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Old May 12, 2006 | 04:12 AM
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Anyone here know who they picked as best tire shine?
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Old May 12, 2006 | 06:10 AM
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i been using nothing but


"-It's the first product I've ever seen with an adjustable, 3-way, aerosol spray head. The settings of wide, medium and narrow allow you to adjust the spray pattern to fit the profile of your tire.
-Meguiar's claimed a high gloss finish with just one application. We offer other aerosol tire shine products but they require a second spray to create a uniform gloss.
-A claimed treatment of 50 tires per can! With other aerosol tire shine products, you're lucky to get 12 to 15 tires per can. "
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Old May 12, 2006 | 07:54 AM
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IMHO I think the Guru reports are not worth the paper they're printed on.

The Guru reports are flawed for many reasons. Many new products have come out since the printing of those reports so none of them are included. Plus, the reports did not even include all products available at the time. Not only that, but there are WAY too many subjective criteria when it comes to choosing detailing products. So, anyone who tries to tell you they're giving you an objective evaluation (like the Gurus) is feeding you either BS, their own opinoin, or an amalgamation of several persons' opinions.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:28 AM
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Here's a secert from a professinal detailer... get yourself a paint gun, a small air compressor, and some tire gel dressing.

I use

Just dump this gel in the spray gun, and spray it on. You can dress all 4 tires and the inter wheel wells in about a minute. Using a spray gun forces the product onto the tire. It covers the tire in a nice even coat, no wiping required, no mess. Because its sprayed with an air gun it atomizes' it, unlike a regular spray bottle and by doing so, it gets into all the little spots without having to touch it.

Try it once you'll never go back
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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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i didn't know they sold Optimum stuff in gallons
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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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Oh yeah baby! That's how we buy it.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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How do you avoid dressing the tread itself tho..??
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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What when you do the inner wheel wells?
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by darkknight1999,May 12 2006, 01:36 PM
What when you do the inner wheel wells?
no no...Im saying that if you use a spray gun, and have a 35 profile tire, its like shooting an ant with a bazooka. Isnt that stuff gonna go everywhere, or am I smoking crack and talking about something completely different?

P.S. You guys are crazy if you clean your wheelwells. thats just hardcore anal.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,May 12 2006, 02:45 PM
P.S. You guys are crazy if you clean your wheelwells. thats just hardcore anal.
That's the difference between "washing your car" and "detailing."

Detailed wheel wells really make a car and non-detailed wells make an otherwise good looking clean shiny car look like the crap. Same goes for inside the wheels.
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