Blizzak DMZ3
With a winning combination of technologies, the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-Z3 with UNI-T technology handles ice and snow conditions like a pro. The TUBE MULTICELL compound improves control on ice by cutting through thin layers of surface water. The 3D sipes enhance dry performance while UNI-T technology combined with Silica helps keep traction strong in wet conditions. Once you equip your SUV or light truck with Blizzak DM-Z3 tires, you're ready for whatever winter puts in your way.
- Model: Blizzak DMZ3
- Brand: Bridgestone
- Vehicle Type: Passenger
- Tire Type: Winter
- Segment: Snow Tires
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Warranties:
All warranties are limited to original purchaser on originally installed vehicle. See each warranty at your nearest Firestone Complete Auto Care Store for details and restrictions.
Features & Benefits
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Feature: Silica-based tread compound
Benefit: Provides outstanding wet performance. -
Feature: Tube Multi-Cell Compound
Benefit: Improves control on ice by cutting through thin layers of surface water -
Feature: Zig Zag Sipes
Benefit: Provides an upgrade to traction on snow and ice. -
Feature: O-Bead
Benefit: Improves uniformity and ride comfort through use of a single continuous strand of cable in the bead construction -
Feature: Winter Tread Design
Benefit: Delivers safety and control in snow, ice, and cold weather conditions and marked on at least one sidewall with the letters "M" and "S" plus a pictograph of a mountain with a snowflake inside it. -
Feature: Wide Straight Grooves
Benefit: Helps channel water for improved wet traction. -
Feature: CO-CS (Computer Optimized Component System)
Benefit: Maximizes tire performance by optimizing the appropriate combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction. -
Feature: Riblet
Benefit: Improves ice traction on new tires -
Feature: L.L. Carbon (Long Link)
Benefit: Helps improve tread wear and resist cracking, chipping and tearing through the use of a special long length carbon structure
Specifications
Speed Rating
| Available Sizes | Speed Rating | Load Index | Technology | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P265/45R21 | Q | 104 | UNI-T | - |
Safety Warning:
Serious injury may result from tire failure due to underinflation/overloading. Follow owner’s manual and tire placard in vehicle.
Tire Technology
Other Tire Technology
This design hasn't always been an exact science. Engineers relied on their experience and various design theories when developing new products. But now, our innovative COCS (Computer Optimized Component System) technology uses a supercomputer to determine the ideal combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction based on consumer benefit criteria. Performing thousands of "what if" calculations and creating incredibly detailed tire simulations, COCS takes the guesswork out of designing tires. COCS makes it possible to create an endless diversity of tire designs to meet the demands of the consumer of today and tomorrow.
If you can imagine the inefficiency of a rolling egg, you can understand the inefficiency of many tire and rim assemblies which are less than precisely round. Now, O-Bead changes the way the tire interacts with the rim, creating a rounder assembly. The "bead" is a cable inside a tire that helps the tire grip on the rim. On most tires, there are overlapped joints where the ends of the bead meet. O-Bead eliminates the overlapped joints by using a single, continuous strand of cable. This helps eliminate tiny, unwanted gaps between the tire and the rim, and creates a rounder tire assembly, for improved driving on straightaways and handling stability.
Zig-Zag Sipes are features on the Blizzak winter tires. This leading-edge tread pattern helps improve performance in icy conditions.
A reinforcing material used in conjunction with carbon black.
Carbon black is a reinforcing material that strengthens rubber. All tire manufacturers use it. But tires with UNI-T technology use L.L. Carbon, an advanced form of carbon black that offers real advantages. Under a microscope, conventional carbon black particles look like bunches of grapes. L.L. Carbon molecules resemble long chains. Think of these as the equivalent of the long steel rods used to reinforce concrete. Because this molecular structure absorbs and spreads road stresses over a larger area, you get a stronger tire better able to resist cracking, chipping, tearing, and excessive wear.