Firestone Winterforce 2 Review

With winter slowly approaching, we decided to put some excellent winter tires in the spotlight on our blog.

Winter tires offer exceptional driving safety in colder conditions. Their tread design and winter compound guarantee great traction and performance in various winter weather temperatures. These tires are not meant to be used in summer conditions, as their traction dampens in such weather situations.

• Vibration-free drive
• Winter weather traction
• Enhanced controllability
• Longer lasting tread life

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Here at Priority Tire, we offer a wide range of winter tires for passenger vehicles, SUVs, light trucks and, in some cases, for commercial trucks. One of the highlights among out tire models is the Firestone Winterforce 2, which is a passenger vehicle tire. This model guarantees high driving safety levels in all winter weather conditions, while also ensuring a longer lasting tread life, great controllability and optimal driving comfort levels to provide an exceptional driving experience.

Winter Weather Performance

Winter weather tires ensure exceptional performance in colder temperatures. Such tires use their compound and tread design to ensure a safer drive on ice- and snow-covered roads, while keeping their rubber flexibility even in colder conditions.

The Winterforce 2 is one such tire. It was molded from a durable winter weather compound into a detailed directional tread pattern that increase the winter weather performance. The compound keeps the tire pliable in various temperatures by optimizing the rubber flexibility throughout the tire’s performance. The tread design’s full-depth zigzag siping detail and ideal tread block placement work together to increase the number of biting edges gripping the road surface, even when driving on ice- and snow-covered road surface conditions. This enables the tire’s safer driving experience in winter weather.

The tread design also sports a wide groove pattern. The deeper circumferential grooves and the wide lateral notches and open shoulder slots work together to improve the hydroplaning resistance. Hydroplaning is a dangerous road hazard which happens when slush and water cut off the tire’s surface contact and cause the vehicle to skid. The Winterforce 2’s groove detail channels water and slush away from its footprint, keeping the ideal surface contact and actively avoiding hydroplaning.

Longer-Lasting Tread Life

A longer lasting tread life is a desirable feature of any tire model. Different manufacturing techniques are used to increase the tire’s usability and tread life, making the models more cost efficient in the long run.

The Winterforce 2 upgraded its tread life with the special tread design and the stronger construction. The reinforced structure stabilizes the tread elements and actively prevents tread flexing. Tread flexing creates unnecessary friction between the tire and the road surface, which causes irregular and accelerated tread wear along the tire’s tread area. Preventing it helps lengthen the model’s usability significantly.

The tread design, on the other hand, uses its directional pattern and its full-depth siping detail to combat uneven and premature wear. The tread’s close road contact allows the tire to evenly distribute the driving pressure along the tread area. These equally circulated driving forces actively avoid irregular tread wear on the tire’s surface. The tread design’s full-depth sipes maintain the tire’s traction even as the tread wears out, extending its lifetime and ensuring a safer performing ability.

Handling and Controllability

Tires are the only link between the tire and the road surface, which enable their exceptional performance. Tires must have good controllability in order to ensure a safer performing ability. They determine how well the vehicle responds to the driver’s instructions during the drive.

The Winterforce 2 was molded into a symmetric directional tread pattern that maintains the road surface contact throughout its performance. The tread design sports a continuous center rib, and optimized tread block sequences on the tread’s middle and shoulder areas. These help the tire keep a close and constant road contact, which increases 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. This ensures the driver’s full control over the vehicle at all times.

The tread design also improves the model’s maneuvering and braking ability. The shoulder tread block pattern with the zigzag siping detail enhances the cornering and maneuvering ability and power. They boost the number of biting edges gripping the road surface throughout their cornering to enhance the maneuvering power and safety. The tread’s zigzag groove pattern also upgrades the braking ability. These sipes create friction at the moment of braking, which significantly shortens the braking distance, even when driving on ice- and snow-covered road surfaces.

The tire’s reinforced construction features a twin steel belt and polyester casing structure which prevents the ideal tire shape’s deformation under the driving pressure. This enables the tire to securely perform throughout its lifetime as the ideal tire shape maintains the model’s road contact at all times. The better durability, in this manner, guarantees a safer performance.

High Driving Comfort Levels

Even during winter driving, tires meant to be mounted should offer a comfortable performance. Their manufacturers utilize various technologies to increase the comfort levels without sacrificing the model’s performance and controllability.

The Winterforce 2 improves the driving comfort levels with its stronger internal structure. The tire features a polyester casing that maintains the ideal tire shape under the driving pressure. It ensures the tire’s closer road contact which allows the tire to absorb the shock of driving during its performance. As a result, the tire avoids the formation of road vibrations during the drive. This prevents road vibrations from being felt in the vehicle’s cabin and dampening the passenger’s driving enjoyment. In this manner, the tire guarantees an enjoyable and comfortable driving experience throughout the drive.

Quick Review

• Season: Winter (Studdable)
• Type: Touring
• Car Type: Passenger vehicles and SUVs
• Run Flat: NO
• In Stock: Yes (Check Price)

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.

Winter Traction

The tire is second to none in winter performance. Its tread design and sturdy winter compound guarantee excellent traction on snow- and ice-covered roads. The tire is studdable for enhanced ice traction with multiple studs to ensure first-rate winter weather road grip.

Winter Tire Types

When buying winter tires, it is good to know the exact type you require for your vehicle and your specific needs. There are two main types of winter tires, studded and studless. Studded snow tires literally have metal studs embedded within the tread. These small, strong pieces of metal are designed to dig into ice, which provides added traction. As for studded tires, Instead of relying on metal protrusions in the tread, modern non-studded winter tires lean on advances in rubber compounding, tread designs, and other unique technologies.

Size

Be sure to find the exact size of tire that fits your vehicle, in order for it to perform properly. This information is located on the tire’s sidewall or in the user’s manual of the vehicle. The Priority Tire website offers a wide range of sizes for the Firestone Winterforce 2 model.

• Vibration-free drive
• Winter weather traction
• Enhanced controllability
• Longer lasting tread life

Buy Firestone Winterforce 2 at Priority Tire