Why it's important to select the correct vehicle and tyre size
Vehicle
There are a surprising number of vehicles that cannot use traditional snowchains, the types that put chain on the inside of the wheel as well as on the tread. This is usually because there is not enough space between the wheels and the shock absorbers; this can be a problem for ordinary SUVs and 4x4s as well as for high performance cars.
You will find this important information in your car handbook - please check this before using your snowchains! Our database is intended to do the basic work for you but, with so many new vehicles and tyre sizes, it should only ever be treated as a guide.
Tyre size
Please also check your tyre size - if you buy incorrectly-sized chains they will be either too tight or too loose.
Ladder track chains
The good news is that car handbooks usually only refer to "traditional snowchains". Ladder track chains such as the Polaire GRIP and Spikes-Spider range only put chain over the tyre tread, so are not subject to these restrictions. They are also ideal for use on rear wheel drives where there is minimal space between the top of the wheel and the wheel arch.
Dacia
- A high quality anti-slip boot liner with a 3.5cm rim around the edge
- A mid-market price but with many of the qualities associated with much more expensive liners!
ONLY for cars with rear seat headrests
A headrest-mounted universal dog guard that's incredibly quick and easy to fit and remove.
- Excellent value modular roof bar system
- Smart looking, well designed, easy to fit
- Steel bars are 120cm long, 30mm wide x 20mm deep
- Maximum load 75kg, depending on the vehicle’s load limit
- provides much better protection than a low-sided liner
- allows you to use your smart and clean car for jobs that usually require a van or a pickup
- is good value for money, with a 10 year warranty!
- Excellent value modular aluminium bar system
- Smart looking, well designed, easy to fit
- Airo bars are 118cm long, 80mm wide x 28cm deep
- Maximum load 75kg, depending on the vehicle's load limit
- Excellent value modular aluminium bar system
- Smart looking, well designed, easy to fit
- Airo bars are 118cm long, 80mm wide x 28cm deep
- Maximum load 75kg, depending on the vehicle's load limit
- 9mm links
- A superb new chain system that, with very little practice, really can be fitted in 12 seconds. Easy-fit should appeal, for example, to commuters who may need to fit and remove chains several times on a journey, as well as to ski-drivers who appreciate genuine customer-focussed innovation.
- An innovative chain especially suitable for rear wheel drives with insufficient wheel arch space to fit normal chains
- Of course also fits front wheels. 7mm clearance - made from twisted 9mm chain - so suitable for cars only, not heavy 4x4s
- Easy and intuitive fitting, automatic tensioning via a spring loaded system
- "No tangle chains" - they come out of their soft carry case ready to fit!
- Superior alloy rim protection
- Takes up to two bikes, up to 15kg each
- Secure and straightforward fitting using Thule's 'AcuTight' torque limiter knobs, these knobs click to let you know when you have fitted the rack tightly enough
- Covers the lights on the majority of cars
- Folds for compact storage
- Takes up to three bikes, up to 15kg each
- Secure and straightforward fitting using Thule's 'AcuTight' torque limiter knobs, these knobs click to let you know when you have fitted the rack tightly enough
- Covers the lights on the majority of cars
- Folds for compact storage
- Takes up to two bikes, up to 15kg each, accommodating a range of different styles of bikes
- Secure and straightforward fitting using Thule's 'AcuTight' torque limiter knobs, these knobs click to let you know when you have fitted the rack tightly enough
- Sits high enough to keep the lights and number plate visible on most vehicles
- Folds for compact storage
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