tyres...which ones ??

Well we have both on two diff jacks and its the 694s by a country mile, have not even had a punture out of them yet. Not game to to far into rocky terrain with the atrs
Cheers Pete

Hey,
Just put a complete set of LT D694 275 65 17 (Standard Size) Bridgys on my GU4 Patrol after a month of research. I was looking for Light Truck construction this time as I will spend a bit of time heading down bush tracks with my fly fishing. I did look at the Coopers and the first obstacle was they didn't make the exact size for our Patrol and other than dealers who sold them 4WD Commentators who get them for free and people who followed in blind faith believing the hype there wasn't a lot of positive reports out there. Pat Callinan swears by the Coopers, but I have a earlier DVD series of his swearing by BF Goodrich. This will fire up a hornets nest I know, but the there are a lot of dissatisfied owner out there who didn't read the small print regarding the warranty on the Coopers and by all accounts, there was many who said the Coopers were very ordinary in the wet on sealed roads. My Patrol has done 228,000 klms and this is only the 3rd set of tyres that have been on it. This includes the originals. There is the small point that the Bridgys cost me $500 less than my best quote on the Coopers. I have done more than 100,000ks out of my last 2 set of tyres, so couldn't see the benefit dollar wise to pay $500 more. Mind you I did get some quote for the Bridgestones upmaround the Coopers price by non Bridgestone Dealers and I would have still bought the Bridgestones.

bridgestone or bfg. never coopers.

Hi Dawg

have just been through the same dilema myself for my 06 Navara. it came standard with the older version of the bridgestone a/t's and ive got nearly 60,000kms from them, mostly on tarmac. my choice was between cooper A/T's, BFG A/T's or the bridgestone d694 and after lots of research ive decided to go with the BFG's. i'm getting them fitted tomorrow so will see the results in the coming weeks.

as with a few others, i read lots of reviews and the key is to filter the ones that have the bias in them (not easy sometimes!) many bad reviews put me off the coopers, stories of them falling apart and poor service etc. the fine print on the warranty is another negative.

the bfg's had resonable reviews and a mate of mine had previously recommended them so will see how they turn out!

of your 2 choices, i'd say based on the reviews i've read, avoid the Coopers

cheers

Jack

Dawg, one other point are you looking at the ATR or ST. The Sts do have very good off road traction, but as others have said are dicy on wet tar, most likely due to being a hard compound. Mate has Sts and swears by them in Muddy paddocks but is getting rid of them soon.
Cheers Pete

Hi Dawg,

Ive got 694's on the Pajero and BFG A/T's on the Rodeo. Both are good but i believe the BFG's are slightly better offroad and the 694's slightly better on road.


Cheers Wilko

Hi there all,
Thanks very much for the feedback regarding my question everyone....i think after reading them all and a few other threads posted both here and elsewhere and chatting to a few of my workmates, the winners clearly are the Bridgestone D694's.
it is a pity that coopers hypes their product up as i was under the belief there was no better tyre.
i may have a look also now at the pricing of the BFG A/T's...
Cheers
Dawg 13