Product Review - Chemical Guys VRP Super Shine Dressing

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Just used this product for the first time yesterday as a tire dressing. Seems like some of the CG stuff gets a bum rap on a lot of forums, but this stuff is worth trying. Using an applicator pad from CG also, it is super easy to apply, and the level of shine is very easy to regulate. Did not need a lot of it to do the tires on my daughters Hyundai, and the results were awesome. I'll get back to this post in a couple of weeks to speak about the longevity of VRP, but I'm happy with it so far.
 
I use this on my interior. Gives a great shine and I think it helps reduce static and dust accumulation. Just did my Jeep yesterday.
 
I love this stuff for tires. Not a huge fan for interiors as it leaves a little too much shine for my taste, but I love the look and ease of application on tires. I get a week or two out of it on tires
 
I like shine on my own car ViperGuy21. I don't use it on customers cars. You have to realize I'm old. I grew up on ArmorAll. I'll never forget the first time I saw that stuff. My friend had a 68 Z28 with black interior and he had a sample foil packet of it and we put it on a door panel. We we like WOW!! Oh those were the days. We used Coca Cola on our tires for dressing because we didn't have much money and when you went to the .25 cent car wash you would wash and dry the car get a coke from the machine drink part of it and shine your tires with the rest. How many of you know that trick?
 
WAXOFF said:
I like shine on my own car ViperGuy21. I don't use it on customers cars. You have to realize I'm old. I grew up on ArmorAll. I'll never forget the first time I saw that stuff. My friend had a 68 Z28 with black interior and he had a sample foil packet of it and we put it on a door panel. We we like WOW!! Oh those were the days. We used Coca Cola on our tires for dressing because we didn't have much money and when you went to the .25 cent car wash you would wash and dry the car get a coke from the machine drink part of it and shine your tires with the rest. How many of you know that trick?
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Cool story, never heard of that before lol. I'm only 17 so I've never even seen such thing as a $.25 car wash
 
WAXOFF said:
You have to realize I'm old.
Oh those were the days.

We used Coca Cola on our tires for dressing
because we didn't have much money...

How many of you know that trick?
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{Although I preferred using brake fluid :D}...
Yes, I'm old enough to remember when
"Coke on Tires" was hip.

However, I'm not quite old enough
to have drank any of the original
Coca-Cola that contained some of
its "patent medicine"—formulated
by the fledgling company's very
own back room Chemists.

And does anyone still remember
their marketing slogan?:
"Things Go Better with Coca Extract."


:wow:...Those would have really been the days!!


Bob
 
VRP is a good tire dressing, I prefer G6 HyperCoat over it due to longevity. But both give a great sheen to the tire.
 
Yes back in the day there was no Autogeek. We just got out our over the counter stuff and washed the car. I did however use a product called Dynaglaze which also went under the name Astroshield and it worked fantastic. I had a Super Blue 1973 Dart Sport and it made the blue so much richer and bright. Anyone use any of those 2 products? There are out of business now but my friend was a distributor and I'll bet he still has some laying around.
 
I'm old, too, and I remember using scouring powder on white walls and raised white lettering on tires....never tried Coke on tires. I remember when Armor-All was the rage, and it was basically the only product of it's kind, at least as far as I knew. People did door panels, dashboards, and vinyl seats with it. I also washed my car with dish detergent, and used Turle Wax liquid wax on it right afterward.
 
briarpatch said:
Just used this product for the first time yesterday as a tire dressing. Seems like some of the CG stuff gets a bum rap on a lot of forums, but this stuff is worth trying. Using an applicator pad from CG also, it is super easy to apply, and the level of shine is very easy to regulate. Did not need a lot of it to do the tires on my daughters Hyundai, and the results were awesome. I'll get back to this post in a couple of weeks to speak about the longevity of VRP, but I'm happy with it so far.
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saw this post this morning there are so many dressings out there we don't need more,unless it's formulated to do something that others don't .
 
briarpatch said:
I'm old, too, and I remember using scouring powder on white walls and raised white lettering on tires....never tried Coke on tires. I remember when Armor-All was the rage, and it was basically the only product of it's kind, at least as far as I knew. People did door panels, dashboards, and vinyl seats with it. I also washed my car with dish detergent, and used Turle Wax liquid wax on it right afterward.
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Off topic just a little,on big wide white walls on classic cars,nothing can come close to lacquer thinner the best in restoring white walls.
 
And back in the day when colored vinyl tops were around,that was the go to product to restore tops.
 
GSKR said:
saw this post this morning there are so many dressings out there we don't need more,unless it's formulated to do something that others don't .
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not sure what you are getting at...it's not a new product.....I finally had the opportunity to use it, and thought I'd post a review
 
It's one of CG's better products for sure. I really like it diluted 1:1 on tires, wheel wells, running boards, etc.
 
fly07sti said:
It's one of CG's better products for sure. I really like it diluted 1:1 on tires, wheel wells, running boards, etc.
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I've never used any dressing on running boards for fear of making them slippery.....diluting it would fix this? I've been looking for some way to improve the running boards on our '08 Sequoia
 
VRP is definitely near the top of my tire dressing choices. However, it just doesn't last very long. It seems like I have to give it a boost every couple of days.
 
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