Good on you Jedi....my 04 tires were just replaced yesterday and I realise I should have had them replaced earlier. The rubber was just crap.....

 

ugh, you were still on the OEM bridgestones???

OEM bridgestones lasted 19,000. (should have replaced at about 17.5)
245/40 Kumho MX's (220 tread rating) lasted 20,000. (even running some serious negative camber)
245/40 Toyo T1r's (280 tread rating) just got installed last week.

 

Yep...and I 'only' got 40K (25K in miles) out of them. They were starting to scallop and were as noisy as ****. The Maxxis are deadly quiet and for the money I paid ($199 AUS = $174 US) I'm happy....

 

yeah, the OEM's get SUPER loud when they're work out.

 

I'm still on the OEM too...Waiting until I get new wheels...

 

on my old car the logest tires have been on was like 3 years and maybe 20k miles and i used various forms of tire shines...the sides held up much better than the tread...the sides still looked great besides the typical tire wear...i doubt tire shines are going to affect any of us here unless you plan on keeping your tires for 4+ years...

 

Whew, that scared me for a bit. I am a compulsive user of Armor all tire shine since it makes the last part of my car bright black (BB car).

 

..and it depends on the manufacturer...anything which is cheap and nasty is likely to have some pretty destructive properties in it.

 

Gabe, can you pass the shrimp and the cocktail sauce?

 

Really?

I've never seen you at the track.

 

Indeed I can my 7' friend, indeed I can

 

zaino tire shine works pretty good and smells like bananas. if ur tires aren't shining after using it, at least u'll be feeling pretty good from the high from inhaling the fumes.

 

you sure you haven't seen me??? I see you in my rear view mirror all the time...

 

Ha ha your funny.

By the way...... I use Jedi to shine my tires.

He works pretty good.

 

i just started using meguires spray.....dont use it...... i let it sit over night and the next day after getting to work i noticed it got all over my paint around the wheels.......looks like poop too no very shiny at all except when you just put it on

 

tirewet

 

Went to Supercheap Auto today and I saw nine different tire shine products ranging from $1 to $30.....

 

^^^ Black Magic. Comes in a big bottle, think the label is still red / black.
Pick up some Eagle One tire shine pads, makes putting the shine on MUCH easier. (and you take off the excess so you don't end up with shine on your paint)

 

I use Black Magic too,I just spray it on a cheap 2"X3" sponge from the grocery store. Wipe on/Wipe off Daniel san

 

Why the hell are you worrying about tire shine!? LOOK AT YOUR CAR

 

 

the shiny tires are supposed to redirect your attention to them, I guess I need more shine

 

I hear KY works well ...

 

The car is a work in progress that`s not quite done....

 

WTF did you do to it?