Tyres in Marlow
A directional tyre has an arrow on the sidewall and it is not decoration.
Mobile tyre replacement across Marlow
The practical consequence is that directional tyres cannot be swapped from side to side without being taken off the rim and turned around. If you rotate them, they move front to back on the same side of the car, not diagonally. It also means the spare, if it is a full size directional tyre, is correct on only one side of the car. None of that makes them a bad choice, and their wet performance is often excellent, but it is worth knowing before you buy. We check the arrows on all four when we fit a set at an address around Marlow Bottom or Dean Street.
The awkward one is the night before a long drive. We are the exception: the phone is answered at that hour and a van can be with you on the A4094 or on the drive with the right size on board. A Munday Dean driveway is our workshop, and so is a Pound Lane kerb. Old tyres leave Dean Street, Higginson Park and Buckinghamshire with us, every time.
What you get with our tyre replacement in Marlow
- Tell us the size and the budget and we say what we can bring
- Wheel balancing is part of the fitting, not an extra step
- Pressures set to manufacturer spec before you pull back onto the M40
- Old tyres removed from your Marlow address and recycled responsibly
- Cars, SUVs and 4x4s, here and over in High Wycombe and Henley-on-Thames
- Card payment at the kerb, the drive or the car park
Tyre replacement in Marlow is part of our wider mobile tyre fitting across London and the home counties cover. For tyre replacement in Marlow, call 07717 389637 or send us your details for a price.
Local knowledge across Marlow
Marlow driving mixes fast running on the A404 and the M40 at junction 4 with narrow lanes around Little Marlow and Munday Dean, and standing water is a regular feature of both. A directional tyre fitted backwards is precisely the sort of fault that never shows itself until the first serious downpour. Checking the arrows is part of every set we fit here.
Tyres call-outs we handle in Marlow
An arrow pointing backwards
It happens when somebody swaps a wheel side to side. The tyre gathers water instead of expelling it and the car aquaplanes far earlier than it should on a wet road.
Rotating a directional set
Front to back on the same side only. Moving them diagonally puts two of them on backwards, which undoes exactly the thing you paid for.
A full size directional spare
Correct on one side of the car and reversed on the other. Worth knowing before the day you need it rather than the day after you fitted it.
What Marlow drivers say about our tyre replacement
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Very fast and reliable service from Abdul, who did my tire and wheel inspection in a short time. Highly recommend, they are literally Fast Tyre service.
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Excellent service. I am really impressed. Came within 20 minutes or so, put a new tyre on and balanced it.
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Absolutely fantastic service! I called Fast Tyre urgently needing a tyre replaced and Abdul arrived quickly and put my mind at ease.
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Tyres in Marlow, FAQs
It shows the direction of rotation. Directional tyres have a V shaped tread that expels water forwards and outwards, and it only works if the tyre turns the right way.
It gathers water instead of clearing it, so the tyre aquaplanes at a much lower speed. In dry weather you would not notice anything at all.
Not without taking them off the rim and turning them round. Rotation on a directional set is front to back on the same side of the car.
Yes, we read the arrows on all four whenever we are at the car. It takes seconds and it catches a mistake that is otherwise invisible.
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