We tried our tyre dressings on the greying tyre walls and faded rubber trim of a 2001 car that’s lived an un-garaged life, as well as on the more moderately faded tyres of a newer car. Tyre dressing is the final, critical factor in cleaning and detailing your classic car for a show-ready finish. Black Diamond’s thick gel penetrates beneath the surface to give your tyres a long-lasting true glow that lasts weeks rather than days. It’s easy to layer on for a really shiny finish if you want it, or it gets your rubber back to a more understated, clean-looking finish with one application. Making sure that the tyres and plastics were clean and dry, we followed the application process as recommended by each product manufacturer.

The dressings were then rated for ease of application, the finished look, and how long they kept the tyres looking good. You apply the Meguiar’s tyre gel with a cloth, which removes any chance of overspray and also makes it easy to control how shiny you want the tyre to be by adding more or less gel. It leaves your tyres looking shiny, but it fades quickly over a few days of normal driving and the occasional shower.It’s also easy to vary how shiny you want the tyre to be by adding more or less gel, and the product lasted well despite a few rain showers, with the tyre still looking smart after more than a couple of weeks. It did a reasonable job on hard rubber trim initially, but faded quickly on these surfaces compared with some others. The shine had faded but the tyres still looked clean and smart after a fortnight of intermittent showers and fairly high mileage. Please note that we do not take responsibility for any packages that are left safe or with a neighbour. Multi-Purpose Sponges - These detailing pads and sponges can be used for a number of cleaners, such as car shampoo, wax, polish, leather cleaner, and tyre dressings, as well as daily household cleaners!

Purchase in combination with Diamond Shine's tyre and trim dressing to leave your car's tyres glossy and clean! Simply spray on ONYX Tyre Shine directly on clean, dry tyres or rubber trim, wait a few moments, and wipe off.The products or services referenced in this article have been reviewed independently by our experts. Making sure that the rubber was clean, we applied the products as per the instructions, and used the provided applicators if they were supplied. It’s one of the best for ultimate shine if you apply it liberally, or if you wipe it clean straight after application then it leaves an even, clean-looking matt finish. It did a reasonable job on the tyre walls, though, albeit with some risk of overspray onto the tyre treads or bodywork.

Detailing Pad Set - Diamond Shine's ultimate tyre applicator pads are perfect for cleaning not just your car's tyres, but also the rest of the body! It did a reasonable job on harder black rubber trim, too, but it faded quickly on these surfaces compared with some others. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. There’s no mention of it being appropriate for plastic trim, though, which is a shame as it’s one of our favourites for the tyres. This did a brilliant job of rejuvenating our faded trim, plus the foam and sponge applicator is ideal for getting into awkward nooks around the wing mirrors or bumpers.It did a fine job of restoring depth of colour to our faded plastic trim, too, and it lasted best of all of our products to keep the trim and tyres looking smart for many weeks. If its done right and you keep your tyre dirt free even though it says it will last for weeks, well I've had it still looking shiny for atleast a month or more but this is after a build up of application over months. However, it’s expensive, especially for the quantity that you get, and it doesn’t come with an applicator.