★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
South Croydon, Greater London · CR2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in South Croydon.
Brighton Road runs the length of South Croydon and the terraced streets either side of it park nose to tail. Rescue Tyres arrives with the replacement rubber and the tools already aboard, whichever CR2 kerb or driveway the car is standing on.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in South Croydon?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in South Croydon.
A good share of the trouble here begins on the A235. Brighton Road carries traffic all day between Croydon and Purley, and a wheel that catches the kerb on it can hold air for days before the tyre gives up outside the house. Screws and nails come off the same run. Once the car is back on a side road such as Warham Road or South End, the work is simple enough: give us the size off the sidewall, the street, and whether the wheels have locking nuts.
| Postcode districts | CR2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Purley Way (A23); Brighton Road (A235); Southbridge Road (A236); Sanderstead Road (B269) |
| Nearest stations | Sanderstead (National Rail), Purley Oaks (National Rail), South Croydon (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Twin Bridges Business Park, Spitfire Business Park, Lysander Road Airport Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 16 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Croydon |
What we do in South Croydon
Tyre work in South Croydon.
A South Croydon call usually ends one of four ways. A nail in the crown of the tread, under six millimetres across, can be plugged and patched from within the tyre under BS AU 159. A gash in the sidewall gets a new tyre, budget, mid-range or premium, in whatever size the car currently wears. A rounded or keyless locking nut is cut off before the wheel comes anywhere near the hub. And a car stranded overnight in CR2 is covered too, since the line stays open every day of the week. Wheel alignment is not something we do.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in South Croydon
Drives, bays and car parks.
Driveways off Selsdon Road, Upper Selsdon Road and Croham Road are the easiest surfaces to work on, and the residents' bays in the terraces are fine provided the neighbouring car is not touching the bumper. Sanderstead station parking suits somebody who comes back off the train to a soft tyre. Whitgift Sports Club and Spice's Yard are in private hands, so permission comes first. The B269 and the A235 themselves stay off the list.
Three sorts of address account for most CR2 callouts. The older terraced roads either side of Brighton Road fill their residents' bays early, so a car is often only reachable from the pavement side and the van waits alongside. The avenues climbing away on the Croham Road and South Park Hill Road side have proper driveways, though plenty of them tilt towards the gate, so the fitter picks the flattest section before anything is lifted. Then there are the streets around Sanderstead and Purley Oaks stations, where the car sits all day while its owner is on a train. Brighton Road itself is no place to stand a jack. The ULEZ runs over the whole district every hour of the day, but a car worked on where it is parked is charged nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in South Croydon.
The late trains into South Croydon and Purley Oaks are what put a flat tyre on somebody's radar at eleven at night, and shift workers heading out along the A235 find them before dawn. Ring or message and the price is agreed before anybody sets off from north London.
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
South Croydon FAQs
Questions from South Croydon.
Can you work on a car parked in a residents' bay off Brighton Road?
A permit bay is workable as long as there is room to swing a wheel out beside it. Tell us the road, whether the car is boxed in, and which side it faces, and the van is placed so the carriageway stays clear while the tyre goes on.
My car is at Sanderstead station with a slow puncture. Where do I leave it?
Leave it in the station parking and send the bay location with the tyre size. Damage that sits well away from the shoulders, in the tread band itself, can be put right with a permanent repair rather than an external plug, and you drive home on the same tyre.
The driveway at my house in CR2 slopes. Is that a problem?
Most of the hillside roads off Croham Road are like that. The fitter looks for the flattest strip, chocks the wheels that stay down and works from there. If nothing on the drive is usable, a level stretch of the street outside will do instead.
Do you carry run-flat tyres for South Croydon?
Run-flats are sourced to the exact size and rating stamped on the tyre you already have, along with 4x4, van, EV and performance fitments. The size is confirmed on the phone, the price with it, and nothing is paid until the work is finished.
Nearby
Around South Croydon.
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Brighton Road, the Purley Oaks commuter streets or a drive off Croham Road: the fitter comes to you.