What you get
- A fitter comes to the car at home, at work, at the kerb or in a car park, typically within 30 to 60 minutes
- Budget, mid-range and premium tyres matched to the size, load index and speed rating your car needs
- Balanced on the van, a new valve where the old one has perished, pressures set to the door placard
- Wheel nuts torqued to the maker's figure and the tyre pressure warning checked before we leave
- One tyre, a pair or a full set, including tyres you have already bought online
- Old tyres taken away for licensed recycling
- Open 24/7 with no out-of-hours surcharge; card and contactless taken at the car
Tyre fitting near me, without driving to a garage
A tyre depot can be two miles away and still be the wrong answer. If the tyre is flat, bulging or down to the cords, the trip there is the riskiest part of the job, and if it is a routine change you still lose an hour or more sitting in a waiting room. A mobile fitter turns that round: the tyre machine, the balancer and the stock come to the car, so near means wherever you happen to be parked.
That is all we do. There is no walk-in branch; every job is done from a fitted van at the customer's car, from our North London base out across the capital and the surrounding counties. If you want the wider picture of how a van-based service works, our mobile tyre fitting page covers it, and if you would rather have the work done on your drive or in the office car park at a time you choose, see how we get tyres fitted on your drive or at work.
Getting the right replacement tyre
Every tyre carries its size on the sidewall in the same order. Take 205/55 R16 91V: 205 is the width in millimetres, 55 is the sidewall height as a percentage of that width, R means radial construction, 16 is the wheel diameter in inches, 91 is the load index and V is the speed rating. The replacement has to match the first four exactly, and its load index and speed rating must be at least what the car was built for. We check those against the placard in the door shut or the handbook, not just against the tyre that happens to be on the car, because that tyre may itself have been the wrong one. Our guide to finding the tyre size your car needs walks through it if you want to check before you ring.
Then it is a choice of range. Budget, mid-range and premium tyres all have to meet the same legal standards, but they differ in wet braking, road noise and how long the tread lasts, and the EU-style label on each tyre gives you the wet grip, rolling resistance and noise grades side by side. We will tell you honestly where the extra money makes a difference on your car and your mileage; the trade-offs are set out in budget versus premium tyres.
A few fitments need more care. Run-flats should be replaced with run-flats unless the car is given a spare or a repair kit. Many BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi models leave the factory on tyres carrying the maker's approval mark (a star, MO or AO on the sidewall), and if you want that exact tyre we source it rather than substitute. Electric cars are heavy and often specify tyres with a higher load rating, and vans need commercial tyres, marked with a C after the rim size, built for the weight they carry. Tell us what you drive and we will match it.
Tyre replacement near me: replace now, or can it wait?
The legal minimum tread for cars and light vans in the UK is 1.6mm across the central three quarters of the tread, all the way round the tyre. Below that, each illegal tyre can bring three penalty points and a fine of up to £2,500. TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety charity, advises thinking about replacement well before that, from about 3mm, because wet braking distances grow quickly as tread goes. There is more on measuring it in the legal tread depth explained.
Damage settles the question sooner. A bulge or cut in the sidewall, a puncture in the shoulder or outside the central repair zone, or any tyre that has been driven while flat has to be replaced, not patched. A clean puncture in the middle of the tread is usually a repair instead, which keeps a tyre with good tread in service, and that is handled on our puncture repair page. If you are not sure which you have, the signs are set out in how to tell if a tyre needs replacing.
Age matters too, even on a car that does few miles. The four-digit date code on the sidewall gives the week and year of manufacture (2219 is week 22 of 2019), and the common guidance is a close inspection from about five years and replacement by ten, whatever the tread looks like. See when a tyre is too old and how long tyres last for the detail.
As for how many to replace: the two tyres on an axle should match in size, type and pattern and be close in tread depth, so pairs are the normal unit. You rarely need four at once. We measure all four before quoting, and if two still have real life in them we say so. When only two are new, they usually belong on the rear axle, even on a front-wheel-drive car, for the reasons given in whether to replace two or four tyres.
What a proper tyre fitting includes
Swapping rubber on a rim is the quick part. The work that separates a good fitting from a bad one happens around it:
- Rim and bead check. With the old tyre off, the bead seat is cleaned and the rim looked over for cracks or corrosion that would cause a slow leak later.
- Valve. Rubber snap-in valves perish, so a tired one is replaced while the tyre is off. Cars with pressure sensors in the valve are handled so the sensor is not damaged, and any sensor fault is flagged. More on valve replacement and tyre pressure sensors.
- Balancing on the van. Every new tyre is spun on the balancer and weighted, so there is no shake at motorway speed. More on why every tyre is balanced on the van.
- Torque. Nuts or bolts go on in a cross pattern and are finished with a torque wrench to the maker's figure, never just rattled on with an impact gun. If a locking nut key is missing or the nut is chewed, we can deal with locking wheel nut removal on the same visit.
