Sorry guys!Tyres Again!!!!

hiya prado i bought a set of 31/10.5/15 cooper st about 6 mths ago.i live in bendigo and apparently in rural areas they do not actually offer a waranty as such.but the guys where i bought the tyres told me and i have been dealing with then for years that theres no reason you wont get the same miles in the bush as you will in the city and if there was a problem cooper would come to the party anyway.i did a service on my gq yesterday and the tyres have done just on 30000ks with out a rotation till yesterday morning slackness on my behalf as the tyre company where i bought them told me to come in every 10000ks and they will do a FREE tyre balance and rotation for the life of the tyres.the way i see it its a way for some tyre companys to get you in and charge for rotatioin and balance every 5000ks.when they balanced them sat morning they barely needed any extra weights on them wich was good .try going to coopers web site www.coopertires.com.au and contact them and see what they say about country/city waranties and will it be invalid if you dont do it every 5000ks i think there pretty good.

G day guys
just a quickie when i first started 4wding coopers & road track majors were the joke of the industry due to the fact that they were so damed hard they road terrible,& were so niosie you could hardly hear your self think so to see hear so many people now sing their praises is supprising
are they ruff & noisie ???

I've only had my Cooper ST's on my GQ for a couple of months now but they are a little more noisier than the BFG AT's I used prior. I got 105,000kms on my BFG's and was extremely happy with that mileage, however the reports filtering out on the new ka/km versions were less than flattering and having heard a few good reports in my 4wd club on Cooper ST's I have decided to give them a try.
So far, so good, they have balanced up very well which the BFG's never seemed to get quite right. My tyres seem to prefer lower pressures than the BFG's 34psi vs 38-40psi. I will use higher pressure when fully loaded next week.
As I said they are slightly noisier but the tread pattern is much more aggressive than the BFG, probably being halfway between an A/T and a M/T
All in all I'm very happy with my choice of Coopers.
Regards Andrew.

Problem with Coopers Warranty is it costs you as much as a new set of tires to keep them under warranty..

Worth it??? Not really sold on it personally.

Prado, I've had two Prados and have always used the original tyres - Grandtreks. I run them at the pressure on the vehicle plate (I think Toyota know what's best for their vehicles) I lowered the pressure to 22psi to cross the Simpson Desert and 25 for roads such as the Oodnadatta track. I have had 110,000km from both sets of tyres and have never had a puncture. I do a lot of off road travel and tow a van on made roads. I hope this is helpful to you.

Hey Bob,
Thanks for the info.The Grand trecks on the vehicle were very worn in the middle when I purchased the vehicle.After having the tyres looked at by 3 dealers I was advised to try a different Brand.I now realise the excessive wear was due to wrong inflation levels.The change also lowered the vehicle height by 5cm,which was actually quite noticable at first!The Prado was owned by the Cowra Bowling club,so it probably was'nt a issue with them!!I could'nt believe our luck,as it only had 40,000klms on it

merry Christmas
Regards Prado

hiya prado/truckster regarding stolen tow bars remove r clip drill the hole out a little and fit as padlock

Few months back put a set of new Bridgestone Duellers on a MQ and sent it all over the NT's dirt roads. Approx 15,000 ks in 12 weeks. Result is that they faired much better than previous set of Duellers and better than BFG,s - All run over the same roads. The tyres had minimal wear and no chips.

I believe that the cooper warranty does not apply to use in remote area - so in my opinion is BS. Any tyre can get high milage on the bitumen.

The MQ with the new tyres wore our previous set (duellers) in 30,000ks of almost all dirt use.

BFG,s (in my experience) dont wear on the dirt, they chip away - and on one trip - in 5,000 ks of dirt - I lost of alot of rubber from chip/chip/chip/chip/chip - (did I say chipchipchip).

I think the new duellers are worth a look. Anyone else got any reports.

Sean