Nissan tyres fitted in Littlehampton

I had a new customer booked in through the sales office who wanted two Nankang AS1 225/45R19w tyres to be put on her Nissan Infinity EX37.

The car was due for a MOT the following day, and both rear tyres were low, plus she was aiming to sell the car within the month and wanted it to be in good condition.

The customer had seen me at another job in the road the day before and took note of the Hometyre details on the van, she then called our sales office to arrange an appointment for the next day at 10.00.

I arrived at the appointed time and asked the lady for the keys, and if she knew where the locking wheel nut key was kept, she didn't. A quick check in the boot and I found it with the vehicles tools beside the spare. I also checked the tread depths on the front tyres and they were 5mm so no problem. This information we add to a tyre report that is sent with the receipt once the job is completed.

I removed the locking wheel nuts by hand before jacking the car up and removing the first wheel. Took the wheel over to the van and removed the tyre. Checked the rim to ensure it had no damage, none found so cut out the old valve and replaced it with a nice new one. Applied tyre mounting paste to the new tyre, (the paste allows the tyre to slide on the wheel when we fit the tyre so it does not get damaged). mounted the tyre and inflated it to the correct pressure. We get the correct pressures from a chart in the van, or it can also be found inside the car door frame.

Put the wheel on the balancer and set all the parameters. The reason we have to balance new tyres on wheels, is that you get slight weight differences during manufacture, that if we did not balance the wheel you can get a vibration through the steering wheel.

I spun the wheel and the balancer indicated that it needed 20 grams to be added to the outside edge and 15 grams to the inside edge. I applied stick on weights at the correct points and re-spun the wheel to check it was correct. It showed a zero for both sides on the balancer, so it was time to refit the wheel to the car.

I mounted the wheel on the hub, tightened all the bolts up to the manufactures specification, then moved to the other side of the car to repeat the process for the other wheel.

Once completed I put the locking wheel nut back in the boot of the car and marked this information on the invoice. I had already checked the tread depths on the other wheels but now I checked the tyre pressures as well. Only a couple of pounds out so adjusted them.

Locked up the car, completed the invoice, and took a payment from the customer using our card reader. Once payment has gone through, I then email the receipt through to the customer.

Should you need tyres call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 or 0333 444 5454 and we will come to you.