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Meguiars Heavy Duty Bug & Tar Remover, Pro Strength, Clear Coat Safe Technology, 15 oz.

(27 reviews)
Part # G180515
30 day warranty
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Product Details
Part No. G180515
Warranty Details (30 Day Warranty)
Meguiar's Bug & Tar Remover has specialized surfactants that effectively remove bugs and tar from your paint finish. This car bug cleaner features our long-lasting Xtreme Cling foam, which extends the active foam time to rehydrate bugs and soften tar for easier removal. Our professional-strength clear coat safe technology is tough on bugs but easy on paint and all exterior surfaces. Use bug cleaner before washing or alone as needed.

Product Features:
  • Heavy-duty car bug cleaner effectively removes bugs and tar from your paint finish
  • Professional-strength clear coat safe technology is tough on bugs but easy on paint and all exterior surfaces
  • This bug cleaner features powerful foaming action to loosen stuck bugs
  • Specialized Xtreme Cling foam chemistry extends active foam time to rehydrate bugs and soften tar for easier removal
  • Use before washing or as needed in between washes
  • Use before washing or as needed in between washes
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4.26 out of 5
27 Customer Reviews
85% of respondents would recommend this to a friend
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Most Liked Positive Review
Works on month old bugs tar
Bought a new Kia Forte then did 5k miles to from Yellowstone. On way out my front end was covered in bugs. Just before Yellowstone did a self clean car wash. It did the trick got them all off. A month after getting home tried washing myself at home. Did not work. Tried another self clean car wash, did not work. Got this bug cleaner it worked. Took awhile 2 applications on some spots. Also went down mountain r oil ad as they tarred it. It got the tar off. Did not use even 1/2 contents. Moral do not let the bugs back on. I live in Greensboro NC it has been 80s p 90s. Eric from Lombard IL
Most Liked Negative Review
Glad I got this on sale, will not buy again
Meguiar's is a great brand for wax but the Bug & Tar Remover did not cut it. Instructions say to spray on, keep wet, then just hose off after 5 minutes. Wrong -- spots were loosened but needed to be rubbed off with a (microfiber) cloth, then hosed. Then I tried to remove spots from inside the gas flap (mildew?). Soaked for at least 10 minutes, then rubbed down hard with scrub side of scrub sponge, then hosed at close range, still left a lot of dark spots. Then the hood of the car -- a number of small black tar spots: Soaked one area at a time, but the foam dries up QUICKLY around the edges and in the middle, so for at least 5 minutes you have to sit right there and repeatedly apply the product where the foam is creeping away/drying up. YES I am staying out of sun but have to have some amount of daylight to see what I'm doing. (Can't work in garage as you have to hose off.) Rubbing down with cloth as above, NOT just hosing off per instructions, then it seems to work OK. I will try a NON-FOAM product, should not be a problem keeping wet, hopefully removes spots better as well.
Reviewed by 27 Customers
I will buy again
This is the best love bug removing product I've ever used. Will use nothing but this from now on. Even takes off super stuck on one's off the windshield with ease.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend to a friend
Glad I got this on sale, will not buy again
Meguiar's is a great brand for wax but the Bug & Tar Remover did not cut it. Instructions say to spray on, keep wet, then just hose off after 5 minutes. Wrong -- spots were loosened but needed to be rubbed off with a (microfiber) cloth, then hosed. Then I tried to remove spots from inside the gas flap (mildew?). Soaked for at least 10 minutes, then rubbed down hard with scrub side of scrub sponge, then hosed at close range, still left a lot of dark spots. Then the hood of the car -- a number of small black tar spots: Soaked one area at a time, but the foam dries up QUICKLY around the edges and in the middle, so for at least 5 minutes you have to sit right there and repeatedly apply the product where the foam is creeping away/drying up. YES I am staying out of sun but have to have some amount of daylight to see what I'm doing. (Can't work in garage as you have to hose off.) Rubbing down with cloth as above, NOT just hosing off per instructions, then it seems to work OK. I will try a NON-FOAM product, should not be a problem keeping wet, hopefully removes spots better as well.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend to a friend
Great detailing tool
Excellent for pre-wash use. I spray it on the panels behind each wheel where all the tar and mud accumulates. Takes it right off and the foam stays put for quite some time too.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend to a friend
Works on month old bugs tar
Bought a new Kia Forte then did 5k miles to from Yellowstone. On way out my front end was covered in bugs. Just before Yellowstone did a self clean car wash. It did the trick got them all off. A month after getting home tried washing myself at home. Did not work. Tried another self clean car wash, did not work. Got this bug cleaner it worked. Took awhile 2 applications on some spots. Also went down mountain r oil ad as they tarred it. It got the tar off. Did not use even 1/2 contents. Moral do not let the bugs back on. I live in Greensboro NC it has been 80s p 90s. Eric from Lombard IL
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend to a friend
Waste of money
I don't know how this product works on bugs but it has no affect on tar. I followed the directions on the can to the letter and nothing. When I wiped the foam off there wasn't even any discoloration on the yellow microfiber cloth. I tried again and the same result . I've used Meguiar's products before and they are fine but this stuff is a waste of money.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend to a friend
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