Walking back to the car off Broad Street and seeing a bulge in the sidewall, or cords showing after a clip on a Ladywood kerb, is reason enough to leave that car exactly where it is.
Inside the ring road, tight kerbs and loading bays mean Birmingham cars pick up damage with no burst ever happening. A sidewall dragged along the kerb beside a Jewellery Quarter parking space splits open; a wheel that dropped into a pothole on the A47 through Nechells comes back with a bubble on its side; broken glass or scrap metal in a Digbeth yard leaves a gash across the tread. None of these can be repaired, and a bulge especially can give way without warning at speed.
Photograph the split or bulge in good detail and text it, with the sidewall size, to 07473 720871. Our reply is a frank call on whether the car must stay put or could creep a short way to a safer spot, and for exposed cords, splits or a bulge the answer is stay put. The fitter brings the replacement, swaps it on the spot, looks over the remaining tyres for similar kerb scars and confirms the torque. The full price is agreed before anyone sets out.
Wherever the damage was found: a Jewellery Quarter pay-and-display bay, a hotel forecourt near Brindleyplace, a Sparkhill side street or a Kings Norton drive. A car on an upper deck of a Bullring multi-storey should be talked through on the call before anything is arranged.
| Near | Bullring, Grand Central and New Street station, Snow Hill station |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Study the tyre where it stands in the Jewellery Quarter or Ladywood. A bubble on the sidewall, a gash exposing the cords, a crack beside the bead or a patch scrubbed flat when a wheel locked all mean it is unsafe. Tread worn below the legal minimum fails as well, however sound the rest looks. A weakened casing holding air today can still fail at speed on the Aston Expressway. Tight kerbs around Broad Street and Digbeth's cobbles cause much of this damage.
Split, cut or bulging tyre in Birmingham? Leave it parked and we replace it on the spot.
