Thread: D4 19inch COOPER Zeon LTZ 255 55 19

hi guys,

I had replaced my front tyres with Pirelli scorpion ATR and now it needs replacing after 30,000kms, I did expect them to last longer. Took it back to Kmart, and the store manager was not able to replace the tyres however, offered the Pirelli Scorpion ATR for $419 fitted. Should I go for the ATR's or the Duratrac? I do a bit of 4wding every now and then both beach driving and terrains like the glass house. The Pirelli ATR's did perform great on sand and dirt but not that effective in mud conditions. Please advise if the Duratrac can handle sand, dirt and mud conditions? Cheers.

4evershiva, the Duratrac has a more open tread so should be better in mud.

I wouldn't suggest fitting Duratracs full time for only occasional traction advantage if the vehicle does a lot of on-road travel because their tread pattern virtually guarantees faster wearing and more noise. Furthermore in this size there's no user feed-back that their sidewalls are any tougher for rocks than other more road-based tread pattern tyres.

Tyresales quoted $403 per tyre for the Duratracs. Goodyear replied that the buy 3 get one free is only in NSW promotion.

Originally Posted by Graeme

I wouldn't suggest fitting Duratracs full time for only occasional traction advantage if the vehicle does a lot of on-road travel because their tread pattern virtually guarantees faster wearing and more noise. Furthermore in this size there's no user feed-back that their sidewalls are any tougher for rocks than other more road-based tread pattern tyres.

Will be interesting to see how the duratracs fare to save on buying new rims. GOE's plus tyres adds up.
Maybe one day someone will want to swap GOEs with tyres for a nearly new set of 19"s with fresh rubber. :-)

Initially i had plans to get the GOE rims plus tyres that costs around 4k. don't have the cash to spend that much as of now. My tyres are defect so had to replace them now. also i though most people went down to 18inch so they have better range of tyre availability. but since the market is opening up options for 19inch, i went to buy new tyres.

Replaced the Wrangler HP's with Zeon LTZ's today. Initial impressions after 4km... No difference
Thought about Duratrac but was very hard to source up here so went with what was easy to get.

Might go for a drive on the weekend and see how the Coopers go. Certainly look good.

Originally Posted by 4evershiva

Tyresales quoted $403 per tyre for the Duratracs. Goodyear replied that the buy 3 get one free is only in NSW promotion.

Called one Goodyear Autotyre place today about the Duratracs and they say they are not aware of the promo. Having said that, they say that the new promo of the same nature will start on 16/11/2015.

BTW, Tempe Types is selling them for $340ea, fitted and balanced. See here. Hope this helps someone.