Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 Review

Winter tires promote excellent winter weather driving safety with their traction, hydroplaning resistance and controllability. These tires provide a safer driving experience as they ensure the traction and driving security of the passenger vehicle, SUV or light truck they are mounted on.

Priority Tire offers a wide range of studless winter tires for sale. Bridgestone is one of the most popular tire brands we have for sale and its Blizzak DM-V2 is a durable and reliable winter tire model. The Blizzak DM-V2 increases the winter traction, the controllability and it even offers a longer lasting tread life.

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Winter Weather Performance

Winter tires offer excellent traction in colder temperatures, while also enhancing the grip on ice- and snow-covered road surface conditions. These models utilize their tread design and compound to increase the grip on the road surface and to ensure a safer performing capability.

The Blizzak DM-V2 was molded from a special NanoPro Tech Multicell compound that enhanced the cold weather performance. This compound keeps the rubber flexibility in colder temperatures and ensures the tire’s grip in dry and wet winter weather. The tread design’s stabilized tread block placement, with the high-density 3D zigzag siping pattern, boosts the grip on the ice- and snow-covered road surfaces. They increase the number of biting edges gripping the road and enhance the model’s forward motion even in severe winter weather situations.

The special tread design and compound also increase the hydroplaning resistance. Hydroplaning is a dangerous road hazard which happens when water and slush located on the road surface cuts off the tire’s surface contact. This causes the vehicle to skid and the driver to lose control over it, which can lead to accidents. The compound’s hydrophilic coating and microscopic bite particles and the widened lateral and circumferential grooves manage to channel water and slush away from the footprint. This maintains the tire’s surface contact throughout its performance, guaranteeing a secure performing ability.

Longer-Lasting Tread Life

A longer lasting tread life is a desired feature of any tire. Their lengthened usability makes them more cost efficient in the long run. Manufacturers utilize versatile technologies, tread patterns and compounds to increase the length of the tread life.

The Blizzak DM-V2 uses its optimally flat footprint to closely follow the road surface. The flat footprint’s ideal surface contact allows the tire to evenly distribute the driving pressure along the tread area. The equally spread out forces of acceleration, cornering and braking avoids irregular wear formations on the tire’s surface. The longer lasting even wear along the tread area enables the tire to improve the length of the model’s usability.

Furthermore, the Blizzak DM-V2’s tread design features tread depth indicators. These indicators are molded into the tire’s tread and when the model is about halfway worn, they visually notify the driver that the tire’s traction is about to wear out. This prevents the tire from being driven on after it loses its winter weather traction, promoting a safer driving experience.

Controllability and Maneuvering

Winter tires don’t just need good traction, they must provide excellent controllability as well. These tires need to keep their road contact throughout their performance and upgrade the handling and maneuvering to ensure a safer driving experience.

The Blizzak DM-V2 enhances its controllability with the ideal tread design. The increased block stability of the tread pattern manages to keep the tire’s surface contact throughout its performance. This allows the tire to upgrade the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. The steering becomes faster and more precise in its response to the driver’s commands, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the model. The result is the driver’s constant control over the vehicle even in severe winter weather.

The ideal tread pattern boosts the maneuvering and braking ability. The shoulder tread block placement boosts the cornering power. These blocks increase the number of biting edges gripping the road surface in versatile weather conditions during the tire’s maneuvering, which results in a safer cornering ability. The tread’s enhanced surface grip and the larger road contact area of the footprint work together to improve the braking ability. They create friction between the tire and the road surface to enhance the braking power and decrease the braking distance.

If you’re interested in purchasing the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 tires, you can find our current stock here.