Farad SNOW tyre crampons - Type A with 21mm fittings

Farad is a family business, based near Turin, which has been making car components and accessories for over 30 years. They are experts in plastic moulding, making Original Equipment items for almost every car manufacturer you can think of.

Farad SNOW is a relatively new tyre crampon system which combines Farad's expertise in (a) plastic moulding design and manufacture and (b) precision metalworking.

Farad SNOW scores above the competition in three main areas: (1) there's a set for almost every tyre size available, including those which can't use snow chains, and at a sensible price, (2) cars with larger wheels need 1 of only 2 sizes, so it's likely you'll be able to transfer them from car to car, making them much better long term value for money than competitor products, and (3) the wheel nut fitting system is a technically superior design, and also well priced.

You start by fitting mounting plates to 2 driving wheels. The instructions are very clear, and there's also a CD; all necessary tools are supplied. Different cars require different fitting kits, depending on wheel nut size. The tyre crampons are easily and quickly fitted to the mounting plates as and when required - please click here to see a movie of Farad SNOW being fitted (6.6 MB).

Buy a set of Farad SNOW from us this season and we'll give you, for a nominal charge of 10p, an adult sized yellow "high viz vest" - you must carry one of these when driving in France, but it should be useful wherever you're fitting your chains; check the link below for further details. Please note that we'll send only one free gift per set of snow chains ordered.

We're also showing you a range of other ski-drive products which we're selling here at market leading prices, including a snow and ice windscreen protector at only £1.50 and a telescopic snow shovel at only £8.50 - both of these items are almost essential kit for ski drivers.

Delivery charges and arrangements:

We charge a contribution towards delivery costs, depending on what you order, where you live, and how quickly you want the goods.

These are our standard charges; there are usually surcharges for all offshore destinations and some remote postcodes - for details please see our delivery information page.

Delivery of other items

Delivery times

Delivery times are calculated in working days (Monday to Friday, excluding Bank holidays).

Cut-off times for Express Delivery orders
Express Delivery orders placed before before the cut-off times shown below will usually be desptached on the date of order. Express Delivery orders placed after these cut-off times will be despatched the next working day.

Delivery FAQs

When will my order arrive?
There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays, except for postable items where Royal Mail has a Saturday delivery. Express Delivery orders placed on a Friday (before 1pm) should be delivered on the Monday or Tuesday, Express Delivery orders placed on a Saturday or Sunday should be delivered on the Tuesday or Wednesday. The arrangements for Very Heavy Items are different and are shown above.

What about Next Working Day delivery?
Most Express delivery orders will arrive on the next working day, if the order is placed before the cut-off time (see above). Some will arrive on the second working day if there has been a "split-delivery". So-called “split deliveries” happen when the couriers do not have enough trailer space for everything that should be moved around the UK, so they will load what they can and leave the rest for the next trailer.

Is my delivery day guaranteed?
No retailer or courier company can ever "guarantee" a Next Working Day delivery. As well as split deliveries, all courier companies occasionally have the same transport problems as can happen to everyone else, including snow blocked roads, closed roads, traffic jams, mechanical breakdown, an inability to find the delivery address, or to gain access to it if, for example, it's in a block of flats. We work with some of the best couriers in the business, and overall they provide an outstanding service.

Do I need to be at home?
We are very flexible with our deliveries and will aim to deliver to an address which suits you – this does not need to be your home address. Goods can usually be left without signature - we prefer this with roof boxes. There's a "Special Delivery Instructions" box in the checkout area where we'll ask you to choose a typical instruction and then amend it to suit your particular requirements.

Payment options:

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There are two parts to our snow chains offer this year:

(1) Clearance prices on many top branded snow chains, including RUD and Thule - an amazing opportunity for those who are quick off the mark! Thule (who are the biggest brand in the car racks market) have sold their snow chains division; the same chains are now being sold under the König brand. Thule branded chains have the same specifications as the König branded versions - all that has changed is the name on the chain and the name on the box.

(2)   Multibuy discounts - significant discounts if you buy two pairs of snow chains at the same time, or one pair of chains and one pair of AutoSock: If you do either of these things, we will discount the snow chains as follows:

• König, Polaire and Spikes-Spider snow chains - at least 10% off!
• INNO, Maggi, RUD and Thule snow chains - at least 20% off! Up to 30% off where we have large overstocks.

As usual, you change the quantities in the Shopping Basket.

Many customers will, for example, use snow chains on their driving wheels for Alpine use, and use AutoSock on the non-driving wheels, especially if these are the steering wheels. Also note that AutoSock work very well in very wet snow, even on slush, where snowchains are often not suitable because they can't get any grip in the snow. So having both AutoSock and snowchains makes sense from at least two different perspectives.