Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel - Review

[Angus]

For this review I’ll share what it's like to clean a set of tires with Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel:



From AG's copy for Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel:

Dissolve road grime and brighten white walls!

Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel delivers powerful cleaning action right where your vehicle needs it most! The penetrating formula clings to the tires to dissolve heavy road grime build up. Deep clean the rubber and brighten white walls with Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel.

The tires on my wife’s 2012 Subaru impreza haven’t had a deep cleaning for at least a year thus making them the perfect test subject for seeing how well this tire cleaner works.

Upon initial inspection, the front drivers side doesn’t look too bad:



That’s the nice thing about tires; they hide the dirt

Ok directions time:

1. Shake well before using - Check
2. Clean one tire at a time. Spray on tire. - Check

Immediately I notice the tire gel starting to pull off dried up crud from the tire. And exactly as claimed the gel is clinging to the tire and not running off.

3. Agitate with a medium bristle tire brush. - Check

Using one of my medium tire brushes I set to work scrubbing the tire until no more brown suds appear.



In total it took 4 rounds of applying UTCG, scrubbing, and rinsing until white suds appeared signifying a 100% naked tire:

4. Rinse using a heavy jet of water. - Check. I love using a pressure washer

5. When cleaning fender wells, spray the entire area and agitate with a soft brush. Rinse well. -Check

I also used UTCG on the fender wells w/ a long handle brush and it did an excellent job cleaning those those areas.

And now the results:





All dressed up with BriteMax’s excellent Rubber Max:



(Rubber Max review here)

Additional Observations

Although the front drivers side tire took 4 rounds of scrubbing the remaining 3 tires only took 2 round of scrubbing to produce white foam. A difference that surprised me since you’d think all 4 tires would be equally dirty.

I also couldn’t get used to the smell of UTCG while scrubbing: it has the distinctive cherry odor of... pink urinal cakes/ porta johns. I’m not kidding. To be sure, I had my wife smell the bottle and she agreed. Gross.

Conclusion

Four Star Ultimate Tire Cleaner Gel is a good product. It cleaned well, the gel consistency stayed where I sprayed it, and was straightforward to use.

At $17.99 per 18 oz UTCG is on par with most tire specific cleaner on the market with the exception of Tuff Shine Tire Cleaner.

If you’re looking to try out a new tire cleaner I say don’t hesitate to check this one out.

As always, thanks for reading!

[haris300]

Nice review! I have a new bottle of this stuff that I'll be trying this week. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Jaretr1]

Nice review!

[Sicoupe]

Awesome review! Thanks for sharing my friend.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Another beautiful review Ian! Looks like it performs well but I'm not so sure about the described smell.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Angus]

Nice review! I have a new bottle of this stuff that I'll be trying this week. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thanks, Haris! Watch out for the smell!!!!

Nice review!

Cheers!

Awesome review! Thanks for sharing my friend.

Thank you! Happy to share it my detailing brother.

Another beautiful review Ian! Looks like it performs well but I'm not so sure about the described smell.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thank you good Sir! Oh that smell, it took me until the 3 tire to 100% sure I was smelling the product working and not something wafting over from the neighbors yard. Thankfully it didn't linger

[SON1C]

Great review! I've been using a bottle over the last several months and I enjoy this as well. It's a nice break from the harsher cleaners like megs apc etc

Excellent work and pictures

[Angus]

Great review! I've been using a bottle over the last several months and I enjoy this as well. It's a nice break from the harsher cleaners like megs apc etc

Excellent work and pictures

Thanks for the kind words, Drew! Glad to hear you're also a fan of UTCG