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FIRESTONE HAS BEEN THE NATION'S LEADING TIRE PROVIDER FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.

FLAT TIRE REPAIR, TIRE PATCHES, AND MORE

It's a tough road out there, and your tires bear the brunt of potholes, broken glass, nails, screws, and anything else that can puncture a tire. Firestone Complete Auto Care's flat tire repair services are the best in the business. We've been repairing tires since 1926, and we take pride in repairing America's tires. When tire damage strikes, come to Firestone Complete Auto Care–the tire repair shop you can trust.

If you suspect something is wrong with your vehicle's tires, don't hesitate to come into a Firestone Complete Auto Care near you. If your Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) light is on, you've hit something on the road, your tire is losing air, or maybe something just doesn't feel quite right, bring it in. One of our expert technicians will take a look and tell you if you need to repair or replace your tires.

Driving on a damaged tire can lead to additional (and more costly) rim damage and repairs, so it's best to have your tires examined at the first sign of trouble. The solution might be as simple as needing one of our patch plugs if the tire puncture is addressed early on. In other cases, a leaking valve stem or valve core may need to be replaced with a new one or the TPMS sensor needs to be reprogrammed or replaced. Visit your nearest Firestone Complete Auto Care, and we'll take care of you and your vehicle tire repairs.

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Tire Repair & Patching/Plug

Tire Repair & Patching/Plug

If your tires still have life left in their tread and are not over 10 years old, Firestone Complete Auto Care maybe be able repair or patch & plug them to get you back on the road quickly. Keep in mind not all tire damage can be patched if the puncture is too big.

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Tire Replacement

Over time, the tread on your tires wears down, leading to compromised traction on the road and potentially dangerous driving conditions. Tires generally need to be replaced every 25,000 to 50,000 miles, depending on vehicle manufacturer recommendations and driving habits.

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Tire Rotations & Balancing

When you have your tires rotated, you help increase the life of your tires by helping reduce uneven wear. Most vehicle manufacturers recommend a tire rotation about every 5,000 miles or at the manufacturer-recommended mileage. Tire balancing helps ensure weight is evenly distributed around your tires. It's necessary about every 5,000 miles or as recommended by your manufacturer. Balancing can lead to a smoother ride, less tire wear, and reduced strain on the drivetrain. When you think tire balancing, think safe, smooth, and efficient driving.

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Wheel Alignments

It's best to have your alignment checked every 6,000 miles or twice a year. Even one misaligned wheel can cause the steering wheel to be off center and can lead to premature wear and tear on your vehicle over time. Keeping everything properly aligned ensures a smoother ride for you and a longer life for your tires.

Flat Repair

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A flat or leaking tire can leave you stranded on the side of the road or lead to a situation where you lose control while driving. Take care of flat or leaking tires as early as possible to extend tire lifespan and ensure your tire doesn't leave you stranded.

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Flat tires rarely happen at ideal times. Let Firestone Complete Auto Care help you with these answers to frequently asked flat tire questions.

Should I Change a Flat Tire Before Coming In for Tire Repair?

To ensure a safe drive that doesn’t damage your rims or create more expensive repairs, change your flat tire with your spare tire before coming into your local Firestone Complete Auto Care center for flat tire repair.

What If I Replace Just One Tire?

It’s tempting to replace just the tire that's damaged, but replacing one tire at a time can present challenges down the road since the one tire will have a different tread depth and thus different accelerating, braking, and cornering abilities than all of the others.

Why Do I Keep Getting Flat Tires?

Few things are more inconvenient than a flat tire —except back-to-back flat tires. Learn the reasons why you keep getting flat tires and what you can do to help prevent flat tires from deflating your spirits!

What Is Pothole Damage?

If your vehicle hits a pothole in the road, you may experience steering and suspension system misalignment and/or damage, tire punctures, bent rims, and more. When your vehicle experiences a sudden jolt from a pothole run-in, timely inspection is highly recommended.

Pothole damage may not be obvious right away, but it can wreak havoc on your entire car if it’s not addressed quickly and fixed right the first time. If you've had a recent run-in with a pothole, head to your local Firestone Complete Auto Care for a Complete Vehicle Inspection to check for any issues.

What Is a Tire Plug vs a Tire Patch?

A tire plug is a quick fix for a tire that's leaking air from a nail or similar object that has punctured the tire. A tire plug fills the hole of the tire but is not reliable without a tire patch and not recommended to use alone. A patch is applied to the inside of the tire to further prevent an air leak and helps hold the plug in place. This allows a tire with ample useful life left in it to hold air reliably and keep you on the road for longer. 

