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Thank you all! Lots of great options I'm going to try this weekend.
Back when my car was new in 86 there was really only 1 option, Armor All. Lately I feel like they changed the formula like COKE or something. Its just flat black. I want GLOSS black. WET black. Like it used to be.
What ever you use, the key thing is to make sure that the tires are clean!!!! When you keep spraying or putting layer over layer of the stuff you use will eventually look like crap and won't stay on. I recently started with Mothers "Back to Black Tire Renew". It a good cleaner and in addition to cleaning the tires, it leaves them black.
What ever you use, the key thing is to make sure that the tires are clean!!!! When you keep spraying or putting layer over layer of the stuff you use will eventually look like crap and won't stay on. I recently started with Mothers "Back to Black Tire Renew". It a good cleaner and in addition to cleaning the tires, it leaves them black.
Don't worry. I'm addicted to detailing my car. Its how I relax. Tires are spotless. But the Armor all is just not doing its trick anymore IMO. I tried the Barret Jackson with worse results. Meguiers , Black magic is good, but its actually so heavy when I drive I see my fenders getting spotted from it. I have a new bottle of Surf City Garage I'm going to try this morning.
I'm not even asking for long lasting. I'll settle for 2 days as long as it looks wet and glossy black. It used too , just not finding it anymore.
It's a really charp chort, man, y'know? It's lowered to da ground, has twice pipes, candy-apple red and button top... (Cheech and Chong for those of you too young to get the reference)
That did get me thinking about how trends change though. I started using it when white letter tires were the 'in' thing as otherwise I spent a lot of time scrubbing the letters with a steel wool pad.
It cleans the black part of the tire as well as it did the white letters (or whitewalls) back in the day. Now your tires are supposed to be shiny if you want to be one of the cool kids...
Oh well. That's why they have chocolate and vanilla. And strawberry and Cherry Garcia and...
I use Surf City Beyond Black. Non-petroleum with UV protection, and it does not attract dust.
I had to look at the calendar to see it's been over two months since I applied any (Shrimp Festival Parade). While the tires aren't really shiny now, they still look clean and deep black.
The inside of the fender wells and mud flaps get some wiped on with a towel
Originally Posted by Pyro4117
That did get me thinking about how trends change though. I started using it when white letter tires were the 'in' thing as otherwise I spent a lot of time scrubbing the letters with a steel wool pad.
I just had the shop mount the tires so the white lettering was on the inside. In the 80s it was popular for some guys to dress up their 10 year old Buicks and Caddys with huge whitewalls and chrome curb feelers. Now it's all about skinny tires and huge rims.
Poor boys natural shine. I keep a bottle in the rear cargo along with microfiber towels. I use it on everything. I dont put much on my tires because I dont want it slinging up into the wheel wells and possibly getting absorbed into the smc.
05-07-2015, 04:48 PM
I'm in good company!
(Cheech and Chong for those of you too young to get the reference)
