shiney tyres

sillysi

whats that stuff called that you put on your car tyres that make them look new , some sort of tyre shine stuff ???
Its just that my car looks clean but my tyres look old ( and before you say anythink , my tyres dont need replacing )

Many thanks in advance ............

steveo3002

tyre gel, tyre dressing, tyre shine etc

best one ive found is meguairs endurance gel...wipe it on with a sponge

vansboy

Wrong answer Albertross!!

Correct answer Stevo!!

Make sure the tyres are clean before you apply, though, else you end up smearing road dirt & brake dust residue all over the tyre & won't achieve a good finish.

http://www.meguiars.co.uk bit of a confusing site, but certainly the best bodywork & detailing products you'll buy!! Halfords & independents stock it, so no need to mail order!

VB

BenL

I use "Car Plan" "Tyre Silk" usually on special offer in Morrisons supermarket 2 for 1.

Very happy with its results.

Ben

scheming_gypsy

think the other is called Back to Black.

pianeet

also try cheap black shoe polish,,

unless you have white wall tyres because it would look silly then

raf35y

Many products on sale will do a good job but I use autoglym plastic and rubber trim cleaner, this will shine your tyres and all the interior of your car including leather to a very high shine, it costs about £5 for 500ml but will last a long time. If you don't want to spend any money try wiping washing up liquid on to your tyres with a sponge, don't rinse it off and when it drys the tyres will be a matt finish.

codger

Meguiars' stuff is good but surely over-rated on a £ for £ basis: it has yet to feature as a 'Best Buy' in any of the motoring mag reviews and seems to base much of its reputation on the consumer misapprehension that the more something costs, the better it is -- which definitely isn't the case here.

Tyre gel is also a sod to apply, it takes an age to work it into the tyre and can run everywhere -- and produces results no better than, and often worse, than aerosol sprays. (And the sprays are better than the pistol-grip 'pump' applications, which don't maintain an even pressure and are often unreliable to the point of ceasing to work at all.)

I regularly use Simoniz: it's cheap, it's an aerosol, it doesn't stain the drive where the car's parked and it lasts a couple of weeks -- no, not a long time, but having worked through Gawd only knows how many different brands of tyre shine, I've yet to find one which lasts longer than a fortnight, regardless of price.

AutoExpress has a useful online archive covering all kinds of motoring related products, so try here:


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/archive/

ooo000ooo

Wiping a bit of engine oil round the tyrewall does the same job.

Porker

isnt oil bad for rubber though?

codger

Next thing there'll be a recommendation to use engine oil for cooking with.

I can just see a £200 tyre all dressed up in engine oil. . . :rotfl: