Skip this shop if you need rubber on the car by Monday
If you need four tyres fitted before the next working day, leave reifendirekt.ch alone. The site will not open a bay in your village on a Sunday. It will not meet you after hours with a hoist and a smile. Skip it if the car is not kept in Switzerland. Skip it if your dealer already stores the winter set, books the seasonal swap, and you like that one invoice sitting in one file. Skip it if you will not copy the load index and the speed rating from the papers in the glovebox. That is the filter. The rest of this page is for people who can wait for a carton.
Now rewind, because the skip list is not the whole story. reifendirekt.ch is the Swiss shop of Delticom AG, a German mail-order tyre company. You search a size, you pay in francs, and the goods move after import. Shop copy has described typical tyre delivery as about four to six days. I am not sure that window is still the live figure on 27 September 2026, because winter queues and customs stretch, and a later line at checkout should be treated as unpublished rather than guessed here. Rims and complete wheels have been described as slower. This is a catalogue with a Swiss checkout. Not a walk-in village garage.
What Delticom actually puts on the Swiss site
The page is a search box first and a workshop never. You type a size or a car, you pick a season, and you look at a price that already includes Swiss tax on the listings we have read. Summer, winter, and all-season car tyres sit in the same catalogue, with van, motorcycle, and complete-wheel lines beside them. A low number on an unknown label can still be the wrong tyre if the load index is light for the axle. The shop will not inspect your dampers, store last summer's set unless a partner sells that extra, or argue with your insurer after a slide on packed snow. You buy logistics. Someone else turns the nuts.
People open this site because a dealer quote felt heavy and they want to pick the factory and the size themselves. That works when you treat the door card as law. It fails when you treat the cheapest search row as a recommendation. The Swiss shop is built for homework, not for a chat over the counter while the car is on the lift.
Who this mail-order desk is actually for
This shop is for a driver who already knows the size on the papers, or who will stop and ask a garage when the configurator and the door card disagree. It is for someone who can wait a working week, more or less, and who has a cellar for a heavy box or a partner garage willing to take the delivery. Book the hoist before October fills every diary. Keep the order confirmation and the packing slip, because a size dispute is won with paper, not with a memory of what you clicked.
It is also for the driver who already has a trusted fitter and only wants the rubber cheaper than the dealer board. You ship home, you carry the set in, and you pay that garage their own fitting rate. Some dealers refuse customer-supplied tyres or charge more for the privilege. Ask before you pay Delticom. If the answer is a shrug, use the Montagepartner path or stay with the dealer package you already like.
How an order moves from the search box to a hoist
Buying here is a sequence, not a feeling. You copy the size from the vehicle documents. You search. You choose a season that still matches the load index and the speed rating on those same papers. You decide whether the carton goes to your door or to a Montagepartner near a postcode you can actually reach. You read the displayed fitting price if you pick a partner. You pay. Then you still book the garage. The shop can tell a partner that a set is coming, and the partner can still be full until Tuesday.
- Copy width, aspect ratio, rim diameter, load index, and speed rating from the car papers or the door card before you search.
- Enter that string in the Swiss shop, then filter by season. Drop any result that undercuts the index or the speed symbol on the documents.
- Choose home delivery or a Montagepartner by postcode, and read the fitting price the basket shows for that workshop.
- Pay in Swiss francs as printed at checkout, and save the order confirmation with the packing-slip details once the carton exists.
- Book the hoist yourself. A Thursday arrival and a Tuesday slot means the set sits, and that is normal.
- When the box lands, match the packing slip to the sidewall stamp before anyone breaks a bead.
The packing slip is the object you keep. Compare the size printed there with the sidewall stamp on a tyre you already run, the raised letters in the rubber, before a fitter seats a new bead. If those two lines disagree, you stop. Photograph the carton if a corner is crushed. Write to the shop through the contact form on reifendirekt.ch, with the order number on the packing slip. A size fight without paper is a waste of a morning.
Search the Swiss shop with the door-card string, then see what a nearby Montagepartner charges to mount the set you actually picked.
Open ReifenDirekt.ch with the size from the papers →The papers decide the size. A photo of the old tyre does not.
A tyre size is a legal combination, not decoration on a black circle. Width, sidewall ratio, and rim diameter tell you whether the tyre fits the wheel. Load index and speed rating tell you whether it is allowed under the car. Those last two live on the COC papers, on the placard in the door, and on the current legal fitment if a previous garage already changed it properly. Dropping the load index to shave a few francs is a mug's game when four people and luggage sit on the rear axle. Dropping the speed symbol below the approval can turn an expert report ugly after a crash. Use the car search and the size search. If they disagree, you ask a garage. You do not click the cheapest row and hope.
Copy what the documents already print. Do not invent a lighter index because a bargain row looks tempting. I already said that, and I am saying it again because people skip it. EU labels print fuel, wet grip, and noise classes. They do not print how a compound behaves on a packed pass in February. A cheap all-season can be honest for a mild city commute. It can be a mistake for someone who crosses a pre-Alpine saddle every January. Complete winter wheels skip the seasonal remount if you have storage. Run-flat, extra-load, and electric-vehicle markings are extra filters. The wrong index is still the wrong index with a green badge on the page. Fit the same size across an axle. A single odd tyre is not a test drive.
A Montagepartner keeps a diary you do not own
Seating a new tyre on a rim wants a machine, not a driveway jack. The bead has to come off, go back on, take air, and then the wheel has to be balanced. Changing a complete set you already own is just bolts and a torque wrench. Most people should not attempt the first job at home, which is why the shop offers Montagepartner delivery. In checkout you mark the partner option, pick a workshop by postcode, and see a displayed mounting price. You still need an appointment. The fitter is a local business — not a Delticom badge on the overalls — and the hoist slot is theirs to give or refuse. Off-season storage is a partner extra, not a locker Delticom keeps in every town.
Home delivery makes sense when your own garage will accept customer-supplied rubber, or when you already store complete wheels and only need a jack-and-swap. It makes less sense if you live up several flights with no lift and no one to help carry a carton. Motorcycle tyres and complete wheels have carried longer delivery notes on the shipping pages we have read. Ask whether the displayed mount includes balancing, new valves, and disposal of the old set. The network size on a marketing page does not matter. One competent workshop near you with a free hoist next week matters.
Fees in words, and what the basket still hides
Prices on the Swiss listings we have read show francs including tax. Promotions have offered free shipping on two or more car tyres. A single car tyre can carry a small shipping surcharge. Those offers move, so read the basket on the day you pay. Partner mounting prices appear as a guide. The workshop still invoices extras if you want nitrogen, a sensor service, or storage. Disposal of the old tyres may sit inside the displayed mount or it may not. Ask. A complete-wheel order buys rims as well as rubber, and that window has been described as longer.
There is no honest way to print a current franc figure here without it going stale. Rubber moves with season. Labour moves with the village. Compare the catalogue total plus the displayed mount against your dealer quote for the same size and the same index. Include storage if you have no cellar. A cheaper set that waits in a back room is not cheaper if you needed the car on Friday.
Swiss winter rubber is practice, not a nationwide calendar
Switzerland does not run a blanket winter-tyre calendar the way some neighbours describe their rules. There is no single federal date when every car must change compound. Drivers still have to keep the vehicle roadworthy and controllable. Summer tyres on snow become a practical problem and an insurance problem if they help cause a crash. Changing in October and changing back around Easter is folklore many people follow, not a statute you should quote from a shopping guide. Confirm what your canton expects, and ask your insurer what they want to see on the car in January. Mountain roads can add chain rules when the blue sign is posted.
M plus S on a sidewall is a manufacturer statement. The alpine snowflake mark is the test-based winter badge many buyers now treat as the serious filter. All-season tyres with that mark are sold for lowland drivers who want one set. They remain a compromise on ice and in deep snow next to a dedicated winter tyre. This page will not invent a cantonal fine table. If you drive a pre-Alpine commute, ask the garage and the insurer. If you barely leave a mild city, one snowflake all-season set may be the honest choice. Load index comes first, the snow mark second, the brand story last. The vehicle has to stay roadworthy. That duty does not move because a blog listed a date.
If the packing slip and the papers disagree, you do not mount. ReifenDirekt.ch is a catalogue with a partner hoist, not a winter-law office, and the cheap click is worthless when the index is wrong.
— Alex Rivera
Limits the catalogue will not fix
The shop will not diagnose a pull to one side or tell you the rear bushes are finished. It will not store four summers unless a partner sells that service. Same-day rescue after a puncture is outside the model. So is a Sunday mount. Motorcycle and complete-wheel orders can sit longer than a plain car set, and the live shipping note in the basket beats any sentence on this page. If you modified the car or tow, the papers may not be the last word. Ask a garage before you pay.
Another limit is attention. Mail-order saves money only when you do the homework the dealer used to do while you waited. If you will not read a sidewall, you will buy the wrong set at a lower price. If you will not book the partner before the first cold week, you will own four tyres in a storeroom and still drive on the old ones. The catalogue is fast. The garage is not.
Who should skip, said in a list
- Anyone who needs a same-day or Sunday mount after a puncture, or who cannot wait through an import window.
- Drivers who do not keep a car registered and used in Switzerland.
- People already happy with a dealer package that stores the off-season set and books the swap.
- Buyers who will not match load index and speed rating to the vehicle papers.
- Households with no way to receive a heavy carton and no Montagepartner they can actually reach.
- Anyone who wants one person to inspect suspension, alignment, and rubber in the same hour on one invoice.
Checkout questions people actually ask
How long does the Swiss shop say a tyre order takes?
On the shipping notes we have read, a plain car set is described as about four to six days after import. Rims, motorcycle tyres, and complete wheels have been described as slower. January and a customs hold can stretch that. If you send the carton to a Montagepartner, you still need a fitting date after the box arrives. Do not pay on a Friday and expect rubber on the car for a Saturday pass. Whatever the basket prints today beats a sentence on this page.
Can I take a home parcel to a garage that is not a partner?
You can, if that garage will touch tyres you bought elsewhere. Plenty of dealers will not, or they will add a handling charge. The partner path is the one the shop prices in checkout. Choose a workshop you can reach the same day, and ask about storing the old set if your cellar is full. A long list of partners on a marketing page is not the same as a free hoist next Wednesday.
Is there a Swiss date when winter tyres become mandatory?
No nationwide date exists. The car still has to be roadworthy, and summer rubber on snow can become your problem if it helps cause a crash. Cantons differ, alpine roads add chain signs, and insurers have their own view of a January claim. Changing in October and changing back around Easter is a habit, not a law you should cite from a shopping page. Ask your canton and your insurer. If the commute sees packed snow, fit a dedicated winter tyre or a snowflake-marked all-season before you need it, not after.
Can I buy a cheaper tyre with a lighter load index?
No. The index on the papers is the floor, not a suggestion. A lighter stamp on the rear axle is how you create an overload with passengers and bags. The speed symbol works the same way. If a search row undercuts either figure, skip it even if the franc number looks friendly. A pretty complete wheel still has to carry a legal tyre. Save a photo of the door card so the next order starts from the same string.
Are valves, balancing, and old-tyre disposal in the fitting price?
Sometimes the displayed Montagepartner price includes them, and sometimes it does not. Ask, in writing if you can, whether new valves, balance weights, and disposal sit inside that number. Sensor service on a modern wheel is often a separate job. Storage of the off-season set is almost always a partner extra. Get the list before the carton ships.
What if the carton is crushed when I collect it?
Photograph the packing slip, the carton, and any scuffed sidewall before you leave the counter or the doorstep. Do not let a fitter mount a tyre you already think is damaged. Write to reifendirekt.ch with the order number. A partner garage can refuse a damaged tyre, and they should. Keep the cardboard until the set is on the car. Paper wins the argument. A verbal memory of a dented box does not.
When the door card is clear and a workshop near you has an opening, use the Swiss catalogue to price four matching tyres rather than recycling last autumn's guess.
Price a set and a partner hoist on ReifenDirekt.ch →What I would do with a Swiss car and a cellar
I would copy the door card, search the Swiss shop, and only then call a partner or my usual garage about a slot. I would treat the four-to-six-day line as a hint, not a promise. I would keep the packing slip next to the order mail, and I would confirm winter practice with the canton and the insurer, not with a shopping page. If the dealer already stores and swaps a set I like, I would leave that bundle alone. If I needed rubber tomorrow, I would walk into a local tyre shop and pay for speed. reifendirekt.ch is for the driver who will read a sidewall and wait. Everyone else already had their answer in the first paragraph.
