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Volvo XC90 Lock nut removal & Valve replacement

Todays customer had broken one of his TPMS sensor valves, he had tried to remove the wheel and used his locking wheel nut and damaged the 'Adaptor' in the process. He ordered a new key from his Volvo dealership only to find that it did not fit...

Caravan Tyres fitted the Gatwick Caravan storage site.

Thanks to a Caravan service engineer who had seen the work Hometyre Sussex carried out on some other Caravans. He passed our details onto todays customer who needed two tyres fitting to his Caravan which was kept in a storage site near...

New tyres on a Mini Cooper

Lady customer called to say she had a blowout on her way home, the RAC had towed her car back to her home, she then searched for a Mobile tyre service on Google and found Hometyre. I went out and soon had a new tyre fitted to her Mini, I then...

Locking wheel nut removal on a Chrysler PT Cruiser

First job this morning was a locking wheel nut removal and a puncture repair on a Chrysler PT Cruiser. The Customer had bought the car second hand on Ebay, he drove it home, then when he woke up the next morning he found it had a flat tyre. He...

Bridgestone 205/55R16 tyres fitted in an Army base.

I was on Thorney Island army base today, to rescue a lady who had had a blow out on the motorway, then had her Honda Civic towed back to the base. We decided to bring two tyres with us as she hadn't checked any of the other tyres and didn't know...

Renault Master lease van fitted with Avon AV9 tyres

First job this morning was to go to the aid of a van in Bognor Regis, this is a leased vehicle so we have to do it through the leasing company, which means a lot more paperwork for us. The leasing company requires us to check all the...

Fiat Ducato van

This week I was called out to a customer who was recommended to use Hometyre by his neighbour. This customer has a lawn mower business where he services mowers in his mobile workshop (Fiat Ducato Van). Being mobile he needs to keep his van on the...

Alfa Romeo tyres in West Sussex

Had an interesting job this morning, a customer has two Alfa Romeo Duetto's and wanted the tyres taking off the rims on each and swapping them over. One of the Duetto's has nice repainted wheels, with od tyres, the other had old rusty...

GT Champiro tyres for a VW Tiguan

Here I am in Brighton Marina having just put two new 18" tyres on this VW Tiguan. This is a regular customer who I have been to a few times. (Once on Brighton sea front when he had a blow out). He has been using the Hometyre Mobile Service...

Mercedes Vito with a blow out

Today a decorator in Bognor called to say he had hit a kerb and had blown one of his tyres. He needed a mobile tyre service as he could not drive anywhere and he only wanted a budget tyre fitting, which was not a problem. I arrived at the job to...

Bus mans holiday!

Today being a Sunday, I had no tyres to fit, and went to Bognor Regis Golf Club for a round of golf this morning. On the way home I went a different route to normal and on rounding a bend hit a pothole at around 25mph. On the rest of the drive...

Vauxhall Astra fitted with Pirelli's

Had a job in Bognor today to fit some Pirelli P7 Cinturate tyres to a Vauxhall Astra. Arrived at the job to find the owner had lost the locking wheel nut key, Luckily this is a job that Hometyre can do, we have a locking wheel nut removal tool....

Suspension problem.

On of my jobs today was to fit two Kenda tyres to a Citroen Belingo van, at the same time I was going to check and adjust the tracking of the van, as there was excessive wear on one side of the front tyres. When I removed the first...

Fitting a tyre to a Limo

The first job this morning in Chichester was to fit a Michelin Pilot sport 225/40 R19 to a Jaguar Limo. The limo had a screw in the tyre causing a puncture which initially looked repairable, but upon inspection I found a 20mm long tear in the...

Various jobs covered today

1st job was to track a Vauxhall Vivaro in Petworth, after the owner had new bushes fitted and wanted to make sure that his van would drive straight and would not scrub the edges of the tyres. 2nd job was to fit a spare wheel to a...

Nexen tyres fitted to a VW Transporter van.

I was called out to Steyning this morning as this customer had previously used a local garage to fit his tyres. They had fitted the wrong size to his VW, he asked us to replace his tyres with the correct size 235 / 40 R17 light commercial...

Audi A6 required Continental sport contact 3 tyres

Had a job today in Goring fitting 4 Continental tyres to an Audi A6 this evening. Got to the job at 4:30pm, just as it started to get dark. Managed to fit two tyres in what was left of the daylight, but had to finish the other two in the dark....

Conti sport contact 3 tyres for a Peugeot RCZ in Emsworth.

Lady customer hit a pothole on the way home yesterday, split the tyre on her Peugeot. She filled the tyre with tyre weld, and managed to limp the car home. Went on the internet and booked Hometyre to come to her home in Emsworth and replace the...

Bridgestone Potenza RE070 225 / 45 R17 W tyres for a Subaru Impreza

My first job today was to fit these Bridgestone RE070 tyres to an Impreza WRX, These tyres were specifically designed by Bridgestone as Extreme performance summer tyres for the all wheel drive Subaru Impreza WRX STI and the Honda S2000 (Club...

Continental makes self informing sensor valves

Continental have come up with a tyre pressure sensor that can inform the driver if a vehicles tyre pressures need to be adjusted to suit the load it is carrying and by how much. Previously a driver could only go by the information with the car...