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- Ready? - [Man] Yeah.
(cracking)
- Oh!
- [Man] That sounded brutal.
- It was.
Everything hurts.
- [Man] Yeah, it's getting cold.
- Pain is weakness leaving the body.
Are we recording? - [Man] Yes, we are.
- Oh (beep).
(laughing)
All right, so if you guys didn't know,
in certain states, there is this weird white stuff
that comes from the sky, and what
it does is it makes the ground cold.
(screaming) (gravel pinging)
Makes it slippery.
(thuds) (screams)
Makes in uncomfortable.
- [Driver] What the hell are you doing?
No!
No! - You can't do much on it.
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(beeps) (crunches)
Besides judge it tremendously,
pour salt on it, and pray it goes away,
and I'm not talking about any sort
of diseases or anything that would come
out of your hair if you scratched your head too hard.
We're talking about winter, and we're talking
about how, if you live up north,
or you don't live in Texas and California,
which just happens to be 80% of
where everybody lives, you have
to deal with winter time, which means
if you're driving your car all year round,
you need some tires that are gonna get
you from point a to point b without
miraculously getting into point d,
which you never actually anticipated going to,
because you slid into some sort
of ditch or somebody's house, in
which case, both happen every single year.
And every single time it snows
up here, in Wisconsin, we always see
some ridiculous story of somebody flying
into the third story dorm room
because they just didn't have winter tires.
So we thought we would help you.
We are here to save children.
We are here to save college students,
because we're here, doing the government service
by telling you the best winter tires
that you should probably think about buying
if you're looking to get a good set of winter tires.
So I'm Alex, from Fitment Industries.
Don't forget to subscribe, and we're gonna jump right
into it, starting off with probably the most iconic tire.
And for you guys to understand,
we are going for what we really think is
just one of the best winter tires.
Now, there are other winter tires
out there, so if you don't hear
your favorite brand, don't get mad,
but these are ones that we've ran
in the past, that we've really enjoyed,
and that a lot of people that we help get
these tires, they've really enjoyed, as well.
So we're starting off with Blizzaks WS80.
So the predecessor was the WS70,
which did have some very good things to it,
but the WS80 is actually a really big step up,
in terms of (stutters) technological advancement.
I don't know why that was so hard to say,
and a bunch of other stuff, and
we're gonna get right into it.
So it uses NanoProTech multicell compound,
which is just water-loving hydrophilic coating,
and essentially what it does is
it keeps water at bay when you're going through
in winter, and slush, and everything in between.
Now, one of the biggest misconceptions is
that the more tread that you have
on a winter tire, the better off
you'll be, and that's not true.
It all comes down to the channels,
and how it disperses the snow and slush the best way,
that's gonna get you the best traction, hands-down.
And it's the same thing with ice.
So what it also has is what we call
these microscopic bite particles,
which are like these mini studs,
and they allow the compound to stay flexible
in freezing conditions below, obviously,
zero degrees, and everything like that.
What it honestly really allows you
to do, is when your tire is running
around on this freezing, cold slushy ground
that we love to call our native roads,
six months out of the year, these particles,
and this coating, essentially helps the water stay
away from the tread, pushes it away,
and that also just gets as much traction
onto the ground, to help the tire stay connected.
And what it also does, is with the channels
that are set up with the tread design,
is it evacuates the water in a way
that actually keeps it away from the
inside of the tire, versus the outside of the tire.
So it actually escapes the water away
from the vehicle, which helps a lot,
in terms of, if you have the same tires
on the front and the back.
And those little bite particles act
as studs on the tire, which is
really cool, and it's molded in a directional tread design,
which helps with that channel water,
and all the slow slush, and all that sort of stuff.
The WS80 has these zig-zag sipes,
which essentially help with all the channeling
for the water, and everything like that.
Now, the WS80 isn't the most affordable winter tire,
but it is probably one of the best,
and if you go out on the internet,
a lot of people will say WS80, or Blizzak,
or bust, because there really isn't
anything else like it, in terms
of a lot of the testing that they do with this tire.
It competes on dry performance.
It competes on wet performance.
It competes on cold performance, as some of the best.
But where the WS80 truly shines is
in its actual mix of water and snow,
and everything that has to do with slush.
It does the best, in terms of going against the competition
in the conditions that aren't just one thing.
It does great when it's raining, and also when it's cold.
It does amazing when there's slush,
and there's snow on the ground,
which, if you guys didn't know,
slush behaves a whole different way than snow does.
So WS80 takes our number one spot
for one of the best winter tires you can buy right now.
So if you're looking for a tire because,
let's say, you just happen to drive an Aston Martin
in the winter time, and you just don't wanna be a pleb,
driving on some normal winter tires,
because they only come in a 220, 550, 517,
and you want some sporty sizing,
and some sporty high-profile winter tires,
you actually might find out that Blizzak
also made a tire for the six of you
that would probably ever buy it.
But it's actually a very good tire,
and it's called the LM32.
So the LM32 was a tire that was originally designed
for the Aston Martin winter lineup,
and it was something so that they could drive
these cars in the winter time,
that would also be kind of a sportier-style tread design,
give you a little bit more of a low-profile tire,
but still give you all the benefits
of being an actual winter tire.
And we found a lot of success with the LM32,
especially considering what people want
in a winter tire, these days, is not just function.
