BMW 3 series in car park 3 at Heathrow

One of our customers from the midlands had a tyre changed at home just before they were going to go on holiday via Heathrow. The only problem was that when the technician in the Midlands inspected the vehicle they found that the car actually needed 2 tyres and not 1 as the customer had ordered.

Not enough time to get another tyre (they had the luggage in the car waiting to go) so the technician arranged for the tyre to be replaced while they would be on holiday.

The tyre was thus ordered (PIRELLI PZERO 255/30 R19 91 Y) and the job was passed down to ourselves as we are the nearest van. As the customer was not going to be back for a week we did not have to rush the fitting, decided we would do it on a Saturday when things would be quiet.

Lasts time I went to Heathrow (terminal 5 car park) to fit a tyre I almost ended up airside after miss reading a sign for oversized vehicles. This time it was a bit easier, the customer had used the valet parking service so they had his key and could also guide us to the correct entry point to the car park for a high sided vehicle.

Got to the car park and after contacting the valet parking service got into the ground floor of the car park and set up ready, they would be bringing the car to us as they are responsible for it. Car turned up and started work.

Locking wheel nut off (locking wheel nut key was in the boot) and all the other bolts loosened, jacked the car up and removed the bolts and took the wheel off the car. These tyres can sometimes be difficult to remove from the wheel as being run flats they are very stiff, this time it came straight off. Inspected the wheel for any damage (car with run flats can easily crack a rim if they hit a pothole hard enough but luckily none found) and then fitted the new Pirelli PZERO tyre, balanced the wheel/tyre (needed 20 grams adding) and refitted the wheel to the car and torqued the bolts up using a torque wrench. Inspected the other 3 tyres on the car and they were all ok.

Locking wheel nut back in the boot and all the information added to the invoice/tyre report. Called the valet company and they came and took the car back to the main part of the car park.

So there you are, you don't even have to be in the country to get your tyres changed by Hometyre. If you need tyres on your vehicle call Hometyre and we will come to you (even if you are not in the country)