Can You Repair a Run Flat Tire?

Run flat tires allow you to drive on a flat tire for a limited time with lesser risk than non-run flat tires. A Run Flat tire could be repaired if a nail or object is caught before tire damage occurs. However, if the tire is permanently damaged, it is required to replace a Run Flat tire with a new one.

Why Is My TPMS Light On?

The Tire Pressure Monitoring System light will illuminate if tire pressure is too low or part of the TPMS system has malfunctioned. Important TPMS warning light behavior:

  • Solid — A solid indicator light means one or more tires is operating at an unsafe pressure. Tire air pressure has dropped below the 25% OEM recommendation placard pressure. The recommended tire pressure is most commonly listed on a sticker inside the driver's door. If there's no sticker on the door, you can usually find the specs in the owner's manual.
  • Blinking — A blinking indicator light means the TPMS has malfunctioned. One or more sensors may have failed or lost communication with the vehicle's onboard diagnostics.

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Regular tire rotations can help prevent uneven tread wear and help your tires last longer. Schedule a tire rotation appointment at a Firestone Complete Auto Care near you today.

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Knowing when to replace tires is as easy as measuring tire tread depth. Learn more about this important measurement and visit Firestone Complete Auto Care!

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Tire Repair, The Right Way
Tire Repair, the Right Way

We know what to do to fix tires the first time, every time. After all, your safety rides on your tires being in good condition.

Free Repairs Come Standard

If your flat tire is repairable, we’ll fix it for free on most non-commercial passenger cars and light trucks.

Most Tires Fixed in No Time Flat

We’ll get your tires repaired as fast as possible. Just come by any Les Schwab location or make an appointment online.

Tires Made as Good as They Were Before

Every year, we mend more than 1 million tires. We guarantee that each repair will last the life of the tire.


How Does Flat Tire Repair Work?

    The Best Tire Value Promise® Limited Warranty is provided for free as part of Les Schwab’s World Class Customer Service and is valid for the original purchaser of the new passenger and tubeless light truck tires listed on the original invoice (“Covered Tire(s)”).

    Whatever the road throws at you, from potholes to nails or other road hazards, you have peace of mind protection that we will repair or replace your Covered Tire for its remaining value under the terms of this Best Tire Value Promise® Limited Warranty. Our workmanship is guaranteed for the life of your Covered Tires.

    Les Schwab provides tire protection for Covered Tires with non-repairable damage due to normal road hazards (“Tire Protection”). If a Covered Tire is eligible for Tire Protection, you are entitled to one of the exclusive remedies listed below. Normal road hazards are unexpected contact of a Covered Tire with objects on the road that are not a normal part of the road surface, such as rocks, nails, potholes, unexpected debris, or glass

    EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES: If a Covered Tire is eligible for Tire Protection, fails to conform to the limited warranty for tread life, or fails due to defects in manufacture or materials, Les Schwab will provide at its election one of the following exclusive remedies:

    A. If a Covered Tire eligible for Tire Protection incurs non-repairable damage during the first 25% of tread wear, Les Schwab will replace it free of charge. After the first 25% of tread wear, Les Schwab will provide a pro-rata adjustment consistent with section (C).

    B. If a Covered Tire wears to a tread depth of 2/32nds before the mileage indicated in the limited warranty for tread life, Les Schwab will make a pro-rata adjustment based on the original purchase price, excluding Federal Excise Tax, multiplied by the pro-rata adjustment. The pro-rata adjustment is 100% less miles of service divided by the mileage indicated in the limited warranty for tread life.

    C. If a Covered Tire fails due to defects in its manufacture or materials during the first 25% of tread wear, Les Schwab will replace it free of charge. After the first 25% of tread wear, Les Schwab will make a pro-rata adjustment based on the original purchase price, excluding Federal Excise Tax, multiplied by the pro-rata adjustment. The pro-rata adjustment is the percentage of remaining tread down to 2/32nds. Except as set forth in section (B), a tire worn down to 2/32nds tread depth is not a Covered Tire.

    D. You may elect to receive an adjustment in the form of cash or a credit applied to the purchase of new tires at any Les Schwab Tire Center.

    WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE LIMITED WARRANTY FOR TREAD LIFE: The limited warranty for tread life does not cover services, damage or wear due to any of the following: misuse or abuse, misalignment or tires out of balance, over or underinflation, repairs, off road use or use on unpaved roads, use on commercial vehicles, campers, or trailers, excessive loading, vehicle accidents, or tire contact with curbs, poles, garbage bins or other similar items on or off the road surface.

