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Old 05-17-10, 06:21 PM
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Well, this product has worked for me. I drive over 100 miles a day (highway) and without the Armor All protectant my front rims have a bronze coating of break dust after one trip. With the protectant, I can go three days or more before I get that bronze look. I just have to use it every wash because the "last up to 4 weeks" is B.S.
Old 07-28-10, 07:12 AM
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welp, I think this stuff works OK...It's not great but what I do like besides a little less dust is it puts a nice shine on the rims. Like most of you I"m not big armor all fan but I wax my wheels about once a month or every other month and if you apply this after wax I don't see how it could hurt the wheel finish.

Now, that said I don't think I'll use this after the rebate expires. Right now you can get it for about less than $2 after rebate.

Wheel protectant rebate (must buy another AA product along with the WP):
http://www.armorall.com/pdf/wheel_rebate.pdf

$2 off AA coupon (can be used on both AA products along with rebate-$4 total savings):
http://www.facebook.com/ArmorAll?v=app_4949752878

Example of my purchase: $7.99 (WP) + $3.79 (AA Tire Foam) - $2 coupon - $2 coupon - $7.99 rebate (possibly only $5.99 rebate if they notice I used a $2 coupon). So best case scenario I make $.21 on the deal, worse case I've only paid $1.79 plus tax for both products.

As far as the tire foam I know it probably contains petroleum distillates since it's a AA product but our tires probably aren't going to last long enough for it to matter.

Here's a pic of my wheel just for fun:
Old 07-28-10, 09:47 AM
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I've found that the glossier the wheel the better this stuff works. On my Jetta with Oem 17's the wheels even after 4 weeks are indeed still dust free! The IS-F on the other hand is as described above.
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