Big Bird 88

ronkh57

Gyeon Tyre (coating)
Poorboys world Bold n Brite

FYRARMS

I am a HUGE fan of Poorboy's World products! Super-quality stuff and great prices. I have swirl removers, polishes, glazes, waxes, and air freshener sprays from them.

Big Bird, I have found that sticking to water-based dressings is the key. The Poorboy's Bold 'n Brite is such an animal. They don't last as long as silicone-based products, but nothing a quick spritz in a few days to reapply won't fix. The advantage of the water-based products is that they don't attract dust, and they dry quickly, reducing the chance of sling if you drive soon after applying them. Plus, if you do get a little bit of the product on your paint, it wipes right off without leaving a greasy mess all over your car. They also make your tires a deep satin black instead of greasy black. Looks much more natural.

Personally, I use two different water-based dressings:

1) Meguiar's D170 "Hyper Dressing" in the gallon size. This is a water-dilutable dressing, and you can adjust the shine level. I dilute mine at a 4:1 ratio for a deep satin shine, and I put it in small spray bottles that I can take with me in all my cars for touch-ups and such. Buying the gallon and cutting it 4:1 with water means I have a LOT of dressing that will last a long time. Best value you will find.

2) Optimum Polymer Technologies "Opti-Bond" tire gel. This is a thick and creamy water-based dressing that takes a little longer to dry than a spray, but leaves a deeper shine. I use this if my car is going to be sitting a while before driving, and also at car shows for that last-minute touch-up all-afternoon shine. Pretty good value, too. 32oz is like $15 or so. This is the product I use on all my car's exterior black plastic, like the Z06 brake ducts, window trim, windshield, cowl, etc.

C5Longhorn

I just tried Duragloss 253. It's very similar to Zaino Z16 but is cheaper.

ronkh57

Everything Duragloss has is exactly like Z, just cheaper.

Big Bird 88

Inferno24

While there are some products that advertise that they are "sling free", if you spray any product directly on the tire and drive off you will more than likely get the product slinging onto your body panels. I have found that if you spray the product on to some kind of hand applicator and rub it on to the tire it will greatly reduce the likelihood of the product slinging onto your paint. It may take a little longer but it is worth the extra effort. Not only will it reduce or eliminate the amount of product that slings onto your body panels but it also keeps that stuff off you freshly cleaned rims.

0Adam's Polish

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-Leaves a Crisp, Sharp Freshly Detailed Look
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Jimnc

I am a big fan of Adam's VRT, In and Out and Tire Shine. All quality products. I always use a foam applicator to put it on.

BudgetPlan1

Around mid-summer 2016 pulled the wheels on our C5, scrubbed the life outta them to remove many years of Zaino tire dressing and put on 2 or 3 coats of TuffShine Tire Coating on 'em.

Gave them a quick scrub in Summer 2017 and applied a coat or 2 of TuffShine. Pulled car outta storage last week, tires looking good.

Figure I got about 20k miles on em since 2016, daily driving in Summer sun and rain but no snow/salt.

Prep can be a bit time consuming initially but the stuff just keeps on trucking on these Michelin Pilot Sport A/S ZP tires.

Good stuff.

z06clif

Ive tried them all and keep coming back to Black Magic tire dressing.

Clif

Taevon lee

ztheusa

Do the wheels and tires at the same time with Lemon Pledge.

grampi50

My absolute fav is Stoner's More Shine...nice matte finish, lasts a long time, and doesn't sling...

Taevon lee

the kid C6

I recently heard about using Pledge on car interiors, too.

I use Windex on my wheels.

Someone gave me a bottle of tire shine -- Armor-All. I'm impressed with how well it has held up, it's been about five weeks and the tires are still glossy black. I apply with a paint brush.

Rob4092xx

Lemon Pledge or Stoners for the win!

John Ulrich

Oh my, you made me laugh! As a kid of 14, I still remember using pledge on my parents car in the driveway around 1971. I don't know where I heard to use it..... back before the internet how did we hear about anything???

6speedsteve

Stoner on my truck, easier for taller tires & Zaino on my Corvette for lower profile tires.

Walshdaw

someone already said it.. Duragloss 253. I have probably tried 10-15 different tire shine products. I feel like the Duragloss product gives the best look and does last for a tire shine.. if you haven't tried it, would definitely recommend.