What Kinds of Tires Does Les Schwab Tires Fix for Free?

    All repairable flats on passenger and tubeless light truck tires listed on the original invoice are fixed free of charge for the life of the Covered Tire through 12. 00 inch size cross section. Lock ring and tube type wheels are not included.

How Long Does a Flat Repair Last?

    Proper flat repair is like a graft. The patching material used gets chemically bonded to the tire tread and is intended to make your tire as good as it was before the flat. It’s no more likely to need repair again than the other tires in your set that haven’t gone flat. The repair will last for the life of the tire but in the unlikely event there is an issue, we will fix it for free.

How Does Les Schwab Fix Flat Tires?

    We use the industry standard approach called plug and patch. We clean up the hole in the tread, get any debris out, plug the puncture with rubber and plies and patch the tire. We also reset the TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system).

How Long Will It Take?

    From the time the vehicle gets into the repair bay, the work takes 15 to 20 minutes on average. It just depends on the wheel, the size and the tire type. Flat repairs are done first come, first served, so there could be additional time involved if there are others ahead of you.

    There could also be more time required if it’s a self-sealing tire or you’ve used an aerosol fix-a-flat kit. Then we have to clean out the sealant gunk and dry the inside of the tire as part of the process. We also clean the TPMS sensors and verify they haven’t been damaged by the spray.

    Come by any Les Schwab Tires for free flat tire repair. Find a store.

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The use of up-to-date innovative solutions, modern equipment and the work of the best Moscow specialists have allowed us to earn the trust of thousands of car owners who have received quality service at an affordable price.

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The oil was changed very quickly. Chic and meticulous washers, the machine after them shines both inside and out. There is a very pleasant cafe where you can pass the time. Today I was here for the first time, but I definitely became a regular customer!)

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"How to open a tire shop from scratch and how much does it cost? this is the first thing that comes to the mind of a motorist who decides to start his own business.

This idea is not new - it is as old as the desire to open your own fast food or car wash.0003

There is a need for this service - it is obvious to anyone:
Tire shops around are growing like mushrooms, but they are all few: there is still nowhere to change tires for the winter: stand in line or sign up ... and therefore your desire coincides with the public need - all yours Tire service is definitely needed.

But how to make money on it?
Taking a closer look:

Features of the tire business

Typically, a tire shop earns over 80% of its income during high demand seasons - by changing tires before winter and a second spike in spring.

In this hot time, there really is no end to customers and the owner, rubbing his hands, comes up with something else to buy from equipment to speed up the process and let more cars through the season.

The rest of the time (if you don't think of anything else) tire workers have a rest: pumping wheels, express puncture repair, less often - serious side cuts of tires. Sometimes straightening disks, and then, if you are actively engaged in this service.
In general - there is no download and no money either. At such a time, the owner wants to close his business.

As a result, we draw the first conclusions for ourselves: How to earn the main money on tire fitting?

  • The demand for tire replacement has a pronounced seasonal nature, and therefore the main idea is: Fast - Express tire fitting.
  • You can earn more if you ensure maximum productivity and maximum throughput during the season of changing shoes. This is the main thing.
  • It is possible to accept more customers both by increasing the working time in 2 shifts and by means of “faster” and more productive automatic tire changing equipment.
  • There are a number of customers (5-10%) who change shoes easily - by replacing finished wheels with rims. Don't miss them too - they are richer (since they can afford it) - and a rich client is useful for any business (even if he only drinks coffee from you).
  • Another important thing: to fully load one pair of tire fitting-balancing wheels, you need to have at least 2 and preferably 3 places for cars for service.
  • Clients by appointment. A well-functioning express tire fitting during the season calmly recruits customers 2-3 days in advance and never makes them wait! This is an axiom - i.e. mandatory rule: a regular customer is more important than all money).

To discuss with you the question - what else to load your workshop during the off-season? - now we won’t do it yet - but by the end of the article we will advise, based on the accumulated experience, what services can be offered additionally.

How to choose a good tire shop?

There is one more main feature of the provision of tire services:

  • The location of the tire shop directly affects its load and the flow of customers: Principle " What I see is what I buy” works 100% here.
  • No other type of business in a car service has such an impact, and therefore - an ideal location for tire fitting - within line of sight on a driveway with a convenient check-in and platform.
  • All other options - only the worsening of the best with a decrease in the chances of a good income, verified:
    50 m from the track but with a sign - minus 30% (seen somewhere),
    300 m to the side - another minus 50% (somewhere I saw it but forgot where.
  • Good places are also in places where cars are permanently parked: at a gas station, shopping centers, next to large garages or parking lots, where there are many potential customers.

