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BMW 1 series with Bridgestone RE050A 245/35/18 88Y in EN6

An existing customer's partner called to say that they needed 2 rear tyres on their 1 series BMW. They wanted a like for like replacement, so I ordered 2 Bridgestone RE050A 245/35R18 88Y tyres and arranged to meet them the next day at their house.

We arrived at the job and the first thing to do was inspect the tyres, the front tyres were Bridgestone RE050A 215/40R18 and were in very good condition. The rear tyres had been worn right down to the legal limit and the customer said that the driver's side tyre needed air adding every week. We asked if they had recently hit a pot hole as BMW's can get cracked wheel rims with these run flat tyres, the customer could not remember but we would check for cracks anyway.

The locking wheel nut key was located in the boot, we found the key and cracked all of the wheel nuts, jacked the rear of the car up and started to remove the wheels, the wheels had seized onto the hubs but eventually came free and off the car. We cleaned up the hubs to remove the corrosion that had held the wheels on, we also cleaned the back of the wheels to allow a good fit.

It was time to take the tyres off, we started with the driver's side tyre as this was the one that was leaking air, once the tyre was off we were able to look inside the tyre to see it had a split going all the way around the inside. This had been leaking air and thus needed topping up by the customer on a regular basis. The wheel rim was checked for cracks but nothing was found. We removed the valve and replaced it with a new one and then mounted the new tyre. Once balanced and cleaned this was put back on the car.

The second tyre was then stripped off the other rim and there was no sign of damage on this one, we still checked the wheel rim for damage but none was found, a new valve was fitted and tyre on the wheel was balanced, this wheel was then put back on the car and then both side were torqued up to the manufactures specification.

Locking wheel nut back, safe in the boot and front tyres pressures check and rebalanced, only a couple of pound out, tools away and paper work completed. All done in 40 minutes and the customer did not have to leave the house.

If you have a BMW that needs tyres call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 and we will come to you.

 


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