★★★★★
"After damaging my tyre on a pothole I found myself in an unfamiliar area. Within 20 minutes of calling Rescue Tyres they came to my rescue. Wholeheartedly recommend."
DSDaniella SaccoGoogle review
Seven Kings, Greater London · IG3 and IG2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Seven Kings.
Seven Kings runs along the A118 High Road between Ilford and Goodmayes, with Elizabeth line platforms a couple of streets back off it. A Rescue Tyres van turns up with the tyre and the gear, and the work happens where the car stands.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Seven Kings?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Seven Kings.
Tyres here tend to give up slowly. Something goes into the tread along the High Road shopping run, the car carries on with the school and the station for a day or so, and the warning light finally shows outside the house in IG3. That is the everyday call. The wheel is lifted at the kerb, the tyre is broken off the rim and inspected from within, and it either goes back mended or a new one of the same size takes its place.
| Postcode districts | IG3, IG2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Eastern Avenue (A12); Eastern Avenue West (A12); High Road (A118); Green Lane (A1083) |
| Nearest stations | Seven Kings (National Rail;Elizabeth line), Newbury Park (London Underground), Goodmayes (National Rail;Elizabeth line) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Newbury Retail Park, Grove Farm Retail Park |
| Distance from our base | about 14 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Redbridge |
What we do in Seven Kings
Tyre work in Seven Kings.
New rubber is ordered against the code on the sidewall, so the load and speed figures match what came away, and budget, mid-range and premium casings are all available in the common IG3 sizes. A nail through the tread gets handled properly: off the rim, inspected from within, then an internal patch and plug wherever BS AU 159 permits one. A torn casing is replaced instead, and the rim is checked as the wheel returns. Locking nuts long parted from their key come off with the alloy unmarked.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Seven Kings
Drives, bays and car parks.
The kerb outside your own address is the usual answer, and a sound one when the car is parked straight and the road is wide enough for traffic to get by. A house with a drive is better again. Supermarket bays at the Tesco Extra, the Aldi or the Lidl are short stay and watched, which makes them an emergency option and nothing more. What will not do is the High Road itself, which leaves nowhere to stand clear of what is coming through.
Callers are spread across the terraces on both sides of the High Road, the roads dropping towards Barley Lane and Goodmayes Road, and Green Lane where IG3 meets IG2. Driveways are scarce on these streets, so most jobs are done at the kerb outside the address, and what matters is that the car sits square with room on the offside rather than jammed against a dropped crossing. A red route runs along the High Road, and the A12 Eastern Avenue at the top of the district is worse again, so neither is anywhere to jack a vehicle. Public parking is absent from Seven Kings itself. Newbury Retail Park and Grove Farm Retail Park are private ground, and anybody working there wants the site told first.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Seven Kings.
Late calls in Seven Kings come from drivers back off a shift who find a corner sitting low against the kerb, and from people who left a vehicle near the station overnight and returned to a flat one. Somebody staffs the line right through the small hours, and the cost of the work is agreed first.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Life saver. Sudden puncture, hard-to-find tyre. They got back to me within 10 minutes and did a mobile tyre change."
JSJimmy SuGoogle review
Seven Kings FAQs
Questions from Seven Kings.
There is no driveway at my house. Can the wheel still be changed?
Kerbside work is normal on these terraces. Park the car straight, leave a gap on the road side so the fitter can kneel safely, and say on the phone which way the street runs. The wheel comes off, the tyre is sorted, and the car never leaves the spot.
Can you meet me at Seven Kings station?
The platforms sit a few streets back from the High Road and the roads around them all look much alike, so give the street name and the registration rather than the station on its own. The fitter pulls in behind and lifts the wheel off where it stands.
How do I know whether the puncture can be mended?
That comes down to position. An object through the central three-quarter band, with the hole no bigger than 6 mm across, can be mended internally to BS AU 159. Damage on the shoulder, damage anywhere in the sidewall, or a casing run flat until it collapsed, all mean a new tyre.
Which streets around Seven Kings do you come out to?
IG3, the IG2 side of Green Lane, and on through Goodmayes, Little Heath, Chadwell Heath and the Barkingside end. The round is worked out of Brent Cross, so ring or message 07473 720871 and the likely arrival is discussed on the call.
Nearby
Around Seven Kings.
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From the High Road to Barley Lane and Green Lane, the fitter comes to the car and works there.