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"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
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Gib Heath, West Midlands · B21 and B18
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Gib Heath.
Gib Heath sits on the A41 where Soho Hill climbs into Soho Road, between Hockley and Handsworth, with the Soho Benson Road tram stop close by. Rescue Tyres drives the tyre out to the car, whichever B18 or B21 street it is parked on.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Gib Heath?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Gib Heath.
Soho Road is a busy shopping street and a red route, so a tyre that fails here usually fails in traffic, and the first job is getting the car off the main road. Kerbed alloys from squeezing into tight spaces are common too, along with slow punctures found after a car has sat on a side street for a day or two. Once the car is somewhere safe, pass on the size and which street, and the fitter arrives carrying a matching tyre.
| Postcode districts | B21, B18, B19, B20 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Soho Road (A41); Soho Hill (A41); Hockley Circus (A41); New John Street West (A4540) |
| Nearest stations | Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro), Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro), Jewellery Quarter (West Midlands Metro) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 10 (Lucas Circus), about 0.7 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Benson Industrial Estate, Hockley Industrial Estate, Tudor Works |
| Distance from our base | about 96 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Handsworth |
What we do in Gib Heath
Tyre work in Gib Heath.
Whatever the car wears, a replacement matching the size on its sidewall is sourced, fitted and balanced beside it. A puncture in the tread is taken out of the rim and repaired internally in line with BS AU 159, if the damage sits where a repair is allowed. A tyre that has blown on Soho Hill is replaced and the wheel checked for damage. Locking nuts with a missing key are removed with the proper tool, and calls are taken seven days a week.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Gib Heath
Drives, bays and car parks.
A legal space on a side street, the car tucked square against the kerb, is the everyday answer in Gib Heath. The Waverhill Road Car Park and the Boulton Road/Soho Road Car Park suit a car that will still roll a short way. Units on the Benson Industrial Estate work once the site agrees to a fitter coming in. What cannot be used is the red route on Soho Road, a bus stop, or a space so tight that nobody can kneel beside the wheel.
Calls come from the streets off Soho Hill and Soho Road, from the Benson Industrial Estate, and from residents towards Winson Green and Lozells. Soho Road is a red route through the shopping stretch, so a stopped car there has to move before any work begins; the side streets are where the wheel comes off. Many of those are narrow, with cars parked on both sides, so tell the fitter how much room there is around the wheel. Boulton Road and Handsworth New Road, part of the A4040 Outer Circle, carry buses and through traffic and are not suitable. No Clean Air Zone charge applies in Gib Heath either; that zone begins at the A4540 ring road past Hockley Circus, and a fitting here never touches it.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Gib Heath.
Night calls from Gib Heath come from late shop and restaurant shifts along Soho Road, and from drivers finding a flat on a side street after dark. Whoever rings in the small hours still reaches somebody, and the combined price of visit and tyre is given before anyone sets off.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Excellent service from start to finish. He came out quickly to help my mum change her tyre and was extremely friendly."
EHEllie-Mai HalesGoogle review
Gib Heath FAQs
Questions from Gib Heath.
My tyre went flat on Soho Road. Where should I stop?
Soho Road is a red route, so pull into the first side street where you can park legally, even at a crawl. Stop on level ground with the hazards on, then ring with the street name. That is where the wheel comes off, clear of the buses and the shoppers.
Can you fit a tyre at the Waverhill Road Car Park in Gib Heath?
It works, if the car can still make it in under its own power. Pick a bay with room alongside for the jack and a wheel laid flat, and give the fitter the colour and registration when you ring, so the car is found without walking every row.
Is Gib Heath inside the Clean Air Zone?
No part of it is. The Birmingham zone stops at the A4540 Middleway, on the far side of Hockley Circus, and Gib Heath lies beyond that. In any case the zone charges vehicles driven inside it, never a parked car having its tyre replaced.
Do you cover Gib Heath and Winson Green from north London?
Both sit within the coverage, which stretches from London to Birmingham. The van starts out from Brent Cross in north London; ring 07473 720871 with your postcode and a realistic arrival time gets settled together on that call.
Nearby
Around Gib Heath.
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From Soho Hill and Soho Road to the Benson Industrial Estate, the tyre gets fitted wherever the car came to rest.