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Get consistent traction and a smooth ride when driving in snow and on light ice. Lightweight chains are quick and easy to install. Built-in tensioner lets you easily tighten chain without tools.
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Note: To determine whether you can use snow chains on your vehicle, or if chains might affect your ABS/EPS functionality, consult your owner's manual.
The Konig CB-12 tire chains are great all-purpose, winter weather chains. If you live in an area where you're likely to get periodic snow and ice, these Konig chains are perfect because they're durable, easy to mount, and give you constant traction - and they're lightweight and compact, so they store in your vehicle nicely too. If you're more likely to see seriously icy conditions, you may want a chain with V-bar links that can really bite into the ice to give you maximum traction.
These chains are among the easiest and fastest to install because they have built-in tensioners that you can just pull taut to adjust the fit. These tensioners allow the chains to fit your tires, no matter the profile or wear pattern. And because the tensioners are built-in, you never have to worry about losing them like you might with other chains on the market.
SAE Class S tire chains are designed for use on passenger vehicles with restricted wheel-well clearance. Most newer cars, vans, and small trucks - especially those with large aftermarket tires - will require Class S chains. If you're unsure about the class of your vehicle, consult your vehicle's owner's manual.
These chains will fit your tires provided there is both:
If you know your tire size, you may think you won't need to test fit your new chains. But there are a lot of variables that can affect whether chains will fit your specific tires, including your tire type, the amount of air pressure in the tire, the amount of tread wear, and the tire manufacturer. You'll also need to know how much clearance is in your wheel well, which you can determine by measuring from your tire tread to the sidewall of the wheel well.
We recommend that you order chains as early in the season as possible to give yourself plenty of time to test fit the chains and reorder if needed. This way, you won't be stuck out in the cold later with snow chains that don't fit.
You can test fit these chains in your garage or driveway, but you'll want to wait until there's snow on the ground to actually drive with them. Likewise, if you're out in the snow and come across bare pavement, youll want to pull over and remove the chains. Even these low-profile chains can cause damage to the bare pavement, your garage floor, or your vehicle if they break from the wear of riding on a harsh surface.
Installing these chains is incredibly simple.
1. Lay out the chains on the ground to make sure there are no twists or kinks in the chains.
2. Slide the chain behind the tire and connect the ends of the blue cable, which will sit behind the tire.
3. Around front, connect the red hook to the red link.
4. At the bottom of the tire, feed the tensioning chain through the large clip and tug it until it's tight.
5. Feed the tensioning chain through as many red clips along the side chain as you can, leaving room to still be able to stretch the hook across the tire. Attach the hook to the side chain directly across from the last clip you ran the tensioner through. The hook should face away from your tire.
6. Drive forward around 325' (about the length of a football field) and stop. Check the chains and tighten them as needed.
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To choose the right snow chain, you must match your tire size. Those measurements can be found on the side of your tire.
185/60-15
These chains fit the following tire sizes:
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (197 Customer Reviews)
Get consistent traction and a smooth ride when driving in snow and on light ice. Lightweight chains are quick and easy to install. Built-in tensioner lets you easily tighten chain without tools.
The chains work well and are fairly easy to put on. The chain retaining part of the chain hooks cracked during the first use and were not designed to last long. The crack doesn't impact the chain's performance, but does make install a little harder.
Etrailer is the best! Chains arrived on time for my trip. I test fitted them in the garage and the fit and ease of installation was exceptional. Hope I don’t have to use them, but if so I know I have a great product.
Great chains. I use a set of four on a subaru outback. Living at elevation, snow and ice. Not uncommon wintertime scene.
Pretty easy on (have a pair of leather gloves and headlamp), five minutes ideally to get all four on in the dark.
Practice with them before the storm.
Very easy off.
Will vibrate your teeth out if travelling on plowed roads, but that's not what they're intended for anyway. Take them off and throw them in the trunk.
Well made product , easy to install & remove. All I expected ...
Quick on quick off. Very happy
Product exactly as described. Easy to install.
Bruno and I looked at the chain and said, "now what." After looking at the instructional video we put them on in no time.
Hope I don't need them on my trip but ready if needed.
Haven't put them on yet, but will practice this weekend. The look very professional, packaging for shipment was great, no damage. I think the case look sturdy enough - it's not like I'm going to be using these very often. Happy with my purchase, and the tutorial videos online make it seem very simple.
My rating is based on installation ease and fit. The chains fit well once I figured out how to install them. If you put them on regularly you would memorize how to do it. Since they will only be used in emergencies, I printed a photo of the chains installed and put it in with the chains. That way I can refer to it the next time I need them.
I bought the chains for a cross country trip in January from Pennsylvania to Idaho but never needed them!
Jenny N.
12/22/2021
Along with the picture, I recommend installing the chains in a dry test run so that you will be more familiar with them when it comes time to use them.
Snow chains fit my application as advertised. Minor issue: one set of chains (I ordered two) label is obliterated. One container was placed on top the other without any padding or cushioning material. The top container destroyed the label of the bottom container. Not a huge problem as I know they are both the same size. If I needed to exchange them…like new and resell able may have been questionable. Otherwise, great service and communication, as always. Thank to all at etrailer.
I appreciate that there are [install] videos that show how to put these on. All you are practically doing is hugging your tires on your vehicle. The chains worked great and easy to put back into the box for safe keeping next use.
This is my go to snow chains for easy to put on and take off quickly. You do need a round rubber ring to keep the chain really nice and tight. I find the self tightening system is okay but with a rubber ring to tighten the chains down, it is a lot better
Fairly simple to install, perfect fit for my Subaru Forester.
Order, tracking and delivery was excellent. These guys know how to e-commerce. The product looks great. Excited to have these chains with me in the Colorado mountains.
Thank you so much for an easy purchase. The website was super easy, and the snowchains arrived about a week earlier than expected.
Thank you for the follow up call after I ordered, I wasn't able to get to the phone, however, the message left was excellent. I WILL BE A REPEAT CUSTOMER!!
Awesome!!
Great product at the best price anywhere. I called to place my order rather than making it online because I had a question about shipping time just before Christmas. The lady who took my call was extremely helpful. Regular shipping was free, and she found and followed through with express shipping for just $7. She was super nice too.
Worked great and easy to install. Caught on unforeseen overnight snow while camping. Installation was a breeze and gave me peace of mind on the way down from the mountain. Highly recommended.
Fantastic service from knowledgeable service representatives - that has been my experience, I am happy to say!
Great job - keep it up!
This is a life saver. Having a rear wheel drive car (Genesis) the snow and ice of the past month made it impossible to drive. Got these and haven't had a problem since. Was considering buying snow tires for my car but for 500 dollars for just two tires for my car got these instead, and glad i did.
Chains arrived earlier than estimated on the website. High quality, good price. Got them for emergencies, have not had to use them yet.
Just got them and they fit as expected to my tires and appear durable enough to be used repeatedly. Looking forward to use them when a snowstorm hits our region.
The chains came in and fit perfectly and they also store under the back storage area. Cannot wait to be able to use them. Will post pics after the first snow.
I needed it to go to Yosemite. I have not tried it yet. The service and delivery of etrailer is great!
They had great customer service and called to verify all information was correct on the order. Very professional.
This thing was useless. A piece of garbage. These things came off my tired middle of the city snow storm. Do not buy
Heather A.
2/23/2022
Is it possible that you were driving on concrete that was not snow packed? If the chain make positive contact with the ground it can cause broken links and premature failure. I cannot recommend to drive on city streets that are lightly covered.
Charles
1/2/2024
Works great and I would totally recommend the product. Very Reliable!
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Katrina D.
1/7/2024
Luckily, there is a five year warranty on these chains. I see that the manufacturer prefers to handle all of their own warranties. Let me send you their contact information via email.