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Old 06-14-2009, 12:34 AM
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Cleaning Off Blacktop Tar

I had gotten some blacktop tar stuck to my rear tires last night. Couldn't get it off with a towel and water. So we headed out to a concrete road with 2Liter Mt. Dew bottles filled with water to try and burn them off. Only good video we got. We recorded more but I keep getting a "bad file" error message on the rest of them.

YouTube - Cleaning Tar off the Tires

I didn't stay in it with this one. Should have kept going. The others were better. Blah.

But it worked for the most part. There is still a thin layer on the tire, but I think a few more of these and they should be clean again. That **** is nasty once it gets stuck on a drag radial.
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Re: Cleaning Off Blacktop Tar

Nice burnout, but wouldn't that put the tar on your 1/4 panel?
Old 06-16-2009, 07:43 AM
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Re: Cleaning Off Blacktop Tar

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Nice burnout, but wouldn't that put the tar on your 1/4 panel?
I can get that out just fine. Bug and tar remover. Which worked perfect. But I can't use it on the tire, doesn't work.

If you know a better way, let me know. I'm open to suggestions.
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Nice burnout
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Re: Cleaning Off Blacktop Tar

did you try a metal scraper?
Old 07-23-2009, 03:41 PM
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Re: Cleaning Off Blacktop Tar

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did you try a metal scraper?
The burnout worked. I got all of it off.
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