Fuzion E rated tires--- made by Bridgestone but not just a generic label?

[GON]

Looking for replacement tires for a 2019 F350 dually. I more than likely will replace the tires with Michelin Defenders, or pull offs. Pulls offs had been easy to come by, but lately the "well has been dry".

A search on tirerack showed up a closeout on Fuzion Tires for about $110 per tire (E rated tires for weight). First thought was to never buy Chinese tires, especially for heavy weight. Nonetheless, I did some hasty research on BITOG and then on fuzion's website. I was surprised to discover fuzion is owned by Bridgestone.

So I had to ask myself, is fuzion actually a Bridgestone tire, labeled differently, or a independently designed and manufactured tire and the holding company is simply Bridgestone.

https://www.thefuzionzone.com/fuzion-highway

 

[mrsilv04]

If you could get the plant code off of one of the tires, you could look it up and be sure that they were made in China.

https://ask.prioritytire.com/3890238/Who-makes-Fuzion-tires

 

[jhellwig]

That is a good price for a load range E tire. Had tire shops say they have better luck with the Chinese tires on trailers than American made ones.

 

[Nukeman7]

The Fuzion tires are made in Chinese factories to Bridgestone's specifications. I had a set of Fuzion sport-touring all weather tires on a Honda and they were pure garbage. Noisiest, hardest riding tires I have ever owned. They had poor wet traction, twitchy handling, and poor braking characteristics. They wore like iron, but had belt breakage around 30,000 miles. I was glad to get rid of them sooner rather than later.

 

[skyactiv]

Probably the same tire sold at Firestone Auto Care locations sold as the Suredrive brand.

 

[skyactiv]

Update, it is sold as the SureDrive Highway LTR at Firestone Auto Care locations.

 

[GON]

The Fuzion tires are made in Chinese factories to Bridgestone's specifications. I had a set of Fuzion sport-touring all weather tires on a Honda and they were pure garbage. Noisiest, hardest riding tires I have ever owned. They had poor wet traction, twitchy handling, and poor braking characteristics. They wore like iron, but had belt breakage around 30,000 miles. I was glad to get rid of them sooner rather than later.

Really great feedback- thanks very much.

New Michelin at tires is about $273 before sales tax on Tire Rack. That is then times six tires, and Discount Tire installation of $150.

This person is selling "slightly used-lol" take off Michelins for $1700:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1605950736723034/?

 

[GON]

Update, it is sold as the SureDrive Highway LTR at Firestone Auto Care locations.

Tirerack had zero reviews of these Fuzion tires, found that unusual.

 

[Nukeman7]

Probably the same tire sold at Firestone Auto Care locations sold as the Suredrive brand.

Actually, their SureDrive (passenger car) tires are made by Kumho and are decent for an economy line. Firestone replaced their Primewell house brand with SureDrive in 2023. Primewell tires were also garbage like the Fuzion line. While they are manufactured in China and Malaysia, the SureDrive tires are several steps above in quality.

 

[ctechbob]

Never used their truck tires, but their passenger car tires always worked well for me. Although I usually wasn't super picky about the Accord, but they didn't have any issues I would consider bad. Wet traction was ok, wore decently, maybe a slight bit noisy but nothing horrible.

 

[GON]

Never used their truck tires, but their passenger car tires always worked well for me. Although I usually wasn't super picky about the Accord, but they didn't have any issues I would consider bad. Wet traction was ok, wore decently, maybe a slight bit noisy but nothing horrible.

The tires will be sitting simply holding the weight of the dually 99 percent of the time. When the tires are being worked, likely supporting a fifth wheel trailer weighing 15k LBS. So, tire construction is number one concern,

 

[CKN]

That is a good price for a load range E tire. Had tire shops say they have better luck with the Chinese tires on trailers than American made ones.

I have run Greenball Transmasters tires all over the country on my travel trailer. I replace every three years. Zero issues-NONE.

 

[97prizm]

That is a good price for a load range E tire. Had tire shops say they have better luck with the Chinese tires on trailers than American made ones.

Weird. Michelin just started building American trailer tires in the USA again.

 

[GON]

Weird. Michelin just started building American trailer tires in the USA again.

Didn't know that- awesome news thanks for posting about it.

 

[benjy]

like batteries there are only a few manufacturers, BUT the specs followed $$$ to make things can vary + ow brand names cost $$$ as well, good luck!!

 

[c502cid]

I have used both Fusion (and Primewell) tires in the past and they served me well. They are tires at a price point. Are they perfect at that price point? Nope, but then again neither were the cars I had them on.

 

[Black Thunder]

I honestly didn't know they still made Fuzion tires.

at a service center that i worked at maybe 20 years ago, they had mainly bridgestone tires or off-brand bridgestone tires, fuzions being one of them.

they were decent tires then.

later on they changed suppliers to cooper/dean tires

 

[MParr]

Have you looked at Nitto Dura Grapplers or a Sumitomo?