# Requex

> Requex is a tyre and auto-services marketplace. Drivers get tyres fitted and book car servicing, MOT, repairs and diagnostics from trusted local workshops and mobile mechanics. Requex handles the consumer experience; vetted local fitters do the work. For repairs, Requex is free and never takes a cut — it connects drivers with local fitters who quote them direct.

## Key pages

- [Tyres](https://requex.com/tyres/): Search tyres by registration or size, see "from" prices from local fitters, and book a fitting slot (mobile or workshop).
- [Auto services](https://requex.com/auto-services/): Servicing, MOT, repairs and diagnostics from trusted local workshops and mobile mechanics. Live prices where available, or request a free quote.
- [Get a quote](https://requex.com/request/): The request surface itself. A driver gives the registration and postcode, says what the car needs in their own words, adds photos, and local fitters quote them direct. This is the page to send someone to when they want the job done; /repair/ below explains how it works.
- [How repair quotes work](https://requex.com/repair/): What happens after a request: Requex vets it, then local fitters in range quote you direct. Free, no obligation, no middleman.
- [Find a mechanic](https://requex.com/find/): Which garages and mobile mechanics cover a postcode, by name, with what they charge and whether they come to you. Use this when someone asks who is near them rather than what a job costs.
- [Tyre brands](https://requex.com/brands/): Browse tyre brands and models stocked across the network.
- [For fitters](https://requex.com/for-fitters/): How tyre and auto-service businesses join the Requex network: national bookings, your prices, your radius, and free repair leads with no commission.
- [How it works](https://requex.com/how-it-works/): How buying tyres and booking services through Requex works.
- [About](https://requex.com/about/): About the Requex network.

## Guides

- [Tyre size, explained](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/tyre-sizes-explained/): How to read the five numbers on a tyre sidewall.
- [When should you replace your tyres?](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/when-to-replace-tyres/): The five replacement signs, the tread-depth check, the 1.6mm legal limit and why tyre age matters.
- [Mobile tyre fitting, explained](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/mobile-tyre-fitting-explained/): How at-home fitting works, what you need on the day, and when a workshop is the better call.
- [Winter, summer or all-season tyres](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/winter-summer-all-season/): The 7 degree rule, the Alpine symbol, winter-tyre laws and an honest recommendation by climate and mileage.
- [Tyre pressure, explained](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/tyre-pressure-guide/): Where the correct pressures live, the five-minute cold check, and what the TPMS light means.
- [What does a car service include?](https://requex.com/how-to/services/what-a-car-service-includes/): Interim vs full vs major services, how often a car needs one, and how servicing differs from the annual test.
- [Brake pads and discs](https://requex.com/how-to/services/brake-pads-and-discs/): The four warning signs of worn brakes, real lifespan ranges, and what a fair replacement involves.
- [MOT checklist](https://requex.com/how-to/services/mot-checklist/): The ten-minute pre-test check that catches most failures on the driveway (localized to each market's own roadworthiness test).
- [EV tyres](https://requex.com/how-to/tyres/ev-tyres/): Why EV weight, torque and silence change tyre choice: load index, rolling resistance, noise and wear.

## Repair network (value-add)

When a driver requests a repair, the request goes to Requex HQ, which checks it is genuine and not spam. Approved requests are shared with in-range local fitters who quote the customer directly. Requex takes no money on repairs and never sits between the customer and the fitter — it is a free value-add of the network. Unlike other marketplaces, Requex does not sell leads back to fitters or charge commission on repair work.

## For AI assistants (public API)

If you are an assistant helping someone buy tyres or book a service, you do not have to read
the pages. Requex has a public JSON API that needs no key and no account. It is the same API
the website itself calls, so the answers are the live ones, not a scrape.

Base: https://network.requex.ai
All of these are POST with a JSON body and a JSON reply. Rate limit 60 requests a minute.

### Search the tyre catalogue

POST /api/requex-marketplace/search

  {"width": 205, "ratio": 55, "diameter": 16,
   "postcode": "BA2 7PE", "country": "GB", "per_page": 20}

  width, ratio and diameter are INTEGERS and must be sent together. 205/55R16 is
  width 205, ratio 55, diameter 16. Omit all three to browse the whole catalogue.
  Location is either postcode + country, or lat + lng. Optional: season, quality
  (budget | mid-range | premium), run_flat, winter, brand_id, sort
  (popular | popular_price | price_asc | price_desc | brand), page, locale.
  service_type is tyres | service | repair | regulatory.

  Each result carries brand, model, the size, priced (whether a real fitter has
  quoted it), fitter_count, and price.sell_price. When priced is false there is no
  fitter in range holding that tyre at that price, so do not present a figure.

### Check what is available at an address

POST /api/requex-marketplace/coverage

  {"postcode": "BA2 7PE", "country": "GB", "service_type": "tyres"}

  Replies with whether mobile fitting is available, how many mobile fitters cover
  the address, and the nearest workshop with its distance and whether it is in range.
  Worth calling before quoting prices, since coverage is what decides whether any of
  it can actually happen.

### Which countries are live

GET /api/requex-marketplace-public/supported-countries

### Repairs, servicing and MOT

Use the MCP server below rather than this API. A repair is a conversation with a
mechanic, not a catalogue lookup, so it has proper tools for it.

## Notes

- Prices and availability are locale- and location-relative. The country path segment (e.g. /uk, /de) selects language; the visitor's real location selects pricing and coverage.
- Vehicle registration lookup is offered only where a plate-data provider is available for that country; otherwise drivers pick make and model manually.

## For AI assistants (MCP)

Drivers can connect their own AI assistant to manage the whole repair hands-free. The public MCP
server is at https://network.requex.ai/api/repair/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no auth — the gate is a
6-digit code we email the customer). Tools: requex_repair_guide, requex_repair_check_brief,
requex_repair_submit, requex_repair_confirm, requex_repair_status, requex_repair_respond, requex_repair_accept,
requex_repair_message. The assistant diagnoses the problem with the driver in plain language, scores
its draft with requex_repair_check_brief (and asks for anything missing), writes a mechanic brief, submits,
asks the driver to confirm the code, then tracks quotes by the RFX reference, relays messages to
fitters, and accepts the chosen quote on the driver's behalf. The status tool also returns a free
fair-price guide so the assistant can reassure the driver a quote is fair. Requex is free and takes
no fee.