Who else doesn't use tire dressings?

[KrisZ]

I gave up on them years ago. I never liked that they attracted more dirt and were more difficult to clean properly. Some dressings turned brown as they aged. So the wheels looked quite bad. Plus I never liked my tires shiny to begin with.

I'm perfectly happy with just washing them with car soap. How about you guys?

 

[nomas]

Nope .

 

[ripcord]

Not even once

 

[vavavroom]

Is tire dressing like window dressing?

 

[Kira]

"Bottled tire dressing on my fresh salad?"
"Relax, it's Wishbone".

 

[vavavroom]

"Bottled tire dressing on my fresh salad?"
"Relax, it's Wishbone".

I bet my dog would lick off the tire dressing before munching the tire.

 

[dubber09]

I go undressed

 

[dishdude]

I loathe tire dressing.

 

[fdcg27]

Michelin recommended not using these products.
From what I've read, these dressings are not good for tires and so should be avoided.

 

[carviewsonic]

I was glad when whitewalls went out of style and I didn't have to scrub them anymore. I tried a tire dressing a couple of times 20+ years ago, never bothered since. Finally disposed of the can when we moved last year.

 

[buster]

There are some nice matte tire coating/dressings on the market now that don't sling, look greasy and last a decent amount of time. Lately I haven't been using anything.

 

[supton]

Is tire dressing like window dressing?

More like, salad dressing.

Myself, nope. But then again, if I wash my cars twice a year, that's about once more than usual.

 

[Pew]

Paging @OVERKILL. His other preferred type of threads!

 

[vavavroom]

More like, salad dressing.

Myself, nope. But then again, if I wash my cars twice a year, that's about once more than usual.

Why wash them? Just slam the doors and the mud and crud will fall right off.

 

[IndyIan]

Why wash them? Just slam the doors and the mud and crud will fall right off.

I go for a drive when its raining, in the spring mostly, drive through lots of puddles to wash off the salt. When I do actually wash the car, I do make a point to scrub the tires and wheels a bit.
Before kids, and monotone plastic jellybean cars, I used to wash and wax the '81 Olds Omega Brougham pretty regularly, get that chrome trim shining! And I used to love giving the white sidewalls a light scrub with a sos pad to make them pop! Even in the early 2000's white walls were pretty much over. I might've even tried some tire dressing on it? I haven't used any since at least.

 

[DemoFly]

I dress my tires but I don't use tire dressing. On my commercial trucks I use Mop n' glo and on my passenger cars I use VRP.

Vehicle looks dirty with untreated rubber. I'm not gonna wash something to have it look dirty, waste of time.

 

[Jetronic]

they used it on my MG before delivery. I never liked it, makes tyres look like jerry curls from "coming to america".

 

[Dinoburner]

Might have been the last one with raised white letters with dressing.

 

[eljefino]

they used it on my MG before delivery. I never liked it, makes tyres look like jerry curls from "coming to america".

Soul Glo!



On topic, I never use the stuff. I even got it free for Fathers Day, left it on the shelf in my garage.

Pablo got a new car with it on the tire tread, took a while to burn off.

 

[Trav]

I never used it, it looks hideous, not just that but it seems to get dogs lifting one leg on them.