Coopers STT's

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 13:21

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Wayne (NSW)

Just had a set (6) 285/75/16 Cooper STT tyres fitted to the Troopie.

One thing that I have noticed straight away, they do take a bit to get balanced. One tyre had no weights on it at all, I asked the tyre fitter if it was balanced with out any weights and he said that it was the spare and did't require balancing?????
I don't know what he was thinking but the tyre was balanced after a word to the store manager.
This is why I don't trust people who work on my Troopie and why I always check what has been done.

Next trip to try out the tyres will be a 7 day trip in the Vic High Country after the 4WD show then in June the Canning, followed by the Simpson in July. These trips should give the tyres a good work out and i will keep the forum informed on how they are wearing and the handling.

Wayne

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Reply By: Moose - Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 13:32

Reply By: Member - lc120_man (VIC) - Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 14:06

Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 14:14

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Reply By: Willem - Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 18:03

Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 at 18:03

I have done 5000km with my STT's. Will see how they perform on the Big Trip to WA starting 17 April. Previously they have done very well on the French Line and Rig Road as well as Robe beaches. They balanced up very well on steel rims. They are the 265x75x16's. There are a few small cracks in between the lugs probably due to running over long stretches of gibber at under 30psi. I had a lively discussion with Coopers Sales outlet. They couldnt give me a definitive answer. Will have to wait and see.

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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Friday, Apr 01, 2005 at 08:14

Friday, Apr 01, 2005 at 08:14

Willem,

A mate of mine has the same problem with what he said was little crackes in between the lugs. He has only done 10,000klm and has not run on low pressure. Sounds like the same problem. Might be a bad batch??

The STT's that I have only been realsed to a few vehicles for a long term trail and will not be available to the public for another few weeks, althought they have been advertising them for a short time now.

Wayne

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Follow Up By: Member - Bernie. (Vic) - Friday, Apr 01, 2005 at 21:19

Friday, Apr 01, 2005 at 21:19

Hi Willem & Wayne
Will be interested to see what they look like after doing the Birdsville track.
My Goodyear MTR were fine after doing all the gibber roads, trip was
5700 klms with about 2000klms outback on dirt ,rock,gibber etc, however I noticed after the Mungerannie/ Lyndhurst section section the rears did show some very small chips and some 10mm cuts between the tread blocks, front tyres and side walls are fine.
The suprise to me was a 120 series Prado on grand treks which had 1 puncture, and did manage to dent the same rim 2days later after hitting a rock which may have been after a flat .

Mind you there was about 10 punctures in the group of 9 vehicles

Cheers

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