Formula 409 and a steel wool pad or hard bristled toothbrush works very well
also, just try to minimize getting the 409 on the black part, sometimes it
can discolor the rubber.
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L"Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.com> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20030206190932.0227bda0@mail.anizone.com... > > At 08:53 PM 2/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >Bill Pitz wrote: > > > >>Next time I'm buying the full set of 5 and rotating the spare in. I'm > >>also not going to get white letters next time. I'm always scrubbing the > >>grime off of them so they actually look white. And I scuffed two of them > >>the other day pulling an a**hole maneuver to get around some people who > >>were waiting in the straight line but partially blocking the right turn > >>lane. Anyone tried any of that stuff to fix your white letters? Does it > >>work worth anything? > > > >I've used Westley's Bleche-White with good results. FYI, the tires always > >come w/ white letters - but only one side. When you get them mounted, > >just ask for the white side to be in. You can probably go to a tire shop > >and ask them to flip your current set for a small fee. > > > Yea, I did notice the non-white letter side facing in. I'm sure that the > tire shop would flip them for me. But for the time being, I think I've > restored them pretty well. It looks like the scuffs really were just on > the surface and my tire brush just wasn't abrasive enough to take the > scuffs off. Today I used a wire brush and very lightly brushed the > letters, which got them looking like almost new. I might try the > Bleche-White just to give them an extra kick, though. > > -Bill > -- > Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com> > '00 Dakota CC SLT 4x4 > 4.7L V8, 3.92lsd, Flowmaster 50 series >
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