Which tyres would suit me?

Please at least provide a reason so I can make an informed decision as to which tyres I should purchase.

"I wouldn't use them again" doesn't really help me decide if they're what I need :)

Jason.

Go to the forum index find, search type in tyre go back 2/3 years on start date, then put todays date press go.

By the time you have finished reading all those post and threads on tyres, you will not only be an expert on tyres, you will also be an old man.

Cheers Steve.

OK first i had were STs, they lasted 6000ks before they were chipped so bad they were replaced no charge under warrenty, 2nd set were ST/Cs replaced with STTs after 20.000ks, we approached Cooper at 12,000ks saying they were stuffed but the rep said the blocks aren't seperating from the case so they rejected the first claim for them, then we approached them again at 22,000ks with whole tread blocks seperated from all 5 tyres (spare was used in rotation)

Here are just 3 photos of the ST/Cs the so called CHIP RESISTANT Coopers, LOL







Baz.

That should read again at 20,00ks, the STTs lasted 22,000ks, i just replaced them myself deciding not to go the warrenty way with Coopers but to bite the bullet and go with another brand, apparently they won't let you go with another brand if you get a warrenty claim.

I have Nankang M/Ts now so far they are good, only time will tell and a couple of High country and inland trips to see if they any good for the long haul.

Baz.

Hi Redback

Just curious mate...what tyre pressure was you running in the coopers?? and did you vary it between dirt and bitumen...?? Thanks , FATMAN

When loaded 40 to 42 in the rear, and 34psi in the front on the tar, off road depended on how loaded i was and the surface, but around 26psi F & R.

I had the same conversation with the Cooper rep, he said that was OK, in fact they didn't argue at all after i told them the second time i came back or the third.

Factory pressure or what the tyre placard for my vehicle say 28psi front and 38psi rear.

I'm pretty fussy with pressures, come from my motorcycle racing days ;-))

Baz.

Thats what I'm looking for :)

Thanks for the info, hopefully some people have had some positives with them so it's not all one sided (I hope :))

Jason.

Good luck.....its been a while since any positive feedback on Coopers has been posted.Also have a look at the MTR's.

Yes they are, but MT MTZs have a much stronger side walls carbon fibre I believe.
Anyway I have both but because of the better side walls in the MTZs so thats what I would be using for a trip up there, on the black top they are as good as the Cooper STs.
A friend of mine had 5 flats and threaded 2 of his Coopers on the GRR last year.
So there is my 2 cents worth

Hercules are made by Coopers, don't know about M Thompson.

Have a set of Hercs on the GQ,only done 15k but lookin good so far,mostly on the tar but copped a fair hidding around Lakefield N.P,Laura-Bathurst Heads area,will be going back up there agai shortly so be interesting to see how they go

Agree with that one.

And how you drive. Push the car and tyres, most probably will get more failures, no matter which tyre you run.

Ocassionally you can get a tyre from a bad batch.
So I put the tyres on a few months before a big trip to checkthem out, and see where the limits are.
I also stick to ATs, since I am not driving off road most weekends, and do more touring on recognised tracks and dirt roads.

So I try and stick to well known brands and LT, '8 or 10 ply construction', which really is only a load rating, not the construction. Long gone are the days when they actually put 8 or 10 plies of cotton in the tyre.

Have run Coopers, Toyos, Bridgestone, Dunlop, Simex, Goodyear, Yokohama, Kumhos, Firestone etc, all without any serious problems. Interestingly not BFGs, and I don't know why. Just found them too expensive I suppose compared to the others.

I just ring around before a purchase and see what I can get for what price.

Hi Zodarp - which of the Toyo Open Country patterns did you have?
There are several configurations - as with most of the brands, and it would be of value to know which performed so badly in the wet.............thanks...............>Keith