They want it to also look nice.
I have to burp.
I forgot to breathe.
So the tread compound features a unique polymer tech,
and to enhance the cold weather traction.
It does a lot of stuff, essentially,
just to help it with the colder inclement weather.
Now, it's not gonna be as fantastical
as the WS80, in terms of the freezing temperature,
but it's gonna do a great job
at handling the less-than-stellar temperature.
So if you're one of those people
that live, let's say, in South or North Carolina,
that sometimes get that weird weather,
or maybe you live in north Texas,
and you pray you lived in south Texas,
'cause north Texas actually gets weather,
you actually would probably pick
up some LM32s, because they're gonna behave
exactly how you want, pretty much all the time.
You really don't need the WS80s
unless you're living in a climate
that really does need some heavy,
aggressive winter tires, because,
a lot of times, if you're getting a little bit
of snow, or a little bit of ice,
or a little bit of slush, you're not gonna need the WS80,
because it's more for the aggressive setups.
It's for the people up here, in Wisconsin,
or Canada, or Minnesota, that get 16 inches
of snow overnight, and you still have
to make it into work the next morning,
because your boss, Jim, is an (beep),
and he doesn't understand that your house,
that's 16 miles away, is no possible way
that any sort of plow is going
to get to your house in a country road.
I remember living in the country.
Nobody comes to plow the road for 18 hours,
and you are stuck inside, and it sucks.
And in case you guys are wondering,
from down south, yes, we legitimately do get stuck
in our houses, sometimes.
It's kinda weird.
You'd think it would be fun.
It's really not, 'cause then you have
to plow, and it's just this video's bringing
back harrowing visions of my origin.
It's just terrible.
So the LM32 has rounded shoulders,
to promote dry and wet handling.
It has stepped independent tread blocks, and sipes,
that helps increase the biting edges, to increase grip,
which the shoulder's gonna help a lot with.
It's gonna help with turning, and things like that, as well.
It also allows the tire to combine winter traction
with the h minus v, w minus rated speed quality.
It's branded with the 3PMSF symbols,
so if you guys wanna know what
that is, you can go on the internet
and look into it, because it's boring,
and only the people that would
really tell you that would probably be
somebody that was ordering an IPA
at a bar nobody heard of, because really, it doesn't matter.
It's a good tire, but the, come on, really?
Are we really gonna do this?
I would say one of the coolest things
about the LM32, though, is the fact
that there are these snow platform indicators
that are molded into the tire,
to tell the driver when the tires,
snow, and ice capabilities will be reduced.
So it's something that just helps people figure
out if the tire is still gonna be able
to do what it wants to do, and that's pretty neat.
There's a lot of tires that are getting smarter.
There's a lot of tires that are getting
more environmentally-friendly,
and there's some pretty cool stuff coming out there,
and the LM32 is kind of one of those tires
where you do get to see a little bit
more user-friendly technology,
versus the WS80, which is just pretty much built
to be a tank, and to handle everything.
And the third one we have is the Firestone Winterforce 2,
which sounds like a username I made
on the Xbox 360, 10 years ago,
but at the same time, it is a very good winter tire.
If you guys are looking to get out
of the Blizzak sort of range, or something like that,
and you wanna go into the Firestone range,
which is actually a kind of a play on words,
but is also a very good tire, this is
something that you could honestly pick up.
It comes in a lot of pretty decent sizes,
and the pricing isn't terrible,
considering what you're buying,
especially for winter-specific tires.
If you guys haven't watched our previous videos,
we talk about all-seasons, versus summer,
versus winter, winter being some
of the most expensive tires that you can buy,
right next to summer-specific tires.
And this is kinda something that's
not gonna be as pricey, but it's
still gonna give you great bang for your budget.
Now, with the Firestone Winterforce 2,
you get deep circumferential (splutters),
deep circumferential circles, wide lateral notches,
and open-shoulder slots, that channel slush
and standing water away from the contact patch
to avoid hydroplaning.
It's also a stud-able tire, as well,
so in case you wanted us to stud
your tires, to be a cool kid on the block,
you can actually do this, with the Winterforce 2.
I had to look at the name, again,
because I just can't get over the name.
Winterforce.
It's just kind of a weird name, I'm sorry.
Anyway, moving forward, another thing,
is it has a high-step density tread pattern.
You have a lot of biting edges, that helps.
The internal structure has twin steel belts,
which is super nice.
It has a polyester casing to combine strength
and ride quality, and it's also branded
with all the sorts of symbols and things
that you would want to expect from a good winter tire.
So if you guys are out there, and
you're looking at tires, and you wanna get
something affordable, these might
not be your option, in which case,
if you're looking for something
more affordable, let us know in the comments section below.
And you can actually check out winter tires
at fitmentindustries.com, there's the plug.
But let us know in the comments section
if you want us to talk about different kinds of tires.
In our eyes, we've seen a lot of people run these three.
We see a lot of people running the WS80.
We see a lot of people running the LM32s,
for a sportier style, more of like a milder winter tire.
Then, of course, we do see the Winterforce 2,
on occasion, not as frequently as the other two,
but still something that I think Firestone does pretty well,
is with that tire.
So let us know what you guys want
us to talk about next, in the comments section below.
Don't forget to subscribe.
I'm Alex, from Fitment Industries,
and we will see you later.
Peace.
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