prefer using Stoner's More Shine Less Time. It's spray on and gives the wheels a nice shiny and wet look. Not everyone's into the real wet look, but I think it looks very nice.

I have my own car washing business and I ran out of MSLT (More Shine...) on a job and I had to go to the nearest auto parts store. I grabbed some Eagle One stuff--don't care for it. It was spray on and it didn't directly spray onto the tire--it was a real fine mist and the stuff seemed to go everywhere. MSLT has a very precise nozzle that keeps the spray from going everwhere. I'm very happy with it and don't plan on switching products...unless someone here has used it and recommends something else My clients seem to be happy with the stuff, too, as no one has commented otherwise.


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Old Jul 27, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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Originally posted by MikeMa
I use Meguiar's High Gloss Tire Gel. It comes in a bottle (the stuff is purple) and you apply it with a crecent shaped sponge.
The only downside is that I've noticed a buildup on my tires....but that can be probably scrubbed off with a good brush and soap.
That was always my only problem with it also - I hate scrubbing tires . . .so I switched.
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