WINTER PASSENGER TIRES
Performance Winter
Blizzak LM-22 Blizzak
LM-22 studless winter tires feature a directional tread design
to enhance hydroplaning resistance on wet and slush-covered
roads with rounded tread shoulders to enhance dry and wet road
handling. Their tread compound has a high silica content instead
of the Multicell tread compounds used on other Blizzak winter
tires. This allows Blizzak LM-22 tires to combine winter
traction with H-speed rated durability (current Multicell
compounds can not support 130 mph H-speed ratings). The Blizzak
LM-22 tires feature an independent block tread design which
employs the Lamellen "edge effect" (multiple biting edges in the
tread blocks to help grip snow and ice) to enhance winter
traction without resorting to traditional metal studs
Blizzak LM-22 RFT
| Blizzak LM-22 RFT winter tires feature
a directional tread design to enhance hydroplaning
resistance on wet and slush-covered roads with rounded
tread shoulders to enhance dry and wet road handling.
Their tread compound has a high silica content instead
of the Multicell tread compounds used on other Blizzak
winter tires. This allows Blizzak LM-22 RFT tires to
combine winter traction with H-and V-speed rated
durability (current Multicell compounds can support 99
mph Q-speed ratings). The Blizzak LM-22 RFT tires
feature an independent block tread design which employs
the Lamellen "edge effect" (multiple biting edges in the
tread blocks to help grip snow and ice) to enhance
winter traction without resorting to traditional metal
studs. |
Blizzak LM-25 Blizzak
LM-25 winter tires feature a directional tread design with
rounded tread shoulders to increase hydroplaning resistance on
wet and slush-covered roads while enhancing dry and wet road
handling. They use a high silica content winter tread compound
to combine winter traction with high-speed durability (the
current Multicell tread compounds used on most Blizzak winter
tires cannot support H- or V-speed ratings). The Blizzak LM-25
features an independent block tread design that employs the
Lamellen "edge effect" with multiple three dimensional ("3D")
zigzag sipes specifically placed in the tread blocks to
providethe biting edges needed to help grip snow and ice for
winter traction without resorting to traditional metal studs
Blizzak LM-25 RFT
Blizzak LM-25 RFT winter tires feature a directional tread
design to enhance hydroplaning resistance on wet and
slush-covered roads with rounded tread shoulders to enhance dry
and wet road handling. Their tread compound has a high silica
content instead of the Multicell tread compounds used on other
Blizzak winter tires. This allows Blizzak LM-25 RFT tires to
combine winter traction with H-and V-speed rated durability
(current Multicell compounds can support 99 mph Q-speed
ratings). The Blizzak LM-25 RFT tires feature an independent
block tread design which employs the Lamellen "edge effect"
(multiple biting edges in the tread blocks to help grip snow and
ice) to enhance winter traction without resorting to traditional
metal studs.
Studless Ice and Snow
Blizzak LM-50 RFT On
the outside, the Blizzak LM-50 RFT shares the popular Blizzak
WS-50's symmetric tread design that features flow-through
grooves to help maintain good traction on wet and slush-covered
roads while zigzag sipes and independent tread blocks provide
the edges to help bite through snow. However, the Blizzak LM-50
RFT exchanges the Blizzak WS-50's Multicell compound for a more
robust winter tread compound that can endure the additional
stress and heat of being driven when flat. Even though these
tires feature a single winter tread compound, they feature "snow
platform" tread depth indicators to identify when the tire
should be retired from winter service. The Blizzak LM-50 RFT
tire's internal structure incorporates run-flat sidewall
supports to temporarily carry the load in the event of air loss.
Blizzak MZ-03 RFT
| Blizzak MZ-03 RFT winter radials
feature a directional tread design split by a wide
circumferential center groove to help maintain good
traction on wet and slush-covered roads while its zigzag
sipes and independent tread blocks provide the edges to
help bite through snow. It also features Bridgestone's
Link Multicell Compound which is glass fiber-reinforced
to enhance vehicle stability on dry roads while it helps
disperse water to reduce the risk of slipping on the
thin surface film of water that makes ice so dangerous.
This allows Blizzak MZ-03 RFT winter radials to approach
the traction provided by a studded tire on ice...without
the use of studs. |
Blizzak REVO 1
| The Blizzak REVO 1 tread compound
features "bite particles" to enhance traction on ice,
slush and packed snow that are embedded in Bridgestone's
Tube Multicell Compound. The Tube Multicell Compound
features small pores to reduce the risk of slipping on
the thin surface film of water that makes winter driving
so dangerous. The Blizzak REVO 1 in 65- and 60-series
features a symmetric tread design while its lower
profile and typically wider 55- and 45-seried sized
tires feature a directional tread design. Both of these
tread designs use circumferential and lateral
flow-through grooves to help maintain good traction on
wet and slush-covered roads while their 3-Dimensional
zig-zag sipes and independent tread blocks provide the
edges needed to help bite into snow. Combined, this
allows the Blizzak REVO 1 winter radial to approach the
traction provided by a studded tire on ice... without
the use of studs. |
Blizzak WS-50
| The Blizzak WS-50 in 80-, 75-, 70-, 65
and 60-series features a symmetric tread design while
its lower profile and typically wider 55-, 50- and
45-series sized tires feature a directional tread
design. Both of these tread designs use flow-through
grooves to help maintain good traction on wet and
slush-covered roads while their zig-zag sipes and
independent tread blocks provide the edges to help bite
through snow. The Blizzak WS-50 also features
Bridgestone's Tube Multicell Compound, which helps
disperse water to reduce the risk of slipping on the
thin surface film of water that makes ice so dangerous. |