★★★★★
"Came in for a popped tyre, was fixed quickly and efficiently."
AJAmna JasimGoogle review
Plaistow, Greater London, near Bromley · BR1
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Plaistow.
This Plaistow is the BR1 one in Bromley, the streets between Burnt Ash Lane and Plaistow Lane, not the district out east. Rescue Tyres brings tyres, fitting gear and a balancer to the car where it sits.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Plaistow?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Plaistow.
Tyre trouble in this corner of BR1 usually starts on the A2212. College Road and Burnt Ash Lane take a lot of local traffic down towards Grove Park, and a tyre that clips a kerb on one of the tighter turns can lose a chunk of shoulder without going flat at once. It shows up later, on the drive, as a slow leak or a bulge. Leave the car there. Give the road, the postcode and the size, and the tyre comes to it.
| Postcode districts | BR1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Burnt Ash Lane (A2212); Plaistow Lane; Cambridge Road; College Road (A2212) |
| Nearest stations | Sundridge Park (National Rail), Bromley North (National Rail), Grove Park (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Invicta Works, Elliott Works |
| Distance from our base | about 15 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bromley |
What we do in Plaistow
Tyre work in Plaistow.
Straightforward stuff, mostly. A fresh tyre chosen from the code on the old one, anything from an economy make to a premium fitment, with run-flats, sizes for electric cars and vans, four wheel drive, winter and all season alike. Tread punctures lifted from the wheel, examined internally and mended to BS AU 159 when the hole qualifies. A blown tyre swapped, the rim checked over before the new one seats. Locking nuts drawn out without their key and without a mark on the alloy. The line stays open overnight.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Plaistow
Drives, bays and car parks.
Off street parking is the plan: a drive, a hardstanding, the space in front of a garage at the house. On street works in the quieter turnings off Plaistow Lane, given enough room beside the car for the fitter to reach the wheel from the side away from traffic. The Sainsbury's car park is store property and needs their agreement. Sundridge Park station parking is the railway's, so the same applies. Burnt Ash Lane frontage at the busy end is best avoided.
Calls come from the residential grid around Plaistow Lane and Paxton Road, from Cambridge Road, and from the addresses fronting Burnt Ash Lane where the A2212 carries traffic all day. Sundridge is a couple of streets away and Downham is the next district over, so the postcodes blur into one another and the road name matters more than the district when you ring. Most houses here have somewhere off street to stand a car, and that is where the work happens. On street is fine too, provided the car sits parallel to the kerb with room on the road side. The exception is the A21 at Bromley Hill and London Road, which is a through route with no safe standing, and ULEZ covers all of it anyway.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Plaistow.
The late ones in this part of BR1 are usually somebody back off the A21 who comes out to a car sitting low on its drive, or a driver heading out early towards Grove Park. A person picks up regardless of the time, and the amount is agreed before anyone is dispatched.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Absolutely amazing service. First call-out for a replacement tyre after hours and I was amazed."
APAmer PervezGoogle review
Plaistow FAQs
Questions from Plaistow.
Which Plaistow is this, the one in Bromley?
The Bromley one, BR1, around Plaistow Lane and Sundridge Park station. The better known Plaistow is a long way east of here and is a separate place. Quote the full postcode on the call and nothing gets confused.
Can you fit a tyre on Burnt Ash Lane itself?
Better not, at least not on the busy stretch of the A2212. Turn off into the housing behind it, or onto a drive, where the job is safe and unhurried. If the tyre still holds air, that short move is worth making before ringing.
The locking wheel nut key has gone. Can the nut still come off in BR1?
A removal tool grips the rounded head, backs the nut out and leaves the alloy untouched, then a plain replacement goes in. That is done on the drive with the car sitting level. Tell the fitter on the call that the key is lost so the tool travels out.
Does the ULEZ charge apply while my car is being worked on in Plaistow?
It does not. The charge is on driving a non-compliant vehicle inside Greater London, and BR1 is well inside. A car parked on a drive or at a kerb with a wheel off is going nowhere, and nothing is charged for it.
Nearby
Around Plaistow.
Plaistow · standing by
Stuck in Plaistow? Call now.
Plaistow Lane, College Road or the drive at home in BR1, the fitter works where the car is.