Netflix Renews Tires for Season 4 — And Phoenixville Is Part of the Story
If you’ve watched Netflix’s hit comedy Tires, you probably already know that the show feels a little different from most sitcoms.
That’s partly because it doesn’t feel like Hollywood.
It feels like Pennsylvania.
And for those of us around the Phoenixville area, there’s an extra reason to pay attention.
Netflix has officially renewed Tires for Season 4, just 18 days after Season 3 premiered on August 13, 2026. The renewal came after the show continued to perform strongly on Netflix’s Top 10, with Season 3 achieving the series’ highest-ever ranking.
For a show that started as a relatively small comedy project built around comedian Shane Gillis, that kind of turnaround is pretty impressive.
From a Pennsylvania Comedy Project to a Netflix Hit
Tires follows Shane Gillis and Steve Gerben as cousins working together at the fictional Valley Forge Automotive Center, a struggling auto repair business where just about everything that can go wrong eventually does.
The show originally began as a passion project. Gillis, Gerben and John McKeever developed the series independently, with the first season produced in Pennsylvania before Netflix came aboard.
And Pennsylvania hasn’t just been the fictional backdrop.
It has been the actual home of the production.
Netflix says all three seasons of Tires have been filmed in Pennsylvania.
That’s pretty cool for people living in the Philadelphia suburbs because you can actually recognize parts of the area while watching the show.
Yes, Tires Filmed Around Phoenixville
Here’s where things get especially interesting for the Phoenixville area.
Phoenixville was one of the locations used during Season 3 production.
Netflix specifically lists Phoenixville among the Pennsylvania towns and cities where the third season was filmed, alongside West Chester, Philadelphia, Oaks, Frazer and Glenside.
The production also worked with more than 250 Pennsylvania vendors and businesses during Season 3.
So while the show is fictional, the world around it is very much connected to the real communities here in southeastern Pennsylvania.
That’s one of the things that makes Tires so fun to watch if you live in the area.
You’re not watching some fictional version of Los Angeles pretending to be Pennsylvania.
You’re watching a show that was actually made here.
The Auto Shop Is Real, Too
The main location associated with Tires is a real automotive business in West Chester.
The fictional Valley Forge Automotive Center was originally filmed at Tires Etc. on East Gay Street in West Chester, turning a real Pennsylvania tire and repair shop into the center of the show’s universe.
That decision gives the show a completely different feel.
The garage doesn’t look like a perfectly designed television set.
It looks like an actual garage.
The people don’t feel like polished sitcom characters.
They feel like the kind of people you might actually run into at an auto shop.
And that’s a huge part of the show’s appeal.
Season 3 Took Things Even Further
Season 3 premiered on August 13 and immediately made an impact on Netflix.
According to Netflix, it debuted at No. 3 on the U.S. Top 10 English TV list with 2 million views. The production expanded its footprint across Pennsylvania, shooting in six different cities and towns.
And now Netflix has decided it wants more.
On August 31, the company officially renewed Tires for Season 4.
That’s less than three weeks after Season 3 hit the streaming service.
Netflix’s Tracey Pakosta said the show’s highest-ever Top 10 ranking demonstrated that its audience continues to grow.
For Shane Gillis fans, that’s great news.
For Pennsylvania fans, it’s even cooler.
Phoenixville Keeps Showing Up on the Map
Phoenixville has become an increasingly recognizable filming location over the years, and Tires is another example of productions realizing that southeastern Pennsylvania can provide authentic locations without having to recreate everything on a soundstage.
The Phoenixville area has the small-town streets, restaurants, bars, businesses and surrounding communities that fit perfectly with the world of Tires.
And there’s something pretty funny about knowing that a Netflix comedy about a dysfunctional auto shop was being filmed right around the corner.
It’s also a reminder that when you see a familiar Pennsylvania location pop up on a major streaming service, there’s a good chance the production isn’t as far away as you think.
What’s Next for Tires?
Netflix hasn’t announced a Season 4 release date yet.
But with the Season 4 renewal coming so quickly after Season 3, it doesn’t look like the Tires crew is going anywhere anytime soon.
And hopefully, that means more opportunities to see southeastern Pennsylvania represented on screen.
Because Tires isn’t just another Netflix comedy.
It’s a show about an auto shop, a dysfunctional family, questionable business decisions and a group of characters trying to survive another day at work.
And a lot of that world was built right here in Pennsylvania.
So the next time you’re watching Tires and recognize something that looks familiar, don’t be surprised.
There’s a pretty good chance you’re looking at home.
Watch Tires on Netflix
Tires Seasons 1–3 are currently streaming on Netflix, with Season 4 officially on the way.
Were you around Phoenixville when Tires was filming? Did you see Shane Gillis or the production crew? Let us know what you saw!