Mixing tyres is one of those subjects where the honest answer is more nuanced than either extreme. Different brands on the same car is not, by itself, a problem. Different tread patterns on the same axle is, because the two tyres will shed water differently and grip differently, and under hard braking on a wet road they will not release at the same moment. That is what makes a car pull to one side when you least want it to.
So the priority on an urgent job is to match the pair across the axle rather than to match all four. If your near side front is a particular pattern, the off side front should be the same pattern where we can manage it. Whether the rear pair are the same brand as the front pair matters far less. We will tell you what is on the car before fitting anything, because you should be making that decision rather than discovering it.
The other three tyres get checked on every emergency replacement, and it is not padding. The immediate job stays simple: correct size brought to the car in Alperton, fitted and balanced where it stands, valve checked, pressures set. Valve in Tokyngton, balance in Alperton, pressures before we go. The wheel comes off in Tokyngton, not on a ramp in Cricklewood. The HA9 postcode and a street in Sudbury: that is enough.
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The North Circular and the A404 Harrow Road are where a mismatched front axle shows itself, because both carry enough speed and enough standing water for the difference to matter. When one tyre has to go on in a hurry, it is worth thirty seconds on the phone reading us what is on the other side, so the pair ends up sensible rather than accidental.
They clear water at different rates and bite at slightly different points. In the dry you would never know. In standing water on the A406 it becomes something you can feel through the wheel.
Perfectly workable. Each axle behaves consistently, which is the part that matters, and the difference between front and rear is far less significant.
Sometimes the exact match is not aboard. We will say so and give you the options rather than fitting something dissimilar to its partner and staying quiet about it.
Not in itself for ordinary tyres. What matters is that the pair on an axle behave alike, and that there is no mixing of radial and cross-ply construction.
In the wet, yes. The tread pattern is the part that moves water out from under the tyre, and two different patterns do that at two different rates.
Often, from van stock. Read us the make, pattern and size off the sidewall when you ring and we will tell you honestly what we can do.
You get told before anything goes on, along with what the alternatives are. Fitting a mismatched pair without mentioning it is not something we do.
Typically 30 to 60 minutes, traffic depending. On event days we will advise the quickest safe spot to wait when you ring.
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