★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
Oakleigh Park, Greater London · N20
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Oakleigh Park.
Oakleigh Park is the pocket of streets around its railway station, straddling N20 and EN4 between Oakleigh Road North, the A109, and Russell Lane. Rescue Tyres carries tyre, jack and balancing gear to the door.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Oakleigh Park?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Oakleigh Park.
Most of what breaks here breaks somewhere else. Cars from these streets do their driving on Oakleigh Road North, the Great North Road and Cat Hill, and whatever they pick up on the way tends not to show until the car is back at home on the drive. That suits mobile fitting, because the wheel is already parked where it can be worked on. One call with the tyre size and the postcode is enough to get the right rubber loaded and out to the address.
| Postcode districts | N20, EN4 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Oakleigh Road North (A109); High Road (A1000); Totteridge Lane (A5109); Cat Hill (A110) |
| Nearest stations | Oakleigh Park (National Rail), Totteridge & Whetstone (London Underground), New Barnet (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Friern Bridge Retail Park, Meadow Works, Brunswick Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 5 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Barnet |
What we do in Oakleigh Park
Tyre work in Oakleigh Park.
Everything gets done at the kerb or on the driveway. A replacement tyre is chosen from the markings on the cover coming off, then balanced before the wheel returns to the car. Punctures are assessed with the cover dismounted: an entry in the tread, under six millimetres and clear of the shoulder, is repaired to BS AU 159 and the wheel goes straight back up. A destroyed tyre means an emergency replacement. A locking nut whose key is gone is wound out and swapped for a standard one. The line is open at every hour.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Oakleigh Park
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives, mostly. This is a part of Barnet where the house has somewhere to put the car, and nothing beats a drive for taking a wheel off. Working at the kerb is fine on the residential streets as long as the car is not on a bend and the van can stop behind it. There is no council car park in this pocket at all; the nearest off-street option worth naming is the station car park over at Totteridge and Whetstone, which is railway ground. Supermarket bays are for customers.
The streets on either side of the line are the heart of it: wide, with off-street parking at the front of many of the houses. That makes the work easy. The complication is the postcode: this pocket is split between N20 and EN4, and neighbours a few doors apart can be in different districts, so the full code matters more here than the street name. Oakleigh Park station has no public car park attached to it, which means kerbside space near the entrance goes early on a weekday. East Barnet Road and Cat Hill carry through traffic and are not places to jack a car. Everything else in here is quiet enough to work on.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Oakleigh Park.
The night work in EN4 and N20 is mostly people who get home after dark and hear the hiss as they walk away from the car, and early starters who find a flat under the front wheel arch before the sun is up. Ring at any hour of the night. What it costs is fixed during that call, and the fitter drives to the address.
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
Oakleigh Park FAQs
Questions from Oakleigh Park.
Can you meet me at Oakleigh Park station in the morning?
There is no car park there to stand a vehicle in while the wheel comes off, and kerb space near the entrance fills with commuters early. A street a little further from the station, or the drive at home, is a more reliable arrangement for a morning visit.
Can two tyres be changed at the same visit?
Two, or four. The fitter needs to know up front so the correct number of covers is on board, and so enough time is set aside at your address. Give both sizes if the front and rear differ, which they do on some cars.
I clipped the kerb on Cat Hill and the steering feels off. Can you help?
The tyre and the wheel can be looked at, and a damaged rim or a split casing will show up once the cover is off. Steering that feels wrong after an impact may need a garage for the geometry, which is outside what a mobile tyre van does.
Do you take the old tyre away?
The one that comes off leaves with the fitter and goes back to the base at Brent Cross for disposal. Nothing is left on the pavement or in your bin, and the wheel goes back on the car with the new cover balanced before the van moves off.
Nearby
Around Oakleigh Park.
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Oakleigh Road North, Russell Lane or the drive by the station: the wheel is changed on the spot.