Tyre shine

The place to pick up tips on bringing that showroom shine back to your E30.

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grantfk10
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Post Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:21 pm

I ran out of my usual tyre shine (Meguaires), so I had a look around the house and found some of the g/friends Johnsons baby oil gel (with chamomile!).
Seems to do a good job of shining up the tyres too! winkeye winkeye
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Post Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:01 am

Johnsons baby oil gel (with chamomile!).

how good was it, have three little kids at mine...so got loads of that stuff!
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Post Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:42 am

Works quite well, but doesn't last for very long :(
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Post Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:47 pm

im going to go try that later!!!!
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:02 am

try some cooking oil !! long lasting..
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:18 am

oil plus tyres =slip in my book 8O why not go the whole hog and use some castrol gtx :cry: :cry: Shiny tyres look gash any way!
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Post Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:22 am

Might try the baby oil. Not a bad tip! Cheers lads
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Post Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:26 am

blingsta wrote:try some cooking oil !! long lasting..

Lol, I tried Tesco's Grapeseed oil - It works AND lasts! :mad: