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Master the winter tire change

Find all the important information about buying and changing your new winter tires at a glance.

Safety and driving comfort in the cold season: Choosing suitable tires for your Mercedes or smart plays a decisive role, especially during the winter months. When bad weather and road conditions prevail, it is particularly important to have a good road base. Find out here what to consider when buying and changing winter tires.

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Winter vs. summer

How can you tell the difference between summer tires and winter tires?

Winter tires that are approved for winter road conditions have the so-called Alpine symbol. For all winter tires, the Alpine symbol is mandatory. In addition, you can recognize this by the different tread properties. Summer tires are significantly harder than winter tires.

The winter tire tread is characterized by slats to prevent slippage on snow. Due to the soft tire tread compound, the winter tire is thus still flexible even at low temperatures, so that they remain grippy and adapt optimally to the road surface.

Tire labelling

How to read winter tires

Car tires from different manufacturers have different designations and imprints or symbols. That is why tires have a tire label. This provides information about the tire's various characteristics in the form of numbers, letters and symbols. Not only the tire marking provides information about your permissible wheel/tire combination, but also your vehicle documents. The labels on the tire sidewall contain the most important data about the tire. And what do they mean?

How much tread must the winter tires have?

A minimum tread depth of 1.6 millimetres applies to tires. Since worn tires endanger braking performance, we recommend checking the tread depth regularly. Our tires are available in quality A as well as quality B in different tread depths and manufacturing data or even as new.

Quality A means:

✓ Age (DOT) up to 4 years
✓ Tread depth from 6.0 mm
✓ Tread condition: normal traces of usage

Quality B means:
✓ Age (DOT) up to 6 years
✓ Tread depth 4.0 to 5.9 mm
✓ Tread condition: normal traces of usage

 

We will be happy to advise you on your new winter tires

 

Our tyre manufacturers

from A-Z

Bridgestone tires
Continental tires
Dunlop tires
Falken tires
Fulda tires
Goodride tires
Goodyear tires
Hankook tires
Kleber tires
Kumho tires
Michelin tires
Nexen tires
Nokian tires
Pirelli tires
Semperit tires
Vredestein tires
Yokohama tires

Common winter tyre dimensions

Top sellers by tyre size

205/60/16
225/45/18
245/40/18
245/45/18
255/45/19
235/55/19
235/50/19
255/50/19
245/45/19
235/45/20
255/40/20
315/40/21
265/40/21
275/45/21

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Alternative products you can find in our shop

Summer and all-season tires

Buy affordable tires in our online shop. Buying used tires is a matter of trust, as only a suitable tire means the highest level of safety on the road for you. Therefore we not only make sure that we can offer you a wide range of different brand tires, but also want to support you with our customer service. Whether you need all-season tires, Summer tires or winter tires. We will help you to find suitable tires.

We also offer a selection of off-road tires, M+S summer tires and run-flat tires . These can be purchased in a variety of tread depths from 4 to over 10 mm or unrolled or rolled, DOT, tire sizes from 165 to 335 and speed index. 

Rims

In the Mercedes-Benz online shop you will find a wide variety of Rims for your Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes AMG as well as rims for your smart. The high-quality rims are available in various sizes, colours and designs.

In addition to the steel wheel classics, we offer alloy wheels in sizes from 15 to 23 inches. Discover your new favourite now! And complete it independently with tires suitable to the season.

Give your car a completely new look with the new rim designs by Mercedes-Benz, rims by Mercedes AMG and smart. You can easily buy original rims directly from the Mercedes-Benz Used Parts Center online. Our steel wheels as well as our alloy wheels impress with highest quality and great variety.

Find a workshop

Are you looking for a suitable workshop to have your winter tires fitted and balanced? Here you will find a mercedes workshop!

 

 

Frequently asked questions

All questions about our winter tires.

 

In Germany there is a situational winter tire obligation, according to which the tires must be adapted to the weather conditions. The rule of thumb is to change to winter tires from October to Easter. The road conditions therefore determine whether you have to drive with winter tires or not. Basically, winter tires are mandatory in winter weather conditions such as: black ice, packed snow, slush, icy roads and or slippery frost.

A statutory minimum tread depth of 1.6 millimetres applies to all tires.
No, we do not buy wheels, tires or rims from individuals.
Winter tires may be worn out after about 6 to 7 years. Sufficient tread depth and the age of the tire (DOT*) are decisive for the service life. However, the durability can be influenced by numerous factors such as: Driving style, mileage, air pressure, tire model, bearing or axle setting.
No maximum period is prescribed in Germany. However: With advanced age, the rubber compound will harden and becomes brittle, which means that the tire loses its positive properties. Therefore, regular checks are recommended from the age of 6 years.
Information on the suitable wheel/tire combination and tyre size can be found in your vehicle registration document. This indicates the suitable dimension that you can fit on your vehicle. You can also use our VIN search to find the suitable complete wheel set or ask here our trained automotive professionals for advice. 
The DOT number of the tires stands for “Department of Transportation”, i.e. the date of manufacture and the tire age. The four-digit number is printed on the tire sidewall. The code contains the production week and the production year. The DOT number is therefore an important criterion when buying used tires and new tires. Example: a tire with DOT 1920 was produced in week 19 in 2020.
Heel and toe wear is a slanted wear of the tire's tread blocks. These are usually located on the outer sidewalls of a tire. Heel and toe wear only has an effect on driving behaviour in very few cases. Heel and toe wear is often caused by incorrect air pressures in the tires or by incorrect axle settings on the vehicle. However, this is neutralized again after a few kilometres when the tire pressure is adjusted correctly.
At high speed on summer roads, winter tires are exposed to much higher thermal stress than summer tires. The tire treads of the summer tires are equipped with a heat-resistant tyre tread compound to cope with these extreme stresses.
Only if the dismantled parts meet our precisely defined quality criteria they are stored and sold. Our quality classes are divided into A and B quality and vary in their requirements depending on the product group. You can view these under the following link and are thus well informed about the quality status you can expect with your order. To the overview click here