Cooper 285/75/16 S/T Price in Melb & my experiences with them
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 08:40
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DARREN
Just wondering if anyone has recently purchased and can give an idea of price or suggest dealer.
Noting some Cooper bashing in older posts, it seems apparent they don't stand up too
well to hard rock work.
I have had these on my 3.0 Patrol since new in 2003 and have clocked up more than 90,000 on them including a trip to
Cape York but otherwise mostly on road with the occaisional relatively cruisy off road high country trip. As a moderately aggresive general use tyre I am a fan of them hence am happy to purchase again. They did develop stress marks over the years around some of the lugs particularly after rock work but I have not actually lost any.
Interesting to note also that I had no flats for the first 70,000 or so incl CY but have had 3 since.
Reply By: Robin - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:01
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:01
Hi Darren
I only buy Coopers ST because no one else makes an AT in size 255/85/16 which I believe is optimum long distance tyre for my 4800 gu patrol.
Last two years we have brought tyres from Total Tyres (popular for 4wd) but at the really specials deals they usually have at Wandin Show.
Its on again in 10 days also.
Robin Miller
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:11
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:11
Robin,
BFG Muddies also come in 255/85R16. I was contemplating doing the same.
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Follow Up By: Robin - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:53
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:53
Hi Phil
Yes theres significantly less rotating mass and better steering with 255 on the 7inch rims I use, and they give even more real ground clearance than the 285 anyway at lower fuel consumption, and leave a really long contact patch aired down.
In looking at the BFG muddies I did not think that the tread block stability would be good enough , nor did I feel there was quite enough tread surface area for the GU size car.
The 255 ST have almost the same size tread contact width as my normal running 235/85 Opats.
Robin Miller
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Reply By: Matt(WA) - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:25
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:25
Hi Darren,
I am in
Perth but got
mine through tyrepower(no association) and they are oz wide. $299 each. Had to haggle a bit but thats what I got them for in the end. I am also pretty happy with them.
Cheers
Matt
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Reply By: PhilZD30Patrol - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:45
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:45
Hi
The Cooper Sure Trac comes in 3 types and 3 prices.
Many other tyres also have the car and LT variations. They look similar but have LT branded on them.
Cooper ST:
- car type
- Light truck 8 ply
- Light truck 10 ply
About $10 to $20 difference between each type.
The LT are supposed to be stronger, more puncture resistant and heavier so you may experience a slight decrease in fuel economy but you can carry a heavier load.
Cheers
Phil
Cheers
Phil
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Follow Up By: DARREN - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:04
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:04
Phil,
Are you saying that the 285/75/16 come in these 3 variations?
If so do the LT state the ply on the sidewall.
Being a pretty big tyre I would have expected this size to only come in the 10 ply.
Thanks
Darren
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Reply By: PhilZD30Patrol - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:16
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:16
Hi Darren
An old print out from Coper's web site says that your size only came in 8 ply LT in the Sure Trac.
I mentioned the 3 types for general information as they were available in 5 of the more common Sure Trac sizes when I printed the list. Sorry if I confused the issue for you. Coopers may have updated their list.
I got caught out in ignorance. I couldn't work out why the prices were so different until one dealer asked the simple question "do you want car or 8 or 10 ply LTs?)
Cheers
Phil
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Follow Up By: DARREN - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:20
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:20
thanks for that Phil.
I will check their current list, the 3 punctures from daily driving in the last 18 months have been a PITA although punctures always seem to come in twos or threes so if it is possible to up to 10 ply it could be worthwhile.
thanks again
Darren
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Reply By: Diver1 - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 13:18
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 13:18
We have stt's on the 80 series....paid $1900 for the stt's.....for 5 of them.....was going to cost around $1300 for the 5 if we got the st's
we got same size 285/75/16....but wishing we got the 265....standard size cos they are cheaper and doesnt put the speedo out.....plus the 285 are 8 ply and 265 are 10 ply.....have never had a problem with them....did nearly 10,000km on the trip
birdsville - alice - ood etc...done 5000km since we got back and tyres are great....just gotta get another set of rims so we can get the roadies back on so we dont waste such precious rubber!!!
glad we bought them.....just gotta have the right tyre pressure at the right time, treat them like they're the queens mother and they'll treat you right!!
Laura
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Follow Up By: raunchy - Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 23:31
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2007 at 23:31
Agree, 285 STTs are great, done the Simpson, not even thinking of bogging, the
Vic high country, no hassles, only puncture was from a nail in
Canberra, even then it was a slow leak. Cant recommend them highly enough, they are my daily driver and can be a bit noisy with the windows down, they have travelled all above and everything else incl 5000kms trip to Bris from Melb and back(the long way) and still have plenty of tread for our Tas (SERIOUS) trip in March.
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Follow Up By: Member - Bucky (VIC) - Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:35
Thursday, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:35
G day
Laura
Still here, not long now !
Sent you a naughty email this morning.
LOL
Bucky ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ps say hi to Nathan and the girls from both of us xxx
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