What do you suggest about shinning tires. I used to use soft scrub on my old car because I had chrome plated wheels, but now I have the alloy clear-coated wheels on my Expedition. I am worried about using soft scrub on my tires because I do not want the bleach in it to damage the clear-coat shine on my wheels. I am having trouble getting rid of the brown dingy look on my sidewalls now, thus not getting a nice shine when using tire foam or any other tire detailing product. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

 

Use Wesley’s tire bleach and a scrub brush to clean your tires. Nothing works better.

 

Nice truck, I have the same rims.

 

definately try Westleys Bleach White.. It's perfect to clean the tires and prep to put on the shine!

 

I use Westley's Bleach White with a stiff brush then shine them up with Mequire's Tire Gel. It's the only thing I have found that lasts for a month or so, depending on how often it rains.

 

With the word 'bleach' in the product name, it still makes me wonder about my original delima. I have heard and seen horror stories about what bleach does to clear-coated rims. Bleach causes the clearcoat to oxidize and turn white. Have you ever had this happen to your wheels on past vehicles? Does anyone else know of any situation where tire cleaners have damaged wheel finishes and how to avoid this?

 

Also, just FYI for anyone who may be reading this and thinking "No problem, I have polished aluminium wheels" - big problem, bleach tarnishes these wheels on contact, speaking from experience. Fortunatly, you just have to re-polish the wheels, no permanet damage.

 

When I was growing up my dad owned a Phillips 66 station out in the West Texas panhandle. This was before the days of self service. We hand washed at least 20 cars and trucks a day. My dad's trick to shine the tires was to put a cup of sugar in a large squirt bottle and fill it up with water. Squirt the sugar water on the tires and wipe it down good with a shop rag. Did as good as that tire foam they sell today and its a lot cheaper.

No jokes about ants, please!

 

I believe Westley's does damage the clearcoat on wheels. I ised to use it all the time but the clearcoat on my wife's Nissan wheels started turning white in spots. The only thing used was Westleys so I know it caused the problem. Now, every time we wash that car I have to wax the wheels to get the white blotches to disappear. A real pain.

On the other hand, Wrstleys did not damage the wheels on my truck; they are not clearcoated.

 

No Joke, my friend actually uses (Mop & Glow) on his tires . His tires always look great...

 

I used Westly's one time and believe it to have damaged the clear on my rims as well.
Since that first application I have had a hell of a time getting my wheels clean and there are some spots that just won't come clean. It's as if the Westleys softened up the clear temporarily and allowed brake dust into it.
Tires looked great but no more Westleys for me!

 

These are the only things I have found to do any good on both the tires and the white letters. I usually "burn" through one per tire, but they come out really clean.

 

I've had the same experience with Westley's, faded clearcoat.
If you have access to a car wash supplier get some degreaser, you'll see the brown stuff run right off the rubber. If you don't, try some other degreaser like Heavy Duty 409. Just be sure you rinse the tires and wheels completely.

 

I would not recommend the westleys, it will damage your wheels.

 

Been using Westley's on my tires for years, never had any trouble with it all. I never let it set and I never, never, spray it or anything else on a hot, or even warm rims . . . !

Bob