Tire Shop & Auto Repair, New Westminster
New Westminster

Finding the right rubber for your vehicle should not take all day. Tire Point Automotive keeps more than 7,000 all-season, all-weather, and winter tires on the premises — one of the largest in-house inventories in the Lower Mainland. Whether you drive a compact hatchback, a mid-size SUV, a half-ton pickup, or a recreational vehicle, we can match your make and model the moment you walk through the door.

Every purchase includes professional mounting, computerised balancing, and a visual alignment check. If you are shopping for four new tires, ask about our buy-four deal that bundles installation at no extra charge. Our team can also advise on tread compound differences — soft-compound winter tires for icy Burnaby hills versus harder all-season options for highway commuters headed to Vancouver or Surrey.

Squealing, grinding, or a mushy pedal are clear signals your braking system needs a professional look. At Tire Point Automotive we begin every brake appointment by physically examining pads, rotors, callipers, hoses, and fluid quality. We mic-measure each rotor for remaining material and check lateral run-out, then walk you through whether machining the disc will return firm, confident stops or whether fitting new hardware is the more cost-effective path forward.

We stock a range of ceramic and semi-metallic pad compounds to suit everything from daily commuters to heavy-towing pickups. Our technicians bleed and flush the brake fluid whenever we tackle a full brake overhaul, since aged fluid draws in moisture over time and drops its boiling threshold — a genuine hazard on the steep descents around Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

Regular oil changes are the single most effective step you can take to extend engine life. We offer both conventional and full-synthetic options, selected to match your manufacturer's specifications. Full-synthetic lubricants handle extreme temperature swings better, which matters during BC's cold snaps and summer highway drives alike.

Each oil service comes with a fresh filter, a top-up of power-steering fluid, coolant, and washer fluid, and a quick belt-and-hose once-over. The whole job usually wraps up in about half an hour. We suggest returning every 5,000–8,000 km — stop-and-go city driving degrades lubricant faster than long stretches on the Trans-Canada.

Registering an out-of-province car, signing up to drive Uber, or importing a Japanese domestic-market vehicle? British Columbia requires a provincial safety inspection before any of those can happen. Our New Westminster facility holds BC-designated authority for Out-of-Province, Uber/Taxi, Commercial, JDM import, and Pre-Purchase certificates — every report is signed and issued in-house.

Each evaluation follows the guidelines published by the BC Ministry of Transportation. Our checklist runs through the braking system, steering linkages, suspension components, every exterior lamp, tailpipe emissions, frame and chassis soundness, and windshield glass. If a brake line, ball joint, or tie-rod fails the check, we walk you to the hoist, point to the exact part, and write a firm number on the spot. Give us the go-ahead and we carry out the repair the same visit, then re-test it against the certificate standard so you leave with the pass in hand.

That amber check-engine warning could flag something as minor as a loose fuel cap or as serious as a deteriorating catalytic converter. Putting it off often turns a small fix into a major bill. Our shop connects factory-grade OBD-II scanners that pull every stored trouble code from your vehicle’s ECU — spanning the powertrain, gearbox, anti-lock brake, and emissions control modules.

We do more than read codes and reset the dashboard light. Each fault is traced to a root cause through live data streams, freeze-frame readings, and physical component testing. Day-to-day, that means tracking down rough idles and cylinder misfires, lazy O2 sensors, leaky EVAP charcoal canisters, and faulty MAF readings. When a vehicle refuses to crank, we walk the entire cranking circuit as well — drained batteries, corroded cable lugs, worn-out starter motors, and fuel pumps that have lost pressure.

A flat never picks a good moment. Pick up a screw on Columbia Street or clip a winter pothole on the Pattullo on-ramp and you can roll straight in — most punctures in the tread area get a proper inside-the-tire patch-plug combo while you wait, not a temporary string plug. Before the wheel goes back on, we gauge tread depth and check the sidewall for hidden flex damage so the repair holds at highway speed on Highway 1.

Not every flat can be saved. If the puncture sits in the sidewall, the bead is damaged, or the tread is already below the legal 1.6 mm minimum, we will recommend a replacement from our on-site inventory of over 7,000 tires. Because we stock all-season, all-weather, and winter sizes for passenger cars, SUVs, and light trucks, you can drive away on a brand-new tire the same visit — no ordering or second appointment needed.