Potholes, Open Wounds from a Bleak Winter
Hometyre Norfolk took the mobile tyre fitting service to a new customer in Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds that had discovered a puncture in their tyre.
This customer hit a pot hole in their Mercedes Benz B-class whilst travelling down a back road facing the sun. At this time of the year, the abundance of potholes and low angled sun can create some disastrous results!
Upon arrival, we immediately saw that the puncture wasn't the biggest issue, there was a sizeable dent in the rim itself. The pothole damage to the tyre would have damaged the internal cords so would need to be replaced. During the office booking, the customer chose a tyre in case this one couldn't be repaired under the premise of a puncture.
For the dent repair, we would have to take the offending wheel away for a couple of days where it could be professionally straightened!
Once repaired, we returned within a couple of days to refit the wheel with a brand new mid range 225/40/18 Avon tyre at the comfort of the customer's home.
With the plethora of pot holes in the roads causing a lot of on going problems and damages to tyre, Hometyre Norfolk can now offer our customers a rim repair service (through a third party- which is still much cheaper than replacing a rim) for any bends or cracks to any wheel from a Ford Fiesta to a Range Rover.
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