Of course, times are changing - and in the age of the Internet, everything can be fixed. But this business is still weak in this:
, for example - punch a query on a search engine:
“tire fitting in Kyiv” - in Zhytomyr - but in your city?
So far, there are few - and only large centers.
Although there are already such requests: "tire service around the clock. " Think.
New communications only give chances to the new, the young, the advanced.

About the basic requirements for choosing a room for a tire shop.

For a normal European level, this is a room for a mini-service station for 2-4 posts, with cars driving inside.
These are standard modern approaches for tire centers and, if you wish, we can calmly work out the layout with you and make a technological project for such a service (Automechanika designed something else). But that's another story.

The topic of our article is more real from the life of those who start their own business, and therefore we land:

  • First, a platform for parking and lifting cars.
    Need a platform for at least 2-3 free places: flat concrete or asphalt. This is important, otherwise you will go bankrupt on jacks - even the best ones cannot withstand our pits and seams between the plates.
    Install a tire lift if possible. It is more expensive, but more efficient in terms of speed of work.
  • Interior layout - according to your plans and possibilities. You can comfortably fit in a small room of 40-60 m2.
    It is important to immediately identify a dedicated space for the compressor (according to noise readings) and have a reliable 380V power supply and heating.
  • Your service is also your future money. If you expect to have regular customers, think carefully: where and what will they do during those 40 minutes while changing shoes for his car? Look around with his eyes.
    The minimum service is a few chairs under a canopy and a coffee machine - rubber is always changed in bad weather.

There is a separate list of questions related to the design of the premises and official business permits. This is a separate topic not for our article, but you will have to solve these issues too.

Staff. How and where to train a tire fitter?

A well-organized business is always under control. Trust but verify.
There are many tricks on how to organize accounting and control in your business, and therefore learn.

The technical part with staff training can be solved very calmly:
Ready-made tire fitters already have minimal skills, and therefore sellers of tire fitting equipment will help you to learn how to work on new modern stands - and do not be shy with questions and requests.

It's also easy to teach more advanced professional tire repair techniques.
It is necessary to contact importers of tire repair materials, for example: the official representative of the company TECH (materials and technologies for tire repair) is the company AM-Technology Kyiv www.amtech.com.ua.
Large serious firms conduct regular free trainings and training courses in tire repair technologies, and therefore it is easy: contact directly: they are waiting for you and will be happy to.

Determine the number of tire fitters according to your project.
At least one shift - one competent main pro and 1-2 assistants with lesser requirements and skills.

For the wheel re-shoe season (1-2 months in autumn and 1 month in spring), it is advisable to provide for the possibility of additional involvement of staff for peak load - you will earn more.

What equipment is needed to complete the tire fitting?

For a first approximation and a correct economic assessment of our project, we will draw up a budget for the purchase of equipment. First - the most necessary from practice.
The prices are not junk (not to be mistaken), but at the average cost of proven Italian machines.

According to the list - the list of the main equipment:

  • Automatic tire changer 1790 euro
  • Balancing machine 2200 Euro
  • Compressor 150 l 450 l/min 720 Euro
  • Rolling jacks 6 pcs. 1200 euro
  • Wheel test bath 150 EUR
  • Torque wrench EUR 120
  • Vulcanizer and expander 190 Euro
  • Workbench with hanging tool cabinet 180 EUR
  • Wheel inflation gun, hoses, filters EUR 50
  • Pneumatic wrench with socket set 230 EUR
  • Tire repair tool EUR 400
  • Charging and starting trolley, carrying lamp 290 EUR

The minimum total is 7500 euros.

This is a fairly standard worked out list of customer requests.
There are several bottlenecks in it:

  • The tire changer almost immediately with the actual configuration is still purchased automatically, which is fundamentally correct for express tire changer: the automatic machine greatly increases productivity.
  • Balancing is most often bought either with a large monitor (for customers) or full automatic 3D (it is faster): for large and expensive wheels.
  • The torque wrench is entered from the principle - it is needed according to safety rules: professionals spin the wheels with the required standard force, and not by eye. But many not only save, but do not even know it.
  • The selected compressor is also not the best option in terms of future expansion of needs - it is better to immediately take a stationary 270 l, you can vertical - if there is not enough space in the room.
  • There are also questions with jacks: often, in order to save money, pneumatic Ukrainian-made ones are used, but it is dangerous to leave a car completely without wheels on them - good hydraulic jacks are much better and more reliable.

