Tyres
Submitted: Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 14:48
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120prado120
HELP!! I am about due to get some new tyres for the beast but everyone you talk to tells a different story. At the moment I am deciding between BFG all Terains & the Cooper Sure Trac's. i am running 17"
Reply By: Member - Sparkie (QLD) - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 15:52
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 15:52
go with what you can afford.
PersonallyI am a BFG fan but have had no XP with Coopers.
Sparkie(IE not Y) ;-)
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Follow Up By: Member- Marc - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 19:14
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 19:14
Gents,
Have just fitted a set of BFG AT to my 120. Firstly let me say that i am a BFG fan as i had 2 sets of coopers fail at high speed ( older style dicoverys).
The BFG were much cheaper than the Coopers and, based on my experience that' all the better.
cheers,
Marc
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 16:10
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 16:10
Try searching a few of the 100,000,000,000 tire threads pre day that are asked round here..
There maybe even a few answers :)
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Follow Up By: Diamond (Vic) - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 17:14
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 17:14
how many?
and where would one look?
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Reply By: V8Diesel - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 19:46
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 19:46
I'm still deciding between the BFG AT's and new Cooper ATR's myself, but leaning strongly towards the Coopers at the moment. Was going to try the BFG's but there seems to be an awful lot written in the archives about the KO series BFG failing (although that seems to have gone quiet, so maybe it was just a bad batch). Some are first hand reports, not a friend of a mate said stuff.
I've got BFG MT's on my Landcruiser and they're great.
Use the search function and tick the boxes for 'both' and 'topic'.
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Reply By: lc_120man - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:33
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:33
You will find that ST are MUCH noisier compared to original Grandtreks.
New STT coming out in a couple of days.
BFG's are OK. The Cooper ATR is coming out in 265/65/17 Size in a couple of
months. I would go with Cooper ATR in either 265/65/17 or 265/70/17.
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Reply By: STAN - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:34
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:34
Got a price today on BFG AT 265 75 16 $238 fitted and balanced . iS THIS A GOOD PRICE ?? They are going up 5% on the 1-3-05 . and yes the are made in USA . Got over 80,000 k out of the present set They now have a 6 year guarantee with them against faulty manufacture STAN
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Follow Up By: 120prado120 - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 03:10
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 03:10
Stan if you dont mind me asking where did you get that price from
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Follow Up By: STAN - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 20:27
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 20:27
120 PRADO120 TRY
JUNCTION TYRES MENTONE . OR HIGHWAY TYRES DOVETON YOU HAVE TO BE A 4WD CLUB MEMBER THOUGH
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Reply By: muzzimbidgie - Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:43
Monday, Feb 21, 2005 at 20:43
Yes there was a faulty batch a few years back. All fixed now.
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Reply By: Gossy - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:04
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:04
Just to add my two cents worth! I have Cooper ST's and they have done
Googs Track,
Gawler Ranges, Flinders,
Birdsville, Camerons Corner. Went all that way with only some very small chipping on the back two tyres because of the weight we were carrying (I like to
camp in style after 11 years in the Army!). Rang up Coopers and within 10secs of being on the phone to my tyre seller they replaced them with two brand new ST-C's. Though you pay a bit more for them the warranty and backup service is brilliant.
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Reply By: Baz (NSW) - Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:28
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:28
We just got a set of Cooper STs they are good so far and they were cheaper than the BFGs by $30 a tyre, we had BFGs on our
old car and they were excellent, so i reckon either way you can't go wrong.
Baz.
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