Cost: £21 for 473ml

Date of Review: 13/4/2025

The Sales Pitch from Meguiar’s:

This premium formula is one of the highest gloss tire dressings that Meguiar’s makes. It’s tailored for customers who want a soaking wet-look shine for their tires. With advanced synthetic polymer chemistry, this liquid spray tire shine delivers extreme, attention-grabbing depth with amazing gloss and shine. Not only does this tire coating deliver a tremendously glossy shine, but it also contains an advanced higher molecular weight producing an amazing bond for a long-lasting finish. Another benefit is that the product allows you to obtain the type of shine you’re looking to get. For a high gloss shine, spray directly to the tire and allow it to cure. For those who prefer a medium shine, just spray onto an applicator, apply evenly to the tire, and let it cure before driving. If you are looking for a premium tire dressing that delivers an amazing bond for long-lasting shine coupled with a soaking wet-look gloss that enhances how your ride looks, Ultimate Insane Shine Tire Spray is for you!

Source: https://www.meguiars.co.uk/product/ultimate-insane-shine-tyre-spray/

What You Get:

A clear bottle of clear very oily feel liquid, with a trigger that is more of a squirt than a mist design. The trigger will apply quite a large amount of product.

The trigger is well designed as expected from Meguiar’s and didn’t leak.

Product Description:

The product is designed to give a tyre or rubber coating a super glossy coating which should be easy to apply.

On little detail the product is called “Ultimate Insane Tire Shine”. Yet on the instructions it refers to “tyres”!

Instructions:

Instructions below are quite simple and very short. Apply to a clean and dry tyre, allow to dry on the tyre for high gloss or apply via an applicator for a medium shine.

Testing Environment:

A warm sunny day with bit of direct sunlight.

Application:

The tyres were clean and the product was squirted onto the tyre. An applicator was used to help spread and distribute the product. The previous tyre coating was pretty much gone, but was clean and dry.

The application via the trigger was a bit random. The trigger on a medium squeeze produced a jet of product which sort of went everywhere and was liquid enough to run down the tyre wall. Below I have done a 50/50 split on the tyre to see the application.

I applied a single coating to all the tyres and then went round the tyres again for a second coat. The product did drag a little dirt to the white lettering, perhaps breaking down the previous application. It was easily wiped of with a clean cloth to bring back the white letters.

Results:

The before (left) and after of a single application (right).

After two coats the shine was evident, but you needed to be on the ball to catch any runs, shown by the red arrows here.

The over spray or jetting was a pain having to keep going over the chrome to clean the rims. Not so much of a problem as it didn’t leave any spots or streaks on the chrome.

After a drive of around forty miles or so the tyres didn’t look so great. The tires looked patchy between gloss and a satin finish. If the product didn’t bind to the surface correctly due to the previous applications, why did some of it stay glossy and other parts didn’t?

The tires never really got one hundred percent dry after being left in the sun, after a hour or so drive (forty miles) and being parked up in the garage. Wiping a finger over the surface still left a residue.

For a little while the tyres did look great and shiny, and has awesome potential. However it wasn’t the mirror gloss I was hoping to see as promoted on the label, but it was a wet glossy look to start with.

The longevity was a bit of joke to be honest. This product didn’t even last as long as some others I have used. The ‘Bonds for a long lasting finish’ is pretty optimistic should I say. Perhaps I need to remove all previous coating to allow the bonding and shine to last longer. Incidentally, the previous coatings were Meguiar’s products anyway.

However, I followed the instructions as stated on the label, which was to apply to a clean and a dry tyre.

If I was at a car show and wanted the super shiny look then I would use this, but it’s at a cost. The non dry situation would attract the dirt, dust and anything else around that would stick to it. Also after a few hours the shine would turn to a more traditional satin finish, which would be fine if it wasn’t patchy.

Rating: 3 out of 10

I score is mainly made up of the ease of application and the initial look once applied a couple of times. I have seen similar results from other manufacturers which lasted longer and didn’t leave behind the patchiness as shown above.

Ease of use – Pretty easy to use, but be aware of over spray or runs from the product on the rims.

Finish – Inconsistent and left me with a patchy look in my tyres which will need to be cleaned and apply my go to tyre product.

Conclusion:

Disappointed to be honest in this case. I must admit that I’m a Meguiar’s fan, but not over the top where everything must be Meg’s products. I use what works for me regardless of who makes it.

This was a lot of money for a tyre shine. The amount of product used wasn’t a great deal so it could be economical to use. It looked great sitting there for a while, but the pending high rating score soon slipped away after a single drive, patchy look after that drive and the non dried product on the tyre a day later.

Perhaps the instructions should say to remove all coatings and leave a bare tyre, but it didn’t. I applied as directed on the instructions which was super easy.

I do intend on using this tyre shine on my daily which doesn’t have anywhere near the previous coatings on the tyre as my Mustang does. I will update this review when I see better and longevity results of the product.

There is a spray can version of this product too.

Would I recommend it? No

Would I buy it again? No