As a result, the initial settlement amount may increase by another 2000-3000 euros.

For more advanced tire centers with high load and more expensive car wheels, the required technical and price level of equipment is several steps higher:
There are questions about choosing a good tire changer for heavy, hard, low profile tires and higher standards for high speed tire balancing accuracy, from wheel and tire imbalance optimization to full wheel diagnostics.
But this is the topic of our next articles: Top-level tire fitting.

What kind of tire fitting equipment should I buy for myself?

We buy wisely.
Proven for decades: Tire fitting equipment is your main investment in your project. And you need to do them with a confident expectation of a good and successful business - otherwise you don’t even need to start.

Our long-term experience shows that the main equipment for standard tire fitting is bought almost once every 10-20 years.
And therefore, even having saved at first on cheap China, do not count on the fact that you can change it later “when the business gets on its feet”:
, believe someone else’s experience, it won’t - and you will still be on your knees all 10 years in repairs. And everything will break down exactly when the most customers are ready to pay you for the service.

Based on real practice, we advise you to choose the technical level of equipment based on its maximum load and performance during peak periods - where speed and reliability are important.

In order:

  • Don't skimp on a tire changer: buy an automatic one with a tilt-back stand and a return to the set position of the tire changer.
    For complex expensive wheels, it is best to choose a 2-speed automatic tire changer: it will greatly facilitate your work and keep your client's expensive rubber intact.
  • If you expect to service expensive large-diameter VIP wheels with alloy wheels and ultra-low profile wide tires, you can't do it without a serious stand with a reinforced design and advanced parameters: 24-inch rim diameter and 14-inch width (and above).
  • For such wheels, it is also necessary to look at the options for the machine: the “3rd hand” device and the explosive inflation of tubeless tires.
  • Balancing machines are less demanding on wheels - even the simplest stands can withstand the weight of a wheel from 60-65 kg.
    But in terms of speed and balancing accuracy - the more expensive the bench, the better it is.
    When choosing, we recommend choosing automatic 2D stands, and even better, a fully automatic 3D balancing machine with high speed and productivity.
  • The software functions of the balancers are very important for complex wheels - but these are the details of a professional conversation.

What to buy: cheap Chinese machine or reliable Italy?

The answer is very simple - 15 years ago this question simply did not arise, but why? It's just that in China at that time tire fitting equipment was not produced.
Everything is fresh and just recently made. Moreover, (if you understand a lot about equipment) everything is 100% copied in China - and not always good and not always good. You want to double-check it - then this is your conscious choice.

If you buy for yourself (and not for rent), we recommend starting with a good proven Italian machine: it will last a long time, believe us.

A note for a businessman - like all cheap, used equipment from China, after 2 years it costs nothing, and a normal German or Italian stand can work for decades and loses little in price.
We know this for sure: in Avtomekhanika there is one of the directions - the sale of used tire changers.
Hofmann stands from the 80s came to us for repairs and, after a small repair, they still work for many years.

Additional services for tire fitting.

Due to the specific nature of the clearly expressed seasonal load, each owner of a tire workshop asks himself a reasonable question about an additional set of services, especially for the summer period, when there is no load at all.

  • Tire repair: it is worth paying special attention to - any tire fitting also involves tire repair. And although there are no ready-made and competent specialists, they can also be trained in tire repair technology.
    Tire repair consumables will be delivered to you with a deferred payment (from the company that sells the materials) and the tool for tire fitting and tire repair is inexpensive.
  • Professional tire repair is a desirable, but not a prerequisite for your business: it is quite enough to teach simple repair of tire punctures (which is not difficult), but for more serious repairs: side cuts, hernia, etc., simply do not take.
  • Straightening discs. The simplest thing is that you can easily master the straightening of stamped steel discs and a disc straightener will cost 1500-2000 euros.
    Alloy wheels - this is for the pros, and therefore it depends on the specialists.
  • There is another popular service for the summer – refilling of car air conditioners.
    Investments are really small - 2500 euros and training can be done free of charge: the company Automechanika conducts regular group classes (you can also study individually).
    What is most important - for refueling air conditioners, the peak period is in April-July, which is perfect for you.

Where to buy tire fitting equipment in Ukraine?

A rhetorical question for the authors of the article, although the answer will not be so unambiguous:

Equipment must be purchased from the importing company and not from intermediaries.
This is the smartest choice and here's why: