Dunlop Direzza DZ102 Review

When driving at high speeds, it’s important to have tires that are capable of resisting heat build-up, which can accelerate the tread wear rate and damage the model. High performance tires are manufactured to be able to withstand the pressure of high speed driving, while maintaining the tire’s road traction at the same time.

At Priority Tire we offer different sizes and brands of high performance tires. One of our best-selling high performance tires is the Dunlop’s Direzza DZ102. This tire ensures excellent high speed durability, reliable controllability and excellent summer weather traction.

Purchasing a set of Dunlop Direzza DZ102 for your performance vehicle will enable your vehicle to safely perform to its best high speed capability with ease.

High-Speed Controllability

Dunlop utilized different technologies to ensure the model’s exceptional high speed durability. The tire’s tread design features three notched ribs on the tire’s center area and wide shoulder blocks that work together to maintain the tire’s road contact and boost its performing capability. The lower tread design increases the road-to-tire ratio, which boosts the tire’s road contact at all times. In this manner, the tire ensures a safer high speed controllability.

The constant road contact increases the steering responsiveness and driving stability of the Direzza DZ102. As a result, the steering becomes faster and more precise, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the tires. In this manner, you can confidently control your vehicle, even at its greatest high speed capability, as the tire maintains responsive to your instructions.

The model’s internal structure features reinforced steel belts strengthened with the Jointless Band technology. This prevents the tire’s structure from deforming under the high speed driving pressure, enabling it to perform to its best capability. The maintained optimal tire shape ensures a secure high speed performance.

Summer Weather Traction

Most summer tires have high performance driving qualities. They are manufactured from compounds that are capable of withstanding the heat of summer driving and the high speed driving pressure, lowering the possibility of heat build-up.

Another road hazard that is dangerous in summer is hydroplaning. Big summer rains may leave standing water on the road that blocks the tire from its road contact. The tread design of this model sports wide circumferential and angled lateral grooves that disperse water from below the tire’s footprint, ensuring a secure driving experience and reliable performance. The prevention of hydroplaning further improves the driving safety. The Direzza DZ102 features a special compound mix, the Silicarbon Matrix tread compound, which incorporates silica and carbon black to ensure first-rate wet and dry weather performance. The compound does not deform under the heat of summer performance and it maintains a firm grip on the dry and wet weather road surface. In this manner, the tire can safely perform at high speeds.

Comfortable Performance

The Direzza DZ102 promotes a quiet and comfortable driving experience – it raises the comfort levels felt while the tires are in motion.

The tread design features a less detailed pattern that decreases the road noise levels heard while the tires are in motion. The tread’s main grooves, in this manner, manage to channel the airwaves from the tire’s footprint, without allowing them to come into contact with the tread elements. The prevention of road and tread pattern noise formation decreases the noise levels heard in the vehicle’s cabin by you and your passengers.

The tire’s reinforced Jointless Band technology and polyester cord maintain the tire’s optimal shape under the driving pressure affecting it. The optimal shape enables the model to closely follow the road surface, while the polyester cord absorbs the shock of driving. As a result, the road vibrations are not generated and not felt in the vehicle’s cabin, which results in a comfortable and quiet driving experience.

Lengthened Tread Life

The Direzza DZ102 is cost efficient as its tread life lasts longer.

The tread design’s low detail maximizes the tire’s road contact area. This enables the tire to evenly distribute the driving pressure along the tread area. The equally spread out forces of acceleration, cornering and braking lengthen the tread life by preventing irregular wear formations across the tire’s surface. The longer lasting even tread wear significantly extends the tire’s usability.

Furthermore, the tire prevents damage to the rib. It was made with the special MaxFlange Shield, which guards the rims with the special sidewall design from accidental curb damage.

Quick Review

• Season: Summer
• Type: Performance and High Performance
• Car Type: Passenger vehicles and SUVs
• Run Flat: No
• In stock: Yes

If you need help deciding what type of tire would best fit your vehicle, take a look at our list below. We have compiled a short list of the most important factors you need to consider before selecting tires for your vehicle.

Intended Application

Every driver can find the perfect tire in the versatile range of performance capabilities the tires provide. However, it is crucial that you know what you expect from your tires. Do you want the comfort of touring tires, the high speed durability of performance models, or perhaps you need the highway tires’ load capacity?

Size

The most important aspect of tires is their size. Your vehicle needs a specific tire size to be mounted on its rims to function and perform properly. The tire’s size is noted on its sidewall or you can check the vehicle’s user manual for more information. To get a better understanding of tire sizes you can check our quick newbie tire size guide.

Durability

This ties in with the tire size to a degree. Tires are marked with speed and load indexes, which indicate their durability. These numbers should not be exceeded as it will put you at risk of tire failure.