A few things you should know before buying winter tires.
Published on: December 9, 2020
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Winter tires are manufactured using special flexible compounds. The rubber materials maintain their flexibility in freezing temperatures, which optimizes the traction and the performing safety.
These tires improve the grip on ice- and snow-covered surfaces by utilizing their high-density siping placement. Winter tires come in directional, asymmetric and symmetric tread patterns.
All winter tires must belong to one of the following categories: studless, studdable or studded. Depending on their tread design and their use of studs, winter tires have versatile winter weather performing capabilities.
Studless winter tires completely rely on their tread design and compound materials to ensure a secure winter weather, ice and snow traction throughout their performance.
Studdable winter tires are pinned for studs. The tread pattern features holes where the studs can be inserted, which improves the ice and snow traction and the winter weather driving safety.
Studded winter tires feature versatile studs, depending on the tire type. These tires use the studs to significantly upgrade the winter weather ice and snow grip. However, stud use is regulated by states.