- Pressures and warning light. Set to the placard for the load you carry, and the tyre pressure warning checked or reset if the car needs it.
- Disposal. The old tyre goes on the van for licensed recycling, so nothing is left at the kerb. How old tyres taken away are handled is set out on our disposal page.
One thing we do not do is wheel alignment. If the old tyres show wear on one edge, we will point it out, because that pattern usually means the tracking wants checking at a garage with an alignment rig before it eats the new pair too.
How long does a tyre change take?
Once the fitter is at the car, changing a tyre takes about 20 to 30 minutes on site, including balancing. A pair or a full set naturally takes longer, and we give you a realistic time on the call. Getting to you is typically 30 to 60 minutes across the areas we cover. If the tyre is not one we carry, the time to collect it is built into the arrival time we quote, and if you need new tyres fitted today rather than at a booked time, that page explains how sourcing and timing work.
What tyre fitting near you costs
We do not publish a price list, because the tyre is most of the cost and it depends on your size and the range you choose. What you get instead is an all-in figure on the phone before anyone sets off: the tyre, fitting, balancing, a valve where needed and disposal of the old one. There are no hidden extras added at the car and no surcharge for nights, weekends or bank holidays. Comparing us with a depot? Ask each for the same tyre model and the same inclusions, because a low headline price with balancing and disposal added on top is not the cheaper job. Already bought tyres online? We fit those as well; see fitting tyres you bought online.
Where we fit tyres
From our North London base we cover every London borough, from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey through Camden, Westminster and the City to Ealing, Hillingdon and Harrow, plus the surrounding counties: Hertfordshire towns such as Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Surrey and Berkshire. Give us the postcode and we will confirm the arrival time. You can browse every town and area we cover, or if you are comparing tyres before you decide, start with our mobile tyre shop near you.
We fit wherever the car can be jacked safely: a driveway, a residential street, a workplace or a supermarket car park. We never work on a live carriageway, a motorway hard shoulder or a slip road. If you are stopped on a motorway, call 999 if you are in danger or National Highways on 0300 123 5000, and once the car has been moved off the motorway we will come and fit the tyre. For a flat right now rather than a planned change, go straight to our emergency tyre call-out.
How it works
Read us the size or the reg
The size is the line on the sidewall that looks like 205/55 R16 91V. If it is worn or hidden, the registration is enough for us to look up what the car takes. You get the tyre options and an all-in quote before anyone sets off.
The tyre comes to the car
Common sizes ride on the van, so the fitter can head straight to you. Anything else is collected from a supplier first, and the arrival time you are given already allows for that.
Fitted, checked, paid at the car
Old tyre off, new one on, balanced, nuts torqued and pressures set. You pay by card or contactless and the old tyre leaves with us.
Tyre Fitting Near Me: frequently asked
It depends on the tyre more than the fitting, so we quote on the phone before anyone sets off. The figure covers the tyre, fitting, balancing, a new valve where needed and disposal of the old tyre, with no hidden extras and no out-of-hours surcharge at night, at weekends or on bank holidays. If you supply the tyres yourself, we quote for the fitting alone.
The tyre itself is most of the cost, and that varies with size, brand and range. Ring us with the size or registration and we give you options across budget, mid-range and premium with one all-in figure for each, agreed before the fitter leaves. Whatever quote you compare, check it includes balancing, a valve and disposal, because those are often added on later.
About 20 to 30 minutes on site once the fitter is with the car, including balancing. A full set takes longer. Arrival is typically 30 to 60 minutes after you call, anywhere we cover in London and the surrounding counties.
It is a rule of thumb used in the trade when someone wants a different size from the original: keep the overall diameter of the new tyre within about 3% of the original so the speedometer, ABS and stability systems still read correctly. It is guidance, not law. We fit the size your car is listed for unless there is a sound reason and a correct alternative.
We cannot speak for other companies' prices, and they change with the tyre and the offer of the week. The fair comparison is the same tyre model with the same inclusions: fitting, balancing, valve and disposal. With us that is one all-in figure on the phone, and the fitter comes to you rather than you driving to a centre.
Several national chains offer mobile fitting booked through their websites into appointment slots. We work differently: you ring, we confirm the tyre, and a fitter sets off then, 24 hours a day, typically reaching you within 30 to 60 minutes.
Yes. We fit customer-supplied tyres at your home, workplace or wherever the car is parked, with balancing and disposal of the old tyres. Check the size, load index and speed rating on the delivered tyres match the car before you book.
Usually yes, if the other tyre is noticeably more worn, because two very different tread depths on one axle brake and grip unevenly. If the other tyre is nearly new and the same model, a single replacement can be fine. We measure both and tell you which applies.
Yes. We fit cars, SUVs, 4x4s, electric cars and vans, including run-flats and commercial van tyres. We do not fit caravan, trailer, motorbike or lorry tyres.
Yes. We work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, bank holidays included, and a night or Sunday visit costs the same as a weekday one.