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Aug 5, 2007 | 07:34 PM

CeeJayy

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tar on my tires... help

so i just traded a guy some shitty wheels and he gave me four gsr blades with brand new toyo proxes on them. but the catch is they have road tar on them. how can i get it off? anyone know any tricks?

Aug 5, 2007 | 07:36 PM

toyomatt84

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Try a pressure washer. It's not a huge deal. You can think of it as added grip.

Aug 5, 2007 | 07:41 PM

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Re: (toyomatt84)

lol i drove my car today with them on it for like a mile and my car felt like a battle tank. it keeps garbbing gravel and sticking to it.

Aug 5, 2007 | 08:26 PM

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It will wear off soon enough.

Aug 7, 2007 | 11:45 PM

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Yeah, I would pressure wash it off, don't hit the wheels, I did that, BAD idea...

They looked like sh*t, what am I talking about looked, they are sh*t on my DC...

Aug 7, 2007 | 11:46 PM

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And when I say hit, I mean leave it there for half a minute removing paint with aircraft paint removal to get off the black paint...

Aug 8, 2007 | 05:59 AM

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Re: (Project95LS-VTEC)

after a long process they are clean. pressure washed, dug out every crevice with a screw driver, wire brushed and pressure washed again. thanks to every one