A tire dressing system for efficiently and accurately applying tire
dressing to vehicle tires. The tire dressing system generally includes a
support unit, a spray unit movably positioned within the support unit, an
actuator unit connected to the spray unit, a tire sensor to determine the
size of a vehicle tire, and a tire position sensor to determine the
location of the vehicle tire. The spray unit includes a hollow cone
nozzle telescopically supported within the spray unit to adjust the spray
pattern applied to the sidewall of the vehicle tire depending upon the
size of the vehicle tire. After the size of the vehicle tire is
determined, the proximity of the hollow cone nozzle is adjusted to apply
the desired spray pattern to the sidewall. The hollow cone nozzle then
applies the dressing to the sidewall of the vehicle tire as the vehicle
moves by the spray unit.