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What we do !!!!

Its been a busy week in the East lanc's area doing all things tyre related. The services we offer to our customers were put to the test this week. Two leaking alloy rims and new Goodyear tyres replaced in Barrowford near...

Cost having no spare.

Two customers in consecutive days have unfortunately had punctures. When we take the wheel for inspection both occasions the tyres could of been repaired. The first one was a new car to the owner and had not checked if it came with a spare or...

Happy new year, stay safe.

Hope everyone has had a great Xmas and ready for the new year. What about the new year resolutions? are you sticking to them? We all do it, set of with good intentions, but life in general sometimes gets in the way. The main...

Pre Festive Tyre Safety Checks.

Its that time of year again when everyone is gearing up [did you see what I did there] for the Xmas break Either they are rushing around for the last bargains . Or the lucky ones are just winding down for festive break. ...

Tyre pressure's

After being invited on the local Ribble valley radio show to discuss the benefits of winter tyres and why we should swap for the winter period. We got onto the subject of tyre pressure's and the importance of having the correct...

TPMS warning,puncture or pressure issue?

After the TPMS warning light repeatedly coming on the owner of the 6month old Range rover called us out to investigate. Hometyre East Lancs are equipped with the latest diagnostic tool. The customer had the vehicle back to the showroom but to...

P zeros for a RS3

Two new Pirelli P zeros needed for a 65 plate Audi RS3 after only 8ooo miles. The question was is it the tyres? After looking at the badly worn tyres and a few questions about driving tchniques used, it became apparent that the tyres where not at...

Unbalanced Run Flat Tyres Causes a Mellor Client the Shakes

A regular customer in nearby Mellor Nr Blackburn called to ask if I would check the balancing on the car his partner had just bought. They said it was badly vibrating on the motorways. When I had arrived I obviously did a routine...

Pot luck with potholes !!

A customer in near by Brock-hall Village hit a huge pothole and subsequently had damaged the nearside front tyre on his Range Rover. These vehicles are built to go off roads etc, so it was quite a shock to find the amount of damage to not...

Tyre data when needed.

Everyone is rushing around getting ready for holidays/trips away. Its a exciting time, especially for children. No matter how much planning goes into every eventuality. Your vehicle often gets overlooked, tyres and having the...

Summer sun,and fun for ducks!!!!!!

Summer is here,honest! With all this rain we are getting at the moment its hard to believe summer holidays are just a couple of weeks away. But if you are planning on trips away or just weekend breaks in your caravan or motorhome,its a good time to...

Summer (?) has arrived. Are you rubber ready?

Summer is here,are you ready? Summer has finally arrived and so far we are getting a good share of sunshine too. But has always with the good old British weather we still are likely to get a few downpours. Noticeably just last week...

TPMS or not TPMS

Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), will soon be fitted to just about every vehicle coming off the production line, there will be some huge benefits to this change, TPMS systems alert the driver when one of the tyres has an issue, for example...

Half term, and the sun is out.

With the half term under way and the sun is out, now is the perfect time to carry out those all important tyre checks! Whether you're having days out to...

Cost of not checking your tyre pressure.

After doing three FREE tyre and pressure safety checks in the last 7 days, a total of 19 vehicles, not one tyre had the correct pressure. On a number of vehicles the lack of pressure had resulted in tyres having uneven wear on both...

Caravan season is almost here, are you ready?

It may only be the first week of March but at Hometyre we are already receiving plenty of enquiries from both new and existing customers regarding caravan/motorhome tyres from all of those owners out...

Winter tyres check

Spring is almost upon us, but the weather keeps throwing us a curve ball. Here in the East Lancashire region we have had a couple of weeks where snow fall has been significant enough to cause a huge amount of disruption. here at...

The right choice of tyre

Choosing the correct tyre is often over-looked – drivers will often want to choose a well-known premium tyre because they believe that the most expensive tyre will always be the best for them and sadly, sometimes they opt for a tyre because...

Weather watch fo your tyres.

After three weeks of non stop down pours, two storms from the Atlantic. The East Lancashire and the surrounding areas are really suffering with floods and surface water. The M65 alone has had two serious accidents in the last 6 days due...

Which Truster trader backing again.

Hometyre East Lancs and hometyre as a whole are proud to announce that we are backed with the Which trusted trader group for the second year running. What does this mean? To the customers around the East lancashire areas, its a huge...