Rainbow colored tires question

[ForSale24]

Here in Arizona it did rain, a few hours last night (car was outside) today I see mother nature has opened a pack of crayons on my PS4s... I've got about 2k miles on the tires (no rain time). 3 of 4 are green-ish blue. Is this a normal chemical process or did I buy the coolest set ever? lol

 

[bpeckham]

Maybe an oily film iridescing under the hot AZ sun?

 

[rocksandblues]

coolest set ever. never seen that. It is the petroleum in the tire coming to the surface.

 

[ForSale24]

I added fresh tap water to one... No change! I would be ok with additional colors if they were more pronounced, maybe a bit brighter lol guess I'll be scrubbing this weekend

 

[bpeckham]

Since you mentioned rain, I was thinking more along the lines of you having driven on an wet/oily road and picked up an oily film. I don't think Michelin designed the tires with color.

 

[ForSale24]

Since you mentioned rain, I was thinking more along the lines of you having driven on an wet/oily road and picked up an oily film. I don't think Michelin designed the tires with color.

Yea that's gotta be it... I didn't drive in the wet. But I'm sure months of "road oils" is now showing it self after a fresh coat of rain water

 

[ForSale24]

That rainbow on the "Michelin" is cool AF. If it was uniform, I would go show off at a car meet

 

[Wangan_Z]

It might be tire shine. I always tell the installers to leave it off when getting a new set of tires.

 

[ZillaZ]

I think you need to hit 88 miles per hour and see what happens.

 

[ForSale24]

It might be tire shine. I always tell the installers to leave it off when getting a new set of tires.

That shine would have had to be added back in Feb. before shipping. My wheels came pre-monted without any coating on the wheels... Hopefully nothing on the tires

 

[ForSale24]

I think you need to hit 88 miles per hour and see what happens.

I'm trying that 2moro night, see if I can go back to Friday. Restart the weekend

 

[Drago86]

Its probably just a layer of mold release that just happens to be the right thickness to create a diffraction pattern. If it is mold release, it should come off with just dish soap, water and gentle scrubbing.