Van-side tyres
Run-flats get you home once, and that is about it
A run-flat will carry you off the motorway and home, and after that it is generally scrap — the inner support has cooked it, whatever the dash is still telling you. We carry the sizes the local BMWs, Minis and Mercedes actually run on, and fit them on the drive with the kit those tyres want, because a stiff wall on an ordinary machine is a fight nobody wins.
How the job runs
- The sizes that turn up round here, fitted like for like unless you want otherwise
- Cars that left the showroom with no spare at all are the normal job, not the odd one
- Pressure sensors dealt with as part of the work, not sprung on you at the end
- Already done twenty miles on the support? You’ll get a plain answer on whether it can be mended
Ring it through, or send it over and we will come back to you.
Asked a lot round here
Can I put ordinary tyres on instead?
On some cars, yes, and the ride is better for it. On others the electronics and the springing never settle down. That is a conversation before anything is ordered, not something we would quietly do to save a few pounds.
The light came on at junction 10 and I carried on into town.
Then it is usually finished. The support ring does the work, the heat does the damage, and a repair is rarely on the table afterwards. We will look before saying so, but do not expect good news.