Review - Chemical Guys VRP

[The Guz]

Disclaimer: Meghan sent me this product along with a few others to review. Thank you Meghan for sending it out to me.

Product: Chemical Guys V.R.P

Price: $12.99

Quantity: 16 oz

Product description/uses:

• Premium water-based dressing
• Refined cream formula spreads easily for fast application
• Restores deep-black look to vinyl, rubber, and plastic trim pieces
• Protects against fading and staining from harmful UV rays
• Dry-to-the-touch finish does not attract dirt or dust
• Penetrates deep for long-lasting results
• Easily coats fairings, seats, mirrors, trim, grilles, grates, and more

The above product description was pulled from the Chemical Guys site. It is a water based dressing for vinyl, rubber and plastic. No need to list the entire description from Chemical Guys.

This looks to be either a reformulation or repackaged product. I opened up the bottle and it has a nice scent. I can't pin point it. But it's not that strong. It's not even noticeable when using it.

This has many uses as it can be used on the interior, exterior (trim, tires). I chose to use this as a tire dressing on my brothers car.

The tires were cleaned with Britemax Grime Out. Review will be out as well and I will link this VRP write up within that Britemax review.

So once the tires were cleaned I proceeded to dress them.

First let's take a look at the bottle. Nice attractive labeling.



Rear of the bottle with the description and directions. Pretty straight forward.



Thick lotion like consistency. Reminds me of the consistency of McKee's 37 Gloss Tire Gel and the discontinued Meguiar's D163 Tire & Trim Gel.



50/50 on the tire



First coat applied. I let that soak into the tire for a few minutes. The tire seemed to absorb it and left an uneven appearance.



This is the entire tire after 1 coat. It actually looked good with 1 coat.



My brother likes his tires with a little more shine. So I decided to give it a second coat to see how it looks. The appearance evened out.



Unfortunately I forgot to get a photo after the second coat. I let it sit as is with no final buff. We went out to dinner after about 20 mins. No sling on the side of the paint. Dry to the touch.

The next day he stopped by for lunch and I checked out the tires. They were more matte than I was expecting. It looks really good. Again dry to the touch when I touched it with my fingers. No residue on my fingers.

Pictures were not that great with the tree blocking some of the sun.







Overall I enjoyed using VRP. I will have to keep this thread updated with how long it lasts on his tires. I'm expecting it to last a few weeks like a typical tire gel. It spreads out nicely. Leaves a nice finish that is dry to the touch. No sling.

I don't have any cons for it other than being in a large category with a lot of good products. Give it a try.

Chemical Guys video

[Marc08EX]

Great and detailed review as always Mike! You're cranking these reviews out like nothing. Keep up the good work.

Looking forward to seeing the durability of this product and your britemax grime out review.

[The Guz]

Great and detailed review as always Mike! You're cranking these reviews out like nothing. Keep up the good work.

Looking forward to seeing the durability of this product and your britemax grime out review.

Thanks. As you know it's a lot of work cranking these out.

[briarpatch]

Thanks for the review. I've been using VRP for tires for a little while now, and really like it. As far as longevity, I've been able to get about two weeks out of it. I know it says on the bottle, that it can be used on plastic trim as well, but that never worked out for me. One rain and I had streaks down the side of my vehicle.

[Trip]

Nice Review, I have been using this on my tires for awhile now. I have been getting about 3 weeks out of it. Depending in how many days of rain etc. Also attempted using this on my weather tech mats, nearly broke my leg from sliding with wet feet on the mats. Exterior protection is good!

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[Pats300zx]

Another great review Guz !!! Out of all the CG products that I have this is one that I never have tried. I will have to put this one on my list as it looks like a great product.

[The Guz]

Thanks for the review. I've been using VRP for tires for a little while now, and really like it. As far as longevity, I've been able to get about two weeks out of it. I know it says on the bottle, that it can be used on plastic trim as well, but that never worked out for me. One rain and I had streaks down the side of my vehicle.

Thanks. 2-3 weeks is what I am expecting. 4 weeks would be pushing it but the good thing is the weather is warm with no rain in sight in So Cal. I don't plan on using this on trim but good to know.

Nice Review, I have been using this on my tires for awhile now. I have been getting about 3 weeks out of it. Depending in how many days of rain etc. Also attempted using this on my weather tech mats, nearly broke my leg from sliding with wet feet on the mats. Exterior protection is good!

Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Autogeekonline mobile app

Thanks. 3 weeks seems reasonable for this.

Another great review Guz !!! Out of all the CG products that I have this is one that I never have tried. I will have to put this one on my list as it looks like a great product.

Thanks. This is only the second CG product I have ever used. So far so good.

[Shawnuff]

Ive been using this for a little over a year and i love this tire dressing and it smells good as well.

[dlc95]

Excellent review, Mike!

[The Guz]

Excellent review, Mike!

Thanks.