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RRS Craig



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United Kingdom 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Santorini Black
Getting shiny black tyres?

Can anyone suggest a product that brings the tyres out shiny as they do in the garages? RRS

Post #305015 Mon Jul 04 2011 9:46pm
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npinks
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Give them a good scrub with all purpose cleaner, when dry a coat of tire shine, various brands our there auto glym, megiuers I have tried a few but if you put too much on it slings itself on to the paint or it washes off in the first puddle you see

Best I have found is gloss-it signature tyre gloss but at £20 it's expensive but last

A clean tyre before application I'd say is the most important thing for it lasting longer which ever product you use

Post #305020 Mon Jul 04 2011 10:21pm
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NickM



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Poorboys do a tyre shine, Natural Look..about £10. First application fives a rich black finish, and a second one makes it glossy. No fling if left to dry for an hour, and lasts about 2 weeks.....good product

Post #305025 Tue Jul 05 2011 3:21am
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Bradders



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Current weapon of choice is Meguiars High Endurance Tyre Gel

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wheels-and-t...d_103.html

Great stuff and around the cheapest too. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
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Post #305029 Tue Jul 05 2011 6:18am
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mrfixit



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I'll throw another into the mix Smile
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...yId_165682
Cheap,easy to pick up and is really wet looking,just dont spray it on as it does fling,I just spray onto a sponge and wipe on. Thumbs Up

Post #305031 Tue Jul 05 2011 6:41am
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NickM



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MrF, I've used this stuff, looks great but flings like he'll and leaves a very very oily residue on the paint.....and then the brake dust sticks to the alloys....

Post #305032 Tue Jul 05 2011 6:50am
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npinks
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Look at carpro P erl it gets a good write up on DW

Post #305033 Tue Jul 05 2011 7:01am
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Tboner



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Clean tyres with Swift cleaner leave on costs £14 a gallon lasts 5 years , great for trims, mudflaps. rubber seals and internal plastics 2014 5.0SC AB

Gone 5.0 SC

Post #305034 Tue Jul 05 2011 7:03am
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NickM



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Or Black Gloss Dulux paint!! Laughing no please don't do that!!

Post #305035 Tue Jul 05 2011 7:03am
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mrfixit



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NickM wrote:
MrF, I've used this stuff, looks great but flings like he'll and leaves a very very oily residue on the paint.....and then the brake dust sticks to the alloys....

Yes Nick I found that to,I just cut a sponge 3"x2" 1 spray and wipe on,no fling and as you say looks great,been using it for 15 years now

Post #305040 Tue Jul 05 2011 8:30am
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JC1



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I use the meguires tyre gel and find it very good, I work it in with a sponge in fact it's one of those quick shine shoe sponges that had dried out, it's ideal and as long as you work it in well very little fling Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

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Post #305118 Tue Jul 05 2011 10:08pm
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Siberianfox



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Hmm I find tat no matter how well I rub in the maguires tyre gel. I still seem to get the fling effect ! I wonder if you dont really notice it on a dark car Confused Smile

Post #305147 Wed Jul 06 2011 8:01am
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NickM



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Megs always flings, no matter what. Looks great, but better water based solutions out there. I will post up a link from DW that shows a group test.......it's lunchtime here and not much to do!!

Post #305171 Wed Jul 06 2011 9:23am
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npinks
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so did I foxy, thats why i got rid of it made i right mess of the white paint

The Gloss-it tyre stuff i use, I apply via a sponge scourer, which i spray on the sponge and wipe it round, I also keep the sponge in a sealed bag, that way it doesn't dry out and i use less product Thumbs Up

Post #305172 Wed Jul 06 2011 9:24am
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NickM



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I do the same mate.......the water based milky solutions tend to work best although they don't look like much, they stay on longer and last for at least two weeks....now that's enough about my sex life, and back to Tyres!

Post #305175 Wed Jul 06 2011 9:27am
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