For more than a decade Z-Chain has been the winter traction product choice for police, fire, ambulance and other professional fleets throughout North America. Z-Chain’s fast installation, aggressive traction performance and extreme durability simply out-class all other options.
Product Features
- Manganese alloy cross members provide superior, all-around traction performance and greater durability compared to conventional traction products
- Fast, secure installation and removal, with no need to move the vehicle
- Better compatibility with anti-lock brakes, traction control, all-wheel drive (AWD) and other electronically monitored control systems
- Meets S.A.E. Class “S” clearance requirements or vehicles with limited clearance
- Low potential for damage to vehicle body and mechanical components, even when abused
- Chain tensioners should not be used
Good traction cable ‘chains’, too bad the manufacturer fitment guide is very inaccurate Four stars for traction, two stars for documentation, durability unknown (only owned the chains for one season).I have installed these chains on my 2007 RX 350 AWD five or six times, and actually driven in snow with them three times. Despite the very limited torque distribution to the rear, the AWD system works well enough that I haven’t needed to use the chains often, despite going up to South Lake Tahoe close to 10 times this past winter (2016-2017) with record snow. My…
just freezing rain that’s like grease on glass For Texas ice storms… if you’re not from Texas, it doesn’t snow here, just freezing rain that’s like grease on glass. I don’t care where you’re from or if you’ve got 4-wheel drive, when the streets are the same as a hockey rink, there’s no way to stay on the road… unless you’ve got these bad boys on your drive wheels. Then you’re like a tank and nothing is stopping you from getting up that hill or down it for that matter without skidding. In fact, these leave marks in the ice like tank…
Very easy to use Surprisingly easy to use, I purchased these when Colorado passed the laws regarding passenger vehicles requiring chains in the mountains. As the included instructions suggested, I practised putting them on my tires while in the garage to familiarize myself with how they worked. They’re very easy to put on and take off, and don’t require you to place them and then drive over them to get them around the tires. Because of the two connections you have to make as a result, they do have a tendency…