Changer, balancer, torque wrench and your size of tyre all ride in the van, which parks next to your car at Surbiton station or on a Hook driveway. The car stays put.
Kingston upon Thames rewards mobile fitting: the A3 bypass forbids stopping, the one-way system is slow with a bad tyre, and the station streets in Surbiton and New Malden are permit zones you do not want to leave. Taking the whole job to the car, in the bay or on the drive it already occupies, cuts out the trip to a garage and the wait there. The car does not move until it is finished.
The car goes up on its proper lifting point, the wheel comes off, and the machine in the van breaks the old tyre off the rim and seats the new one. Set to the door-plate pressure, balanced in the van, bolted back on with the nuts brought to the right torque in order. The old tyre leaves on the van. You provide the sidewall marking and the location; tyre, fitting and callout get one agreed figure before the van sets off.
Any firm, level spot the van can park beside: drives in Chessington, Hook and Berrylands, a paid bay at Surbiton or Kingston station, the town centre multi-storeys where the operator agrees, and the Penrhyn Road campus car parks.
| Postcodes | KT1, KT2, KT3, KT5, KT6, KT9, KT4 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
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The fitting van carries a tyre machine and balancer, so a Kingston car is never driven on a bad tyre to a garage. The fitter needs space by the wheel, a flat surface for the jack and a spot for the van clear of any driveway and the car park entrance. Chessington drives, Kingston University car parks and the Bentall Centre multi-storeys once the operator says yes all suit it; the A3 bypass does not.
The workshop comes to your car in Kingston upon Thames; the car goes nowhere.
