The tyre bay comes to Shard End in the van: bead breaker, fitting machine, balancer, torque wrench and the replacement tyre, so a car on Shard End Crescent or Heathway is finished exactly where it stopped.
A Shard End car with a ruined tyre should not go looking for a garage. Between the speed humps on the crescent, the pothole edges of Cole Hall Lane and the Chester Road traffic heading for M6 J5, each length of road covered on a flat or a space-saver adds damage. Mobile fitting reverses the trip: the equipment comes to the Packington Avenue drive or the Heathway kerb, off comes the wheel, the tyre is swapped and balanced on the van, and the wheel goes back at the right torque.
The fitter needs level ground and the sidewall size. Jack up, wheel off, old tyre levered off the rim by the machine in the van, new tyre mounted and balanced on the spot, wheel refitted with every nut set to specification. The worn tyre leaves with the van. Say drive or kerb and which crescent or close, and the whole job to B34 is one figure quoted on the call.
Level drives and kerbs anywhere on the estate, from the crescent to the Tile Cross closes, or a Kingfisher car park in daylight while its gate is open. Keep out of the short-stay bays by the crescent shops, and never on the A452 or the M6.
| Postcodes | B34 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Shard End suits mobile fitting because its crescents have driveways and unrestricted kerbs, but the job still needs space. The fitter wants level ground under the jack and enough width beside the damaged wheel to lay the tyre down and work. A drive on Packington Avenue, a kerb on Heathway where nobody's drive is blocked, or a Kingfisher Country Park bay by day all serve. Nothing moves the car at any stage. Mention if a wall or another car sits tight against the bad wheel.
Everything needed rides in the van, so the Shard End car never leaves the crescent.
