Thread: Westlake SL369

Originally Posted by 3rdy

so Ive taken a couple of pics to give you and understanding on the difference of wear on the Coopers Discovery A/T vs Westlake SL369...

Remembering these are on a Prado, driven on majority Pilbara dirt roads and mine sites...

On my 90... I have BF Goodrich!

Thank you 3rdy,

A picture is worth a thousand word.

I am seeing well or is it an illusion that the Westlake is wearing better that the Cooper?

have a couple more millimetres of tread, but started with more to begin with... they are showing more signs of tread edge deterioration, But I also believe they are a harder compound. So while they look ugly, Id say they have very similar wear attributes.... if you look close at the SL369's, they have a smaller tread edge deterioration.

You dont always get what you pay for, with any brand. Very good mate of mine has STT's on his FJ and they're nearly bald after, at most, 30,000 ks. Been rotated frequently, he can be slack with the pressures but if anything not deflating for the odd squirt offroad. So theres chipping but thats more his fault than the tyres'.

Such a disappointing wear rate! Definitely not going near them.

I run KM2's got about 50,000 at least so far and they're wearing much better still got heaps of tread. Ran the old-pattern Cooper ST's before that and got about 100,000 out of them no worries.

Give the chinese muddies a punt if you like the pattern.

Vicky Sun Tyres - About Goodride Tyres
I have a set of SL 369 tyres on a 2.25 diesel LR 88. Hav'nt done much miles but they've been fine so far, including stopping on wet roads. Don't know what stopping would be like in the wet at 60 or 70 mph but it is fine in the LR 88 which has a lower top speed
Off the mainroad they've been fine, even on tick over. Don't think they'd be good in sand, just dig themselves in. Don't know about bumper deep mud but they've been fine in tyre depth where they have bitten down to the hard underneath. I know someone else who has them on a working farm TD5 90 who has no complaints. The last tyres on the LR 88 were replaced due to age, not wear so I'd expect these to be the same.
Hav'nt had to air them down so I can't comment on this.
So to sum up...good so far, does what I got them for but I don't know how far you could push them. You could probably get a "name" brand for a little more, so they are not a bargain basement job.
I'll post an update when I'm changing them on the LR 88 in 2026....