SQ5 Snow Chains 255/40/R21
Discussion
afternoon
driving to the French Alps at Easter 2016. so the last week in March, first week in April
Very very unlikely that i'll need to use snow chains. But i'll be on normal (summer) tyres, and the rules say i need to have chains with me just in case of a dump of snow and a gendarme telling me i can't go further without chains.
so has anyone found anywhere that sells chains to fit my wheels? 255/40/R21 is the tyre size. so far i can't find anywhere selling chains to fit
i suppose snow socks would be a valid alternative, but i can't find any of them either.....
thanks in advance :-)
driving to the French Alps at Easter 2016. so the last week in March, first week in April
Very very unlikely that i'll need to use snow chains. But i'll be on normal (summer) tyres, and the rules say i need to have chains with me just in case of a dump of snow and a gendarme telling me i can't go further without chains.
so has anyone found anywhere that sells chains to fit my wheels? 255/40/R21 is the tyre size. so far i can't find anywhere selling chains to fit
i suppose snow socks would be a valid alternative, but i can't find any of them either.....
thanks in advance :-)
Dr G said:
Socks not available in that size that I can see.
Is a set of winter wheels an option? Unfortunately it's the wrong time of year to hunt for them second-hand as demand is strongest with the weather soon changing.
Looks like Pirelli makes a 21" winter tyre in your size.
How about a complete set in 18" like these for 559 euro? http://www.ebay.de/itm/Audi-Q5-8R-18-Zoll-Komplett...Is a set of winter wheels an option? Unfortunately it's the wrong time of year to hunt for them second-hand as demand is strongest with the weather soon changing.
Looks like Pirelli makes a 21" winter tyre in your size.
difficult choice really. Putting Winter tyres on in March seems an expensive option. But putting them on in December means they'll be nearly shot by the time the French trip comes along, I do 25k miles a year ish.
I suspect I'm a bit stuck!
Dr g, can I put smaller wheels on for winter without adjusting anything else? I.e. Buy a cheap set of 19"s? Will that work?
I suspect I'm a bit stuck!
Dr g, can I put smaller wheels on for winter without adjusting anything else? I.e. Buy a cheap set of 19"s? Will that work?
therams said:
difficult choice really. Putting Winter tyres on in March seems an expensive option. But putting them on in December means they'll be nearly shot by the time the French trip comes along, I do 25k miles a year ish.
I suspect I'm a bit stuck!
Dr g, can I put smaller wheels on for winter without adjusting anything else? I.e. Buy a cheap set of 19"s? Will that work?
Thule do them for this size wheelI suspect I'm a bit stuck!
Dr g, can I put smaller wheels on for winter without adjusting anything else? I.e. Buy a cheap set of 19"s? Will that work?
I've just found this company advertising in the Ski and Snowboard magazine, they seem to offer a wide range of products but I haven't ordered anything from them yet; www.snowchainshop.co.uk
There's a massive misconception about winter tyres and how hard wearing they are.
Obviously everyone is different, but when I had my BMW 530d (heavy, powerful, RWD) I got 24,000 miles out of the rears on a set of Dunlop Wintersport 3d - and about 30,000 miles out of the fronts.
Because I had spare wheels and winter/cold weather tyres I'd put them on in November, and swap out in March. That particular year, I knew I had to replace two summer tyres so delayed taking the winters off in March until funds would allow buying the more expensive summers. In the end, it was so near winter when we were going to do it, that I just left the tyres on.
In total they were on 18 months and while I did need to replace the rears, the fronts were fine for the next winter.
Whether or not you buy into the whole idea of winter tyres in the UK will depend partly on where you live and partly on whether you want to do things like muck about swapping them over twice a year. Most people go for smaller wheels and higher profile tyres, but not everyone.
In this respect, it's cheaper to get a full set of wheels and tyres and swap them yourself, than have to pay for your tyres to be swapped over twice a year.
As for chains, I got mine from snowchains.co.uk, but then the wheels I was putting htem on were not my super wide 19" wheels that were specced from new, but 17" narrower ones.
Snowchains.co.uk have some to fit, but I suspect the problem you'll face - is that they'll always be expensive in larger sizes. And it may well be cheaper to buy a SH set of wheels and tyres.
For example...
£389.95:
https://snowchains.co.uk/snow-chains-fit-guide/pro...
Obviously everyone is different, but when I had my BMW 530d (heavy, powerful, RWD) I got 24,000 miles out of the rears on a set of Dunlop Wintersport 3d - and about 30,000 miles out of the fronts.
Because I had spare wheels and winter/cold weather tyres I'd put them on in November, and swap out in March. That particular year, I knew I had to replace two summer tyres so delayed taking the winters off in March until funds would allow buying the more expensive summers. In the end, it was so near winter when we were going to do it, that I just left the tyres on.
In total they were on 18 months and while I did need to replace the rears, the fronts were fine for the next winter.
Whether or not you buy into the whole idea of winter tyres in the UK will depend partly on where you live and partly on whether you want to do things like muck about swapping them over twice a year. Most people go for smaller wheels and higher profile tyres, but not everyone.
In this respect, it's cheaper to get a full set of wheels and tyres and swap them yourself, than have to pay for your tyres to be swapped over twice a year.
As for chains, I got mine from snowchains.co.uk, but then the wheels I was putting htem on were not my super wide 19" wheels that were specced from new, but 17" narrower ones.
Snowchains.co.uk have some to fit, but I suspect the problem you'll face - is that they'll always be expensive in larger sizes. And it may well be cheaper to buy a SH set of wheels and tyres.
For example...
£389.95:
https://snowchains.co.uk/snow-chains-fit-guide/pro...
Edited by Kell on Wednesday 27th January 15:04
The one thing to bear in mind if you do buy winter wheels and tyres is your offset.
This is normally lower to ensure that there's room for snow between your rims and brakes.
For example, For my car, Audi's recommended winter wheel size is 17x7J ET42 and the ones I ended up buying are replicas and were SH, but are 17x7.5J ET45
This is normally lower to ensure that there's room for snow between your rims and brakes.
For example, For my car, Audi's recommended winter wheel size is 17x7J ET42 and the ones I ended up buying are replicas and were SH, but are 17x7.5J ET45
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