Kwik Fit.....or not so quick fit! I arranged for mobile fitters to come to my house to fit new tyres on the van, alerting them to fact that it has Tyron bands, paid the due amount immediately ( 2 weeks ago), date for fitting was today, 2/5, between hours of 0830 to 2030. I accept the fact they cannot be specific with a time, and since I am retired it matters little about having to stay around home. It got to 17.30 with no fitter showing up, so thought I had better ring to check....after a massive long wait, finally got through to someone......we will have to re-arrange now, no reason given or offered. My response was , no you won't, on Sunday I am touring for three or four weeks, I wouldn't deal with your firm again. Anyone else dealt with Kwik Fit mobile service? I suppose its the old saying, you get what you pay for, I should have gone to my usual caravan servicer in the first place. Lesson learned!
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- Nov 11, 2009
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Two times when I needed tyres changing I found a depot with enough room for the van, and took it to them. At one place I had to unhitch to turn around. They offered to help me push it. But then they looked on in amazement when I did it on the mover. I then re-hitched for stability while they jacked the van up.
John
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- Nov 16, 2015
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I used Kwik fit, due to having Tyron Bands fitted.
After eventually getting through to them that I had a caravan with the bands fitted, they were to send out a van with the appropriate equipment to change the tyres.
The van had to come fom near Heathrow to Milton Keynes, almost 45 miles, Local Kwik fit is 4 miles away. I removed the wheels gave them to the chap, who then realise he didn't have the equipment to remove the bands, So into my tool kit and found the long reach allen key, to do the job. All done but what a hassle.
I decided to buy the mobile kit to be able to remove the bands myself., 8 weeks ago change the tyres again , the mobile kit broke, ended up getting the bands off in the end, they are now in the tip, I am quite happy with the tyre pal TPMS as a warning.
The Kwik fit fitter was very pleased that I had the tools and ability to help him.
After eventually getting through to them that I had a caravan with the bands fitted, they were to send out a van with the appropriate equipment to change the tyres.
The van had to come fom near Heathrow to Milton Keynes, almost 45 miles, Local Kwik fit is 4 miles away. I removed the wheels gave them to the chap, who then realise he didn't have the equipment to remove the bands, So into my tool kit and found the long reach allen key, to do the job. All done but what a hassle.
I decided to buy the mobile kit to be able to remove the bands myself., 8 weeks ago change the tyres again , the mobile kit broke, ended up getting the bands off in the end, they are now in the tip, I am quite happy with the tyre pal TPMS as a warning.
The Kwik fit fitter was very pleased that I had the tools and ability to help him.
To be fair to Kwik Fit I used their mobile service once when our Coachman wheels were being replaced under warranty. The van arrived on time the wheels were removed, the tyres were removed inc the Tyron bands, the tyres were refitted to the new wheels including the bands, and all was well. The van was immaculate inside and out.I got the impression that the qualty of service is down to the individual.
Our current van has bands fitted, and when new tyres were fitted recently we used a local mobile fitter recommended by a fellow caravanner, replaced the bands without any fuss.
Our current van has bands fitted, and when new tyres were fitted recently we used a local mobile fitter recommended by a fellow caravanner, replaced the bands without any fuss.
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This the sort of problems that tyrebands can cause, because they are not a mainstream product. There is no proven benefit to having them on a caravan or normal consumer towvehicle. Arguably TPMs is a far superior safety product, as it may give a warning before a failure, where as tyre bands can only be a retrospectively acting device after a failure.
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Two totally differnet functions. One monitors tyre air pressure and the other prevented the tyre coming off the rim.
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But since Tyron were first marketed cars and caravans have predominantly moved over to alloy wheels which are very different in design to the old steel wheels and it’s much more unlikely that a tyre will leave an alloy rim.
Given a choice my option would always be to have TPMS fitted even in steel wheels.
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