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In 2022, a small group of people from Montebello decided they could build something better.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"our-story","Our Story",[14,23,24],{},"Montebello sits just east of Los Angeles, a working-class neighborhood built by generations of Mexican families who know cars the way you learn something when it actually matters. The people who started FixGo grew up in places like this — fixing vehicles in driveways on weekends, learning from uncles and cousins who kept aging cars running out of necessity as much as love.",[14,26,27],{},"They understood something that remote national retailers can't see from a warehouse across the country: tires aren't abstract inventory. They're how people get to work before sunrise, pick up their kids after school, and navigate a city that was built around the car and never stopped being one.",[14,29,30],{},"The beginning was modest by design:",[32,33,34],"blockquote",{},[14,35,36],{},"\"Just one driver, one used van, one garage, and the idea that tires shouldn't be as expensive — or as complicated — as they had become.\"",[14,38,39],{},"That idea became the foundation.",[14,41,42],{},"The tire industry had looked the same for decades. National courier networks handled the last mile — expensive, slow, and indifferent to the neighborhoods they served. Between the manufacturer and the installer, distributor layers each added margin. By the time an invoice reached a driver in Alhambra or Azusa, the price reflected a supply chain that was never designed for Southern California.",[18,44,46],{"id":45},"what-we-do","What We Do",[14,48,49],{},"As FixGo delivered more tires to local shops, the structural inefficiency became impossible to ignore: a national model doing a local job, badly. So the team built a localized, route-based ecosystem designed specifically for Southern California:",[51,52,53,61,67,73],"ul",{},[54,55,56,60],"li",{},[57,58,59],"strong",{},"Direct sourcing from tier-1 suppliers"," — removing the distributor layer and the markups that come with it",[54,62,63,66],{},[57,64,65],{},"Centralized Southern California distribution hub"," — one hub at the center of the LA basin, optimized for same-day regional coverage",[54,68,69,72],{},[57,70,71],{},"Fixed daily delivery routes"," — a dedicated driver fleet that treats each neighborhood as a regular stop, not an ad-hoc shipment",[54,74,75,78],{},[57,76,77],{},"200+ certified partner shops"," — a network of local installers who receive and mount tires the same day delivery happens",[14,80,81],{},"The result is a supply chain that was built for this region rather than adapted for it after the fact. When a driver in the San Gabriel Valley, South Bay, or anywhere across greater Los Angeles orders through FixGo, they're on a route — not waiting on a national logistics network.",[14,83,84],{},"Most companies scale nationally as quickly as possible. FixGo has taken the opposite approach: deepen locally first, and only expand when the model is genuinely ready to be trusted somewhere else. That means investing in relationships with partner shops rather than replacing them, and building a team that looks like the neighborhoods it serves.",[18,86,88],{"id":87},"our-partner-installation-locations","Our Partner Installation Locations",[14,90,91,92,95,96,99],{},"FixGo's extensive partner installation network covers greater Los Angeles through hundreds of local shops. For drivers in the San Gabriel Valley, we have deep partner installation coverage in ",[57,93,94],{},"Alhambra"," and ",[57,97,98],{},"Azusa",", making same-day mounting and balancing incredibly convenient.",[14,101,102,103,110],{},"Shop online at ",[104,105,109],"a",{"href":106,"rel":107},"https://www.fixgo.com",[108],"nofollow","fixgo.com"," and have your tires installed at a location close to home. Our team is available by phone at 888-693-4946 and through online chat on the site. Whether you're replacing worn tires or exploring options for the first time, we're here to make the process straightforward — the way it should have been all along.",[14,112,113,114,118],{},"For guidance on how to evaluate your next set of tires, see our ",[104,115,117],{"href":116},"/blog/en/guide/how-to-choose-tires-for-your-car","how to choose tires for your car"," guide.",[18,120,122],{"id":121},"our-mission","Our Mission",[32,124,125],{},[14,126,127],{},"\"Give Southern California drivers an easier, safer, more affordable way to buy and install tires — powered by real people who care about their community.\"",[14,129,130],{},"That's the reason FixGo exists. 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