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 Post subject: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:49 am 
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tire shine the only solution for sunfaded rubber on my spare tire? it really ruins the cars appearance...


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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:12 am 
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Baby Oil will work. Used it before there was such a thing as Tire Shine. Cheap too! :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:52 am 
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I often wonder if the stuff they sell to "shine up" tires actually speeds up they're deterioration.
Then again some tire cleaners do quote UV protection.


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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2015 8:58 am 
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A lot of them may make the tire shine but also speeds up the deterioration of the rubber compund

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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2015 11:51 am 
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That's what I thought.

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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:20 am 
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 Post subject: Re: sunfaded rubber
PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:45 pm 
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Put a cover on it. make it look better and protect it from future uv damage.

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