The law is clearer on damaged tyres than most drivers realise. A cut deep enough to reach the fabric or the steel underneath makes a tyre unlawful to use. So does a lump or a bulge caused by the structure inside coming apart. So does tread worn below 1.6mm through the middle three quarters. None of those depend on how the tyre feels to drive on, and none of them are matters of opinion once somebody has actually looked.
Looking is the service. We come to the car, examine it from both faces if the doubt calls for it, and give you a verdict you can act on. Around here the usual culprit is not a nail but a kerb: bays are tight, traffic is heavy, and wheels get pushed into square edges all day long. What you can see is the scar on the wheel. What decides the tyre's future is the crease pressed into the rubber next to it. When the casing is intact we will tell you so and fit nothing, and you carry on with the tyres you already own.
Sometimes it is the wheel rather than the tyre. So when we come out in IG1 the wheel comes off, the tyre comes off the rim, and both get inspected before anything else is said. A 4am Goodmayes call and a noon Newbury Park call reach the same fitter. Whether it is Cranbrook in rush hour or the North Circular at midnight, we answer.
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Kerbing does more damage to tyres around Ilford than anything sharp on the road, because parking is tight and the traffic never really lets up. We come to the car, read the tyre honestly, and only recommend replacing it when the structure has actually gone.
A hard shove into a parking space had left a bright scar across the alloy. The wall of the tyre had marking but no crease, and with it off the rim the inside was clean. It went back on and the owner spent nothing on rubber that day.
A pre-trip check turned up a swelling low on the sidewall of a rear tyre. Broken cords, no repair possible and no safe mileage left in it. Replaced before the journey rather than during it, which is the whole value of looking early.
Fine cracks spreading across all four walls on a car doing short local trips. Tread depth was respectable and the rubber had hardened all the same. We laid out what that means for grip in the wet and let the owner set the timing.
Assume every one of them is. A bulge means the casing has already failed underneath and only pressure is holding the shape, so there is no version of it that is merely cosmetic.
Depends entirely on depth. Surface rubber removed by a kerb is common and usually fine. Once the fabric or steel underneath is visible, the tyre is unlawful and there is no argument to be had.
A lot of it, yes. Where the suspicion is impact damage on the inner face, or the outside looks fine but the tyre keeps losing air, the wheel needs stripping before anybody can be certain.
People do it all the time, especially before a long drive. Often enough we find nothing wrong at all, nothing is sold, and you come away with peace of mind instead of a bill for guesswork.
Not all four, no. Matching across an axle matters, and a big difference in tread between the two sides of the front does affect handling. We will give you our view on each tyre individually.
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