Toyota Prius in Hemel Hempstead HP1 with 195/55/16V and locking wheel nuts

The office took a call from a customer In Hemel Hempstead that needed a new 195/55/16V on his Toyota Prius, he had also lost his locking wheel nut key. They spoke to him about his driving style and recommended an Event 195/55/16V as this would suit him. Appointment arranged for the next day when he would be available.

Arrived at the job and started to talk to the customer, he had been trying to get the locking wheel nuts off for the last week and had actually brought £100 worth of tools to try and get them off to no avail.

Took the tools out of the van and started on the first locking wheel nut. First one came off in 5 minutes and the other 3 in a total of 10 minutes. The customer was really impressed as he had not been able to remove them in the last week.

Now for the tyre, he wanted the near side front (passenger front tyre) replaced. Inspected it and it was down to the legal limit of 1.6 mm. I also checked all the other tyres and he had a mixture of 4 and 5 mm across them.

Jacked up the near side front wheel and removed the wheel. Took the wheel to the van and took the tyre off, examined the wheel for damage (none found) and then replaced the valve with a new one and mounted the tyre on the wheel. Next step is to balance the wheel, came back needing 25 grams adding, added the weight and rechecked the balance and this time it came back as zero.

Put the new wheel/tyre back on to the car and torqued the wheel nuts up to the manufacturers specification.

Last thing to do was check the tyre pressures in the other tyres, only a couple of pounds down (except one that was a few pounds over) so adjusted them to the correct pressure.

Took payment and headed off to the next job.

If you need new tyres or have a locking wheel nut bolt that you cannot remove call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 or 0333 444 5454 and we will come to you to replace your tyres or remove your locking wheel nut.