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Beware the First Snow of 2019!

With wintry and colder weather now upon us here in Shropshire, are you and your vehicles ready? You need ample tread to maintain grip and safety and preferably a cold weather tyre option or all season type. These tyres offer a huge improvement in...
 

Another Great Year for Hometyre Shropshire

Where did 2018 go? We've had a great year looking after customers old and new right across Shropshire and Cheshire - some of whom have been using us for almost 16 years now too! As another year draws to a conclusion, we're flat out busy...
 

Winter Tyres - don't get stuck with your summer tyres this winter!

The weather is already starting to turn and it feels like winter has suddenly hit us all hard! We've been in contact with one of our Shropshire customers who had a full set of Nokian winter tyres fitted to her Audi A4 in November 2017. ...
 

Brrrrrrr. Mercury is dropping! Tyres are losing grip...

Are you Winter Ready in Shropshire? We could be in for a sharp change in weather after a glorious summer here in the UK. Although we enjoyed six weeks of sun, that bitter snowy winter hasn't quite left the memory either and the drop in...
 

A Day Out of the Office!

Yesterday I decided to get my hands dirty and head out of the office with the local Shropshire Hometyre fitter, Wayne! Here at Hometyre we think it's really important that our sales team who answer the phones to our valued customers from all over...
 

Non-repairable tyre on a Peugeot 308 in Shrewsbury

I went out to a job last week to a customer that was in a local car park and had picked up a puncture on her Peugeot 308, I was able to get out to her the same day in the afternoon. As with all punctures we bring out a new spare tyre,...
 

Age of tyres

This is an old job that I went out to in 2015, I had a call out to a car park, which the customer had left his car there over night. I turned up and the customer had said the tyre was brand new, (according to the customer) as it had...
 

Have you got a bulge in your tyre?

Getting a bulge in your tyre can be more common than you think. With all the potholes around, this is something which can damage the sidewall which causes the bulge, also hitting the side of the kerb on can also have an impact on the...
 

Are your tyres legal and safe?

People every day are driving their cars, vans, motorhomes and caravans, driving long/short distances, in all types of weather, at different speeds and different road conditions, but don't check...
 

Wheel Balancing

If you don't know much or anything about vehicles, you wouldn't know the term 'wheel balancing'. Wheel balancing, basically means the weight is distributed equally around the wheel and that the tyre rotates evenly. For this to happen,...
 

New tyre fitted to an American Motorhome in Much Wenlock

A few weeks ago I went out to a new customer, who had driven up from London for the week, as he had been driving to the campsite, he managed to pick up a nail in his tyre. Another camper who was based near to him saw that he had a puncture and...
 

One Nexen tyre fitted to a Nissan 350Z in Shropshire

Another repeat customer, needed one new tyre fitted, as the N/S (near side) tyre hit a curb and the customer had a blow out. I went out to the customers home in Shrewsbury, and as I have been there quite a few times, they offered me a...
 

A new Run Flat Continental Tyre fitted to a BMW X3 in Shropshire

This morning I went out to a customer in Market Drayton, who needed one new tyre fitted to her BMW X3. She had a nail stuck in the shoulder of the tyre, which straight away cannot be repaired, plus with RFT (run flat tyres) a puncture...
 

Changing of Summer/Winter tyres

For a lot of people, tyres are something that they don't give a second thought about, they go get their tyres changed, as soon as possible so they can get on their way and carry on with their everyday lives. A lot of people don't change...
 

Audi A4 Allroad Quattro fitted with Nexen tyres in Market Drayton

Monday afternoon I went out to a customer in Market Drayton who needed two Nexen 245/45R18 tyres fitting on their Audi A4 Allroad Quattro. I went to the customers home, they were off on their holidays first thing the next morning, so...
 

Tyre safety - Run Flat Tyres

Last week I went out to a customers home in Shrewsbury, where she needed one new tyre for her car, a BMW. When I arrived and saw the tyre, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. When I actually took the tyre off, I saw just how bad the...
 

TPMS pressure sensor valves in Shifnal

If you have a vehicle that is fitted with a tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), pressure sensor valves in the wheels, then we at Hometyre can service, repair, or replace them. A sensor valve, in each tyre, monitors tyre pressures...
 

Old and corroded tyres - a massive job!

A little while ago, I went out to a company that takes and stores very old and used tyres. There was an issue though, they couldn't get rid of the tyres because no one would take them as they were with the tyre and the wheels attached, as they...
 

Puncture on a Pirelli tyre in Shawbury

Early this week I went out to a customer who found a massive bit of metal lodged in his tyre. The customer had no idea how he managed to pick it up, but noticed it when he got home from work. The issue with a lot of punctures, you don't...
 

Two Nexen tyres fitted to a Ford Focus in Cruckton

A couple of weeks ago I went out to a customers home in Cruckton, and she wanted two tyres fitted to the rear of her Ford Focus. When I arrived, the customer was out in her garden, she greeted me and told me the two rear tyres were...
 


 


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