Dueler H/L
Dueler H/L tires deliver the exceptional performance and sophisticated design that drivers demand in the light truck and SUV markets. Engineered to take highway travel and suburban routes in stride, Dueler H/L adds the luxury of passenger car comfort and quiet ride to your light truck or SUV. Bridgestone engineers have improved both wet and dry performance in the Dueler H/L up as the tread wears down.
- Model: Dueler H/L
- Brand: Bridgestone
- Vehicle Type: Passenger
- Tire Type: Light Truck Tires
- Segment: Highway 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: Steel belt construction
Benefit: Adds durability and resists punctures -
Feature: Interlocking center rib
Benefit: Improves responsiveness and handling -
Feature: Polyester Cord Body Plies
Benefit: Helps provide a smooth ride. -
Feature: All-Season Tread Design
Benefit: Enhances year-round performance with open-slotted shoulders. -
Feature: EPC Tread Compound
Benefit: Reduces the hardening effects of heat for continued flexibility and wet performance as the tire wears. -
Feature: Dual-Layer Tread
Benefit: Minimizes the effect of wear on wet tire performance by exposing high grip rubber as the tire wears. -
Feature: O-Bead
Benefit: Improves uniformity and ride comfort through use of a single continuous strand of cable in the bead construction -
Feature: Lateral Grooves
Benefit: Efficient evacuation and channeling of water that helps reduce hydroplaning and improves wet traction -
Feature: EPO (Extended Performance Optimization)
Benefit: Minimizes the loss of wet braking and handling performance as the tire wears due to the integration of Dual-Layer Tread and EPC (Extended Performance Compound) -
Feature: Circumferential tread grooves
Benefit: Evacuates and channels water efficiently to help reduce hydroplaning and to improve 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P265/65R18 | H | 112 | UNI-T AQ | - |
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.
EPC Tread Compound is a unique rubber compound that fights the effects of friction-related rubber hardening. Friction-related rubber hardening is one of the reasons tires lose wet-surface performance as they wear.
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.
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.
EPO integrates the two leading-edge technologies, Dual-Layer Tread and EPC, to help provide excellent performance as the tire wears.
Dual-Layer Tread was developed to ensure that tires maintain wet performance as they wear. Tires with Dual-Layer Tread have two kinds of rubber in the tread, both containing EPC. As the tire wears, a higher grip layer is exposed. This minimizes the effect of wear on worn wet tire performance and helps maintain more consistent handling. It also helps prevent the increase in noise that tends to occur as the tread wears.