New Mickey T's

You know who make the micky's......or maybe not

Hiya ajd

31k thats bloody terrible,although i have the MT MTZ i was told to change around every 5k...Might pay for you to get out of the 12k-15k habit...What hav you got to loose,apart from bad wear and tear,nothing..

You should get 80k plus with those tyres...


Cheers

So question is - what did you do (or did not do) to the Coopers to make them fall apart?
As the tyre subject always get a response it would be interesting to know your driving habbits and tyre pressures used. I have to always ask - Is it the tyre or the person using it? I ask that question because the following is normal of what some say about Coopers.

"COOPERS WIN 4WD TYRE TEST
Steve Vickers with the winning Cooper ST tyre
The popular Cooper S/T Discoverer tyres have beaten 16 other brands in a comprehensive all terrain tyre test conducted by a national 4WD magazine.
In the comparison, three 4WD experts tested the tyres for "Australian 4WD Monthly" on a range of surfaces, including bitumen, gravel, sand and fire trails. Based in Newcastle, NSW, for eight days, the drivers used the nearby freeway, Watagan mountains and Stockton beach. Their test vehicle was a current model 3.2 litre Pajero turbo diesel, and the test team worked "blind" so they did not know which brand of tyre they were using at any time.
At the finish, Cooper Sure Trac tyres came out the winners, rating five out of five for gravel roads, and four points in the categories for fire trails with rocks and mud, as well as for sand and beach driving.
Product manager for Cooper Tires in Australia, Steve Vickers, said the test was proof that American research and development, combined with input from Australia and South Africa, had resulted in the Cooper Sure Trac being the market leader in both performance and value for Australian 4WD owners"

Best of luck with the new ones & let us know what they are like after 31k. Cheers Tony

My ATZ (4 ribs) are getting fitted tomorrow morning....i hope they hold up to my expectations. :-)

Good to hear that they aren't too noisey.

Andrew

AAAAAHH

Get some BFGs into ya


Cheers

Yep I have no issues with the BFG's 70,000km & pehaps 10-15000 to go. Not too noisy either pehaps I'm used to it?

90 series Prado, 99% shopping trolley.

What's the go on Cooper ST/C tyres...Good/Bad or whatever??
Any comments either way ??

I think even Cooper suggest that if you are not on the gravel roads a lot then the ST-C is not the tyre for you as the rubber is designed more for the gravel and will wear faster on the black top.

A close friend of mine had STT on his 80 series and ran them at 45psi as per instruction from the installer... did do some off road stuff but basically the tyres lasted SFA and he has since binned them out for Mickey Thompson and is happy.

Another close friend who had a set on his GU put his to the test of agressive driving off road etc and they basically disintergrated in record time... he did treat them rough but they just shredded!

Both drivers know what they are doing and are very well informed on tyre management and maintenance etc.

ajd

Wouldn't make any difference with Cooper's. Their warranty is crap.

Our friend, who went out in the Desert with us on our last trip, did 2 brand new ones, one at 5000 km and the other at 8000 km, and when she took them back to the local realer, he just scoffed at the idea, that they should be replaced, "you know that you are on the roughest roads in Oz" was his answer., and just wiped his hands of it..

Nice guy..

Me, well I was lucky enuf not to have even one puncture, but they were cut to pieces, and when I sold the Navara, in June/July last year, I noticed that on the Patrol the Cooper Tyres had sidewall ripples. Another local Cooper dealer in the area told me they were "splice joins".. I said get them off, and put BFG's in it,,
Bloody beautiful

Those Coopers are still in my shed, hanging up, and you want to have a look at the inside of them ,, Glad I took them off,, No telling when they will explode. Bulges on the inside, under the tread..
Makes you think a little

Cheers
Bucky