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Lye, West Midlands · DY9 and DY5
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Lye.
Lye has its own railway station beside the High Street and the A458 Lye By-Pass skirting round it. Across DY9 the tyre gets changed at whatever spot the car ended up, from a Wollescote drive to a yard on the Hayes Trading Estate.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Lye?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Lye.
Two roads shape tyre calls in Lye. The A458 carries traffic along the High Street and the Lye By-Pass between Stourbridge and Halesowen, while the A4036 crosses it on Pedmore Road and Dudley Road. Between them sit the Lye Valley and Stour Vale industrial estates, whose yards and service roads are where most screws get picked up. A tyre that starts losing air on the way home is usually found flat outside the house next morning, which is exactly where the fitter works.
| Postcode districts | DY9, DY5 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Lye By-Pass (A458); Dudley Road (A4036); High Street (A458); Stourbridge Road (A458) |
| Nearest stations | Lye (National Rail), Stourbridge Junction (National Rail), Stourbridge Town (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Old Forge Trading Estate, Providence Industrial Estate, Sargeant Turner Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 101 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 Stourbridge |
What we do in Lye
Tyre work in Lye.
The everyday job here is a puncture. Lye punctures that are modest in size, and lie inward of either tread edge, get dismounted; each is sealed from the inside, which meets BS AU 159; one nearer the shoulder earns a new tyre. New tyres come to the size printed on the sidewall. After a blowout the wheel rim is checked for damage first, and a lost locking key is got round with a purpose-cut socket. The phones never close.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Lye
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive, where Lye has one, is ideal. Terraced streets work if there is a level kerb with room beside the car. Estate yards are good surfaces once the site owner agrees. Station parking is run by the rail operator: say which car park, and let the operator know. Not usable: the Lye By-Pass carriageway, the busy High Street kerbs, and any sloping stretch where the handbrake is doing all the work.
Commuters make up one group: Lye station is right by the High Street, and some drivers park further along at Stourbridge Junction, where the Parkway car park is an open operator car park that can suit a fitting once the operator is told. Trade calls come from the estates in the valley, among them Sargeant Turner, G K Davies and the Hayes Trading Estate. Residential calls come from Wollescote, Hay Green, The Thorns and Careless Green, where terraces mean kerbside parking, so keep a space alongside for the van if you can. The by-pass and the A4036 through the crossroads are no places for a jack: get off them first.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Lye.
Late calls from Lye come from people off an evening train at Lye station or the Junction who find a tyre sitting flat, and from early shifts at the valley estates. Ring whatever the time. The figure for the visit and tyre is spoken through on that call, so nothing changes when the fitter arrives.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Good communication, excellent work and takes the initiative. Happy to go the extra mile, highly recommended if you're in a tyre-related bit of bother!"
DFDavid FordhamGoogle review
Lye FAQs
Questions from Lye.
Can you meet me at Lye station if my tyre is flat after work?
Parking near the station is limited, so pin down where the car is when you ring. If it is in a rail operator's car park, let them know a fitter is coming. Some air left in it? Then a short, slow roll to a level residential street nearby gives the fitter elbow room.
My van has a screw in it on the Stour Vale estate. Can it be sorted in the yard?
Usually, with the site's agreement. Tell us the unit, where the van is standing and the size. Van tyres carry higher load ratings, so the replacement or repair is matched to that. A screw in the sidewall rules out a repair.
Do you cover Wollescote and Hay Green as well as Lye itself?
Both are covered, along with Stambermill, The Thorns and Careless Green, across DY9 and the handful of DY5 streets inside its boundary. The terraces are tight, so a clear space beside the car helps the fitter work safely.
Is there anywhere on the Lye By-Pass to stop for a tyre change?
Not on the carriageway itself. If a tyre fails on the by-pass, keep going gently to the next turning into a side road or an estate entrance and stop there, hazard lights on. Every stretch covered on a flat chews the tyre further, so stop once it is safe.
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Around Lye.
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Stuck in Lye? Call now.
Lye station, the Lye By-Pass or a Wollescote terrace: the new tyre is taken to wherever the car is waiting.