What do you use to shine your tires?

I agree with that yes . I was talking about people who comment that they never clean there car or truck at all .

 

fair enough….sorry I jumped the gun.

Someone not cleaning their truck does not preclude you from cleaning yours.

 

This would be my 3rd vehicle with aftermarket wheels, I had black 20 inch on a car before they where 2Crave wheels, then on another car I had 20 inch chromes STAR wheels, Now this is my first truck ever and I love my tacoma way more then my to cars I had in the pass, I do about 99.9% driving on the streets not going to see much mud or dirt roads

 

I think Discount Tires is going to be mad with me when Monday Comes LOL, cause I already ordered my tires & rims, But i ordered KMC, and now I will be calling them Monday to tell them I change my mind I want the Method 305 Double Black
But in 17inch

 

Most of this is just good natured ribbing. It’s the mall crawler vs. wheeler thing.

I try and detail my Tacoma twice a year to protect the paint. The tires usually look fine after a wash and scrub.

My 2nd Gen Sport got washed, waxed and tire shined constantly, but it was a mall crawler.

To each their own…but certain topics one should expect a good ribbing….

 

Matte black or gloss clear coated black?

 

You’ll have to ask the neighbor dogs.
He “shines” mine regularly………

 

In the 70’s my dad painted cars in the garage (restorations) I used brake fluid on the tires. It made them look like new not shiny. They didn’t have anything at the time, a little bit goes a long way and everyone had some in the garage.

 

Fast forward 50 years and we have a thousand options!

 

That’s a good one and I use something like it for my wheel wells. I use something like this for the tire itself:

https://www.griotsgarage.com/tire-scrubbing-brush/

 

Brake fluid is corrosive and eats rubber and paint. I guess it looks good doing it though

 

I've been using Lucas, seems to be good stuff.

 

Ditto

 

0 Offset with 17' rims and 255/70/17 tires, would this set up be flush with the fender well?

 

Depends how shiny your tires are

 

I’ve been just using the Car Guys tire shine for a while.

 

a little off-topic maybe, but this indicates UV protection - would this product be good for the oem tonneau cover? I have noticed mine starting to fade a bit from the sun and wondering if there is some kind of UV protectant I should be using.

Thanks, OK back to the tire shine vs mud debate...

 

303!

Doesn't give rubber/plastic a shine, but restores to a natural deep satin finish. It's also a great UV protectant so it will preserve the plastic/rubber. the only downside I've seen of 303 is it doesn't last long.

 

Always I use this

 

This is what I use on exterior plastics too.