FIRESTONE Winterforce 2 : Anyone have experience with these ?

[odie]

These would be with studs . Have deep sipes and aggressive tread design . Should be better with studs .

Pictures of the tread .

O

Thread 'FIRESTONE Winterforce 2 studdable snow tire pictures'

Apr 19, 2020

Good looking tire with deep siping and tread pattern. Would consider these when time for new snow . Using Cooper Evolution winter with studs for both vehicles .

• odie
• Replies: 6
• Forum: Tires & Wheels

 

[wbwanzer]

With studs, they should take you most anywhere.

 

[odie]

With studs, they should take you most anywhere.

 

[skyactiv]

Be objective and don't seek out opinions you want to hear. In my opinion, that tire is dated. The GENERAL AltiMAX Arctic 12 appears to be a smarter choice for around the same price and is made in a 1st world country while the Firestones are made in places you wouldn't want to live. Both have 12/32 of tread when new. Both are studable.

 

[camrydriver111]

Be objective and don't seek out opinions you want to hear. In my opinion, that tire is dated. The GENERAL AltiMAX Arctic 12 appears to be a smarter choice for around the same price and is made in a 1st world country while the Firestones are made in places you wouldn't want to live. Both have 12/32 of tread when new. Both are studable.

Why? Where are the Firestones made?

 

[MNgopher]

That tire is made in Argentina, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico per Tireracks info, depending on the size.

In that category (Studdable Winter / Snow) the Firestone is rated below the Cooper Evolution Winter and General Altimax Arctic. I have the Generals and would happily buy again (mine were made in Germany).

 

[LC]

I ran them for 2 winters in rural WI. I will say they wore well and I had no issues with them. They were not studded. I drive a lot miles around 2000 miles a month so they were well used.
Performance was very good on all surfaces. I preferred the old square noisy tread design they had previously. Those tires would go through anything as they howled down the road. This tread design I thought ran very quiet.

 

[odie]

Be objective and don't seek out opinions you want to hear. In my opinion, that tire is dated. The GENERAL AltiMAX Arctic 12 appears to be a smarter choice for around the same price and is made in a 1st world country while the Firestones are made in places you wouldn't want to live. Both have 12/32 of tread when new. Both are studable.

The ARCTIC 12 sipes are not that deep ( 1/4 ? ) as the original ( ARCTIC ? ) that went to the base . That's why I went to COOPER Evolution Winter that are studdable along with the deep sipes . It's getting harder to find '15 winter tires with deep siping to the base and that are studdable .

 

[Hermann]

These would be with studs . Have deep sipes and aggressive tread design . Should be better with studs .

Pictures of the tread .

O

Thread 'FIRESTONE Winterforce 2 studdable snow tire pictures'

Apr 19, 2020

Good looking tire with deep siping and tread pattern. Would consider these when time for new snow . Using Cooper Evolution winter with studs for both vehicles .

• odie
• Replies: 6
• Forum: Tires & Wheels

Look like they would be good on ice with all those sipes. Plus they look manly.

 

[odie]

Look like they would be good on ice with all those sipes. Plus they look manly.

. The FIRESTONE Winterforce are a very close to the GENERAL Altimax 12 at T.R. in Winter / Snow tires w/ studs rating . I'll take the benefit of deep sipes as a bonus in traction . Both are within a few dollars of one another .

 

[johnnydc]

I have them on 2 cars without studs. A tad noisy on dry pavement to be expected. But good in snow, slush, and even wet conditions. Also reasonably priced. I would buy them again without hesitation.

 

[c502cid]

I ran the old version on a couple of different FWD cars. Both times they were studded and worked great. I like the new design even better!