Nope. It's true. If I've seen it once, I've seen it a hundred times.

Which brand? Is there a trick to avoid?

After putting Eagle One tire dressing on this afternoon and letting it dry for an hour I took a 15 minute
drive. After the drive I checked the fenders around the tires and found there was some residue from the
tire dressing slung onto my paint (front and rear fenders). I wiped the tire dressing residue off the
painted areas, but the question is would it have stained the paint if I missed it? The stuff looked like
chewing tobacco

First thing we need to understand is, tires continually omit UV protection from with in. So blocking this is destructive to the tire causing premature damage. There are basically two types of tire dressings, silicon base and water base. Silicon base dressings block this action, water base dressing don't. So water base dressings are what we are looking for. I use a product called "Optimum Tire Shine" it's water base and gives the tire a new tire look. Not dull but not real wet either. Doesn't sling off like silicon dressing either. This is not an over the counter product, so it has to be ordered. I order it from eshine.com here in Canada, in the states you can find it at autogeek.com. There are others as well, this is just the one that I like.

Maybe the manual should have said "dont apply it to the treads of the tires?'

Black Magic Ti, Def the best imo

gel is a touch better than the spray but spray is easier.

Another silicon base dressing which will damage your tires.

Until I can see it for myself, I have to call bs. Ive never seen this problem before.

Just did a little google search and it seems like only the shittiest quality shines *may* damage tires. I suppose if the tire is used for many years, say 5-6, rather than the average 2-3 years, tire shine *might* have enough time to do damage. In my first hand experience, Ive yet to see any car tire damaged by a tire shine product. But.. this is just in MY experience, others may differ.

I have been using that product on my tires for about 7 years now, and my tires have always worked just fine for me, never chewed a hole in my sidewall or even had a blowout for no reason. :rolleyes:

I highly doubt they would sell a product that damages your tires... seems kind of assanine imo

more OCD than anything else id say, ill take my chances and have nice looking sidewalls with the black magic Ti

I say, when damage occurs, a combination of factors probably exist together, such as a careless owner, older tires, silicon based shine, alignment problems, and poorly inflated tires. Being able to conclusively say that the tire shine caused the damage is nearly impossible. Seems pretty cut and dry to me.

I agree with chuck, ill take my chances.

With my detailing business I actually see a fair bit of premature fading and cracking due to solvent/silicon base tire dressings. If the dressings are used regularly then it tends to hide the damage. If the car is garaged it makes a difference for sure. I agree, Tires that are replaced every couple of years won't show as much damage. I feel if I'm going to use a tire dressing I may as well use one that is good for the tire.

Another issue is that owners rarely clean off the old dressing when washing their vehicle and then apply a fresh coat of tire shine versus simply layering good onto contaminated (bad).

Yeah, both good points^^

It seems like the idea has just been blown out of proportion, really.

If people are going to use that junk then yes they should wash the old dressing off before applying a new coat, thats if it hasn't flung off all over their car first. Sorry I couldn't resist ;).

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