The workshop arrives in the van: tyre machine, wheel balancer and stock in the common sizes, so a car in Acocks Green is fitted where it stands and never moves.
Mobile fitting matters most in Acocks Green when the car cannot go anywhere. A tyre shredded on the Warwick Road and limped onto Alexander Road, a car sitting on the rim in the station car park, a family car on a Fox Hollies drive with a bulge that makes driving to a depot a gamble. In each case the practical answer is to bring every piece of equipment to the car rather than move the car to the equipment.
Out of the van on Alexander Road come a machine that strips and mounts the tyre, a balancer, a calibrated torque wrench, a jack for the car, and a stack of the commonest sizes. From you: the tyre code, the spot where the car has come to rest, and whether the tarmac by that wheel is level. Off comes the worn casing and on goes its replacement, balanced right there, then the wheel goes back on at the maker's torque. Cost agreed by phone first.
Level ground and space beside the wheel are the two requirements: a driveway off Gospel Lane, a bay at Acocks Green station, the car park behind the shops or a residential road. A grass verge or the bays on the A41 by the green do not suit.
| Postcodes | B27 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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The van needs to stop close to the car, with about a door's width free beside the damaged wheel so the jack goes in and the fitter can kneel. Level tarmac matters more than size, which is why the avenues off Fox Hollies Road suit and the slope of a grass verge does not. In a private car park, get permission first; on a residential street, park so nobody's drive is blocked. Everything happens beside the car in Acocks Green, and the car itself never shifts.
The whole tyre workshop comes to Acocks Green. The car stays exactly where it is.
