Every car owner knows, or at least has heard of the existence of Bridgestone tires. And this is not surprising, because the Japanese company, which has existed since 1931, thanks to the quality of its products has won recognition from both professionals and ordinary motorists around the world, including our country. Due to the wide range of Bridgestone brand wheels, you can pick up almost any operating conditions and driving style.
Summer tires
To operate the machine in the warm season, Bridgestone has developed a whole line of tires, these are:
- Potenza;
- Ecopia;
- Dueler
- Turanza;
- MY-02;
- B-250.
Such a variety of brands is due to the fact that each of them has its own characteristics and individual characteristics that allow the buyer to choose exactly the rubber that is most suitable for his car.
Tires Potenza
Bridgestone Wheels Summer Potenza belong to sports tires that feel great both on asphalt and on dirt roads. This rubber is made using RunFlat technology, which allows you to continue driving even in the event of a wheel break.
Bridgestone offers five variants of this type of tire, which differ from each other in tread pattern and construction. This allows you to make an individual selection of the right sports wheels for your driving style for each motorist.
Ecopia Tires
The main emphasis in tires of this type is made on environmental friendliness. Therefore, Ecopia tires are primarily intended for urban roads.
The manufacturer has ensured that this rubber while driving minimizes the amount of friction of the tire on the road surface, this, in turn, allows you to save fuel, and quite significantly. So, for small cars, the savings are at least 7%. For middle and business class cars - 12%. Bridgestone didn’t forget about SUVs, however, for them the fuel economy on such rubber will be about 3%.
In addition, during comparative tests with similar models from other manufacturers, Ecopia showed the best wet grip and high abrasion resistance. By the way, it is worth mentioning the fact that no other manufacturer has so far been able to achieve the same characteristics as Ecopia, including Michelin, its direct competitors to Bridgestone.
Dueler Tires
Bridgestone wheels of this model are intended primarily for SUVs operating in urban environments.
In fact, these are tires that partially combine the qualities of rubber for off-road and ordinary city tires. Of course, they are not intended to overcome deep mud pits, but in moderate off-road conditions they feel quite confident. At the same time, Dueler tires do not create discomfort in city streets in the form of increased noise and “creasing” of rubber at bends, as happens with specialized mud rubber.
Turanza
This type of rubber is considered universal and suitable for cars of various types. These tires use RTF technology, which, after a tire puncture, allows you to drive some distance on a flat tire to the nearest tire fitting point. In addition, these tires practically do not emit noise and have a low degree of wear.
MY-02 and B-250
Although these tires are considered sports, they are only nominally suitable for extreme driving. The fact is that in comparative testing with Michelin sports tires, Bridgestone wheels showed not very good dynamic characteristics and increased braking distance. Nevertheless, they surpassed their competitors in the work resource, environmental friendliness and fuel economy.
MY-02 have a wide profile and a reinforced frame, which is an important feature when operating on Russian roads full of bumps.
B-250 is a guarantee of comfort, reliability, safety and, importantly, environmental friendliness. Due to the combination of these qualities, many global automakers prefer Bridgestone wheels and install this type of tire on production vehicles.
Bridgestone Winter Tires
Bridgestone winter wheels are made of special materials that do not change their performance properties at low temperatures. The wheel tread is also worked out in the most thorough way in order to ensure the greatest possible grip on the roadway, regardless of its condition, therefore, it provides the highest possible level of safety for the driver.
Traditionally, Bridgestone’s winter wheels are divided into two types: studded (Ice Cruiser) and non-studded (Blizzak).
Winter tires Ice Cruiser
The latest generation of studded tires , Ice Cruiser, have been developed specifically for harsh winters. Tires of this type, due to the unique design scheme and the location of the spikes, provide a decent level of safety even in long stretches of ice. Moreover, the manufacturers did not stop there, and on the Ice Cruiser of the latest generation, the number of studded lines in the wheel from 12 was increased to 16, which further increased their efficiency.
The tire itself is made of multicomponent rubber, the structure of which tightly holds the spikes, preventing them from falling out. Bridgestone Ice Cruiser wheels are made with a wide selection of sizes and profiles, allowing you to select the necessary parameters for any car.
Winter tires "Blizak" (Blizzak)
Bridgestone Blizak wheels are represented by a series of models for various types of cars. For example, for sports cars, Japanese manufacturers released the Blizzak LM-25 model.
The Blizzak Revo1 model is more universal, it can be installed on both ordinary passenger cars and SUVs.
Blizzak LM-80 tires are installed on SUVs and crossovers. In this model, tire lamellas are made using a fundamentally new technology, which allows to further increase the car's cross-country ability. In addition, the LM-80 rubber is quite economical, since it has ideally optimized tread and carcass shapes for the winter period.
For Russian roads, the Bridgestone-Blizak WS70 wheels are perfect. This rubber works great both on wet roads and when overcoming snowdrifts and areas of ice. And the range of applications for this model is quite wide, it will fit almost any type of passenger car, including minibuses.
The latest generation of Bridgestone Blizak tires is represented by the Blizzak Revo GZ. The composition of the rubber mixture used in the manufacture of tires added polymer, which further increases the resistance of rubber to temperature changes and significantly reduces wheel wear during operation in the most extreme winter conditions. In addition, the new technologies used in the Blizzak Revo GZ allowed to reduce the braking distance of a car by 3% and increase traction properties by 15% in comparison with similar models of competing firms.
The entire range of Blizak tires is made of microporous rubber, which prevents the formation of a slippery film between the tread surface and the roadway, thereby ensuring the maximum level of grip.
Bridgestone, wheels: reviews
The modern tire market is replete with products of a wide variety of companies and brands in which it is easy to get confused and difficult to choose exactly what you need. For some customers, price is the determining criterion for choice, and for others, quality. Moreover, it is very difficult to find a complete correspondence from one to another. So, the Bridgestone wheels, the price of which is affordable, are just such an option.
Most drivers using Bridgestone products rated tires at 5 points (five-point system), highlighting the following advantages:
- coupling properties of rubber;
- good cross;
- strong side surface (many manufacturers save on this element of the tire, which often leads to an explosion of the wheel);
- noiselessness (even in comparison with summer tires);
- price-quality ratio".
However, some drivers noted shortcomings, expressed in a small “yaw” of the car at high speeds, as well as fuel consumption increased on some models of Bridgestone wheels.
Nevertheless, each review of car owners is made up of purely individual sensations, depending on many factors. However, hardly anyone can dispute the fact that Bridgestone wheels are a truly high-quality product made using revolutionary technologies and under constant quality control of manufactured products. Due to this, Bridgestone tires have an ideally round shape and a high degree of preservation of all originally laid high performance even with strong wear of the wheels.
The cost of wheels "Bridgestone"
Bridgestone tire prices are dependent on tire type, size, and tire performance. For example, the average cost of Bridgestone R14 tires varies from 1370 rubles to 6100 rubles. The price of R17 wheels ranges from 4450 rubles to 15000 rubles. Moreover, seasonality does not have a special effect on cost.
In a word, the range of Bridgestone tires and their price are able to satisfy the needs of the buyer with any preferences and requirements.