James & Lynn’s Tire Service

This place was quite a find. My car, and its tires, are all of three months old — so of course I picked up a nail. They were able to take the car in right away and throw an inside patch on the tire.
So, instead of $ 130 for a replacement, OEM tire I was out $ 19 and a little bit of time. No nonsense place, didn’t try to upsell me on anything, which was nice. I was able to pay with a credit card, so it looks like that has changed since an earlier review.

I’ve had my tire patched here twice. No problems at all, fast, courteous and honest, and quite cheap as well! Highly recommended.

Fast, good service doing things for people so that they don’t fall prey to a place like Mr. Tire who won’t patch tires anymore even though it works most of the time.
If you have a flat tire, twenty bucks and 30 minutes or so this is the place to go to get it fixed.
Cash only but there’s an ATM outside.

Short and sweet. This place is GREAT! Very nice people with honest and quick service. Totally not after stealing your money. I had to go a couple years back. Got all four replaced with used tires from this place. Since they are used tires they offer a 30 day warranty. Well, because I tend to be a magnet for ironically bad luck sometimes, I ended up with a flat about a week after purchase. I called them up and got my car down there. They gave me another tire and I was out of there within minutes. Highly recommend this spot if you’re not ready for new tires yet.

I was driving to work yesterday when all of a sudden I noticed this incessant clicking sound. Naturally, I thought I had a flat tire and wasn’t happy. I pull over to look at my tire — no flat. I then check ALL tires. No flats. Confused — ‘that was weird’, but I get back in. As I sped up, the clicking was rhythmic in nature. I pull over again. I inspect each tire and there it was … a BOLT was lodged in my tire. SHOOT! Now what am I gonna do? I have to get to work! My 1^st thought was to call AAA bc well, that’s what I have it for, right? Then it hits me … I remember that place on Howard that fixed my tires way back when I was in college (well over a decade ago). Now WHAT was the name of that place again? Ohhhhhhhhh noooooooo — I have no idea what it’s called or where on Howard Street to find it. So I start my snail’s pace drive down Howard … and eventually, things started clicking and I remembered.
There it is … ‘James and Lynn’s Tire Service’. Looks like they had some cosmetic work done, which was a welcome change. It’s the kind of place you pull up into (it’s LITERALLY on Howard Street and there’s hardly a parking lot … but there it is), where you think will they do a good job? Do they really know what they’re doin? But from what I recalled, they saved me a few times from shelling out $$$ for a new tire when I didn’t need to so it was worth a shot. I’m greeted by an affable man that is very polite and asks m, ‘so what are you looking. (looks down at tire and says), oh’ I can take care of that in no time. I told him I wanted it plugged up and he suggested and inside patch instead. He takes the tire off in seconds and take sit in back to do the ‘dunk test’ (old school but it ALWAYS works). He comes back to inform me that I have ANOTHER hole in the tire from a nail! WHAT THE HECK have I been driving over lately — DAYUM YOU BALTIMORE CONSTRUCTION ZONES!!! I digress. They patch up the tire and I’m outta there in 30 mins from start to finish (allowing for drying/​cooling time). I wish I got service like this from most places … but the service industry has taken such a hit that it’s almost a blessing to get someone to smile, let alone be HELPFUL and QUICK!
That said, this place is a hidden gem … a MUST do for those trying to save a few dollars in this economic disarray we’re going through right about now. Regarding locating it, pay attention bc if you BLINK, you’ll miss it. It’s like a block or two down from the Ottobar.