C63 Winter Tyres
Discussion
I got my "Why not get winter tyres" leaflet through from Mercedes recently, so I called them, and asked "How much for winter tyres for my C63".
The nice man at Mercedes went quiet, ten promised to call me back, then, later, called me back and said that they do not exist for my car.
Is he right, or has anyone else found a winter tyre in the standard (19") size for the wheels that the car comes with?
The nice man at Mercedes went quiet, ten promised to call me back, then, later, called me back and said that they do not exist for my car.
Is he right, or has anyone else found a winter tyre in the standard (19") size for the wheels that the car comes with?
According to alloy wheels direct
link to page
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mercedes_alloy_wh...
assuming there the right wheels 8" front & 9" rear then
DUNLOP SP Winter Sport 3D
Front: 225/35R19 88W XL
Rear: 255/30R19 91W XL
link to page
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mercedes_alloy_wh...
assuming there the right wheels 8" front & 9" rear then
DUNLOP SP Winter Sport 3D
Front: 225/35R19 88W XL
Rear: 255/30R19 91W XL
Perfect, thanks very much.
Now, and sorry for the supplementary question, they seem to list "winter" "cold weather" and "all season" tyres. Does anyone know which are the ones to go for? I've never bought winter tyres before (I live in Central London, and if there's snow on the road, I just get the train, or motorbike), but want to drive up North for Christmas, and to the alps for skiing, and a C63 in poor conditions on summer rubber is not a great combination.
Now, and sorry for the supplementary question, they seem to list "winter" "cold weather" and "all season" tyres. Does anyone know which are the ones to go for? I've never bought winter tyres before (I live in Central London, and if there's snow on the road, I just get the train, or motorbike), but want to drive up North for Christmas, and to the alps for skiing, and a C63 in poor conditions on summer rubber is not a great combination.
I'm not sure 19inch alloys would work particularly well with winter tyres as not much space left in the wheel arch.
On my W204 C350 estate I went from the 18inch summer alloys to 17inch because the winter tyres have a deeper tread depth (plus leaving room for snow chains)
The C63 can only go down to 18inch alloys due to the size of the front brakes. If your C63 is a W204 I can see the following is recommended from Mercedes:-
Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4 MO
225/40 R18 92V
On my W204 C350 estate I went from the 18inch summer alloys to 17inch because the winter tyres have a deeper tread depth (plus leaving room for snow chains)
The C63 can only go down to 18inch alloys due to the size of the front brakes. If your C63 is a W204 I can see the following is recommended from Mercedes:-
Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4 MO
225/40 R18 92V
Never had a problem with mine
If you want to hoon then buy winter tyres, if you want to drive with respect to your surroundings then just invest in a roadcraft or similar driving course and adapt your driving, I'm guessing not many police forces use winter tyres (await correction).....
But then I live near the Isle of Wight not Isle of Skye!!!!!
If you want to hoon then buy winter tyres, if you want to drive with respect to your surroundings then just invest in a roadcraft or similar driving course and adapt your driving, I'm guessing not many police forces use winter tyres (await correction).....
But then I live near the Isle of Wight not Isle of Skye!!!!!
Edited by Charliesum on Friday 14th November 23:43
Charliesum said:
Never had a problem with mine
If you want to hoon then buy winter tyres, if you want to drive with respect to your surroundings then just invest in a roadcraft or similar driving course and adapt your driving, I'm guessing not many police forces use winter tyres (await correction).....
But then I live near the Isle of Wight not Isle of Skye!!!!!
So when I'm pulled over in the Alps, and refused access to the mountain, I can just point to my superior driving skills, and they'll let me up?If you want to hoon then buy winter tyres, if you want to drive with respect to your surroundings then just invest in a roadcraft or similar driving course and adapt your driving, I'm guessing not many police forces use winter tyres (await correction).....
But then I live near the Isle of Wight not Isle of Skye!!!!!
Edited by Charliesum on Friday 14th November 23:43
Anyway, I have used the original rims and fitted winter tyres (although it is an E280 Estate and not a C63). It makes a huge difference in the snow. The car is almost undriveable with summer tyres in the snow. Oponeo or Pneus Online may give you a choice of brands. I have Vredestein winter tyres on mine.
Hi
Off topic a little, but a relevant moral....
Like everyone else at the time, I was stopped from going up a mountain in the Alps by police road block. I pointed to the off-road tyres and the fact I was driving a Discovery 4x4. The Police chap shrugged and let me through. To cut a very long story short - OMG! I was so scared for so long I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. How I did not die is only luck. It was 10 miles with vertical cliffs at 2 MPH and still sliding for 20 yards at a time on the brakes.
On the flip side, I bought winter tyres and wheels last year for my C63 - it was a mild winter and the car was awful on these tyres. Would have been better off with the summer tyres. Did do a trip up the ALps with them though, The conditions were no where near as bad as when I was in the Discovery described above, and the tyres were great - actually unbelievable.
A few non-winter tyre numpties (with UK plates lol) caused hours of tail backs when they stopped for traffic and could not get going again on mountain roads banked by high snow either side of the road.
Off topic a little, but a relevant moral....
Like everyone else at the time, I was stopped from going up a mountain in the Alps by police road block. I pointed to the off-road tyres and the fact I was driving a Discovery 4x4. The Police chap shrugged and let me through. To cut a very long story short - OMG! I was so scared for so long I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. How I did not die is only luck. It was 10 miles with vertical cliffs at 2 MPH and still sliding for 20 yards at a time on the brakes.
On the flip side, I bought winter tyres and wheels last year for my C63 - it was a mild winter and the car was awful on these tyres. Would have been better off with the summer tyres. Did do a trip up the ALps with them though, The conditions were no where near as bad as when I was in the Discovery described above, and the tyres were great - actually unbelievable.
A few non-winter tyre numpties (with UK plates lol) caused hours of tail backs when they stopped for traffic and could not get going again on mountain roads banked by high snow either side of the road.
I ran Pirelli SottoZero's on the standard wheels of our old C63 and now running Michelin Pilot Alpin 3's, again, on the standard 19" wheels. On the E63 you basically run the front size all round (even on the wider rear rims). It has meant I am now on the second winter with them. What were the rears last year are now on the front this year.
Handling is hilarious. But when it snows I know I'm not going to get stuck. I now put winters on all my cars.
Handling is hilarious. But when it snows I know I'm not going to get stuck. I now put winters on all my cars.
Alex L said:
Same as the C63 winter wheel setup
On the C63 I actually kept the summer (staggered) sizing. But that was the first car I ever put on winters and I didn't even read the manual. Just bought and fitted same sizes as the summer set up. There are usually 2 options for winter sizes in the manual.
I didn't think about reading the manual, just ordered the wheels and tyre set from Mercedes and keep the 19s for summer use only. Saying that it's not really been cold enough this year yet so still on summer rubber.
http://www.mercedes-benz.inchcape.co.uk/tyres/Cont...
http://www.mercedes-benz.inchcape.co.uk/tyres/Cont...
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