Beemer Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Brand new tires. Just installed. Yuck. Tire & Rubber Cleaner. Green Wheel Cleaner (old-school). Tire Shine. Good as new. Well - better than new, actually. Osok, Mariner, Rich and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mariner Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Great transformation! TRC is one of my favorite products for sure falcaineer and Dan@Adams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Beemer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 I couldn't believe how bad those new tires looked when I picked up the car. I didn't complain, though, because I didn't want THEM to try to clean them up. I'll do it myself, thank you! falcaineer, jessewsmith and krea1975 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neontrucks Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Some new tires look like that, I think it is dried release agent, to get tires out of the mold. SumBeach35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Beemer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Some new tires look like that, I think it is dried release agent, to get tires out of the mold. Nope. This was the white, greasy crap they used to seal the tires to the wheels. Smeared all over every tire and every wheel. Looked bad. They didn't even TRY to clean it up. I've had new tires before. This was beyond the pale. jessewsmith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neontrucks Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Nope. This was the white, greasy crap they used to seal the tires to the wheels. Smeared all over every tire and every wheel. Looked bad. They didn't even TRY to clean it up. I've had new tires before. This was beyond the pale. Oh ok, Euro tire lube. Takes real talent to get it all over the sidewall. Its very thick and needs to be painted on with a stiff brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wy_detailing Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Much better! I need to get my new wheels and tires cleaned and ready for ceramic coating this week ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BrianT Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Nice turn around!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Krr21 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Looks much better! It also looks like you've got the black Camaro emblems on the fender. I've thought about getting those for mine to go with my black stripes, but haven't pulled the trigger on them yet. They look great on yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Beemer Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Looks much better! It also looks like you've got the black Camaro emblems on the fender. I've thought about getting those for mine to go with my black stripes, but haven't pulled the trigger on them yet. They look great on yours! Thanks. I'm not a big fan of chrome on this car so I got rid of as much as I could. Replaced the text on the fenders, removed the front bow-tie, and painted the tail-light bezels. The only chrome I still have is on the rear bowtie. Since I can't remove it because it would leave holes I blacked out the gold insert of the rear-bowtie - but I haven't come up with a good solution to cover the chrome. Krr21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Crooz1n Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Much better on the after pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dr.Bora Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 stuff gets thrown everywhere with tire install, especially if they are careless with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brand new tires. Just installed. Yuck.
Tire & Rubber Cleaner. Green Wheel Cleaner (old-school). Tire Shine.
Good as new. Well - better than new, actually.
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