Thread: Anybody running Cooper S/T?

Originally Posted by frantic

Before the tyre is fitted check the age of the tyre(it's marked on the side a code guide is in here somwhere?), you dont want a tyre thats been sitting around for 2-5 years as the rubber and compunds will degrade and then you may have the tyre under your car for another 5 years so your driving around on 10 year old rubber.
I replaced my old 235/85 st's(on the def when I bought it) which had several repaired punctures (on all 5!) with 5 maxxi bighorn 255/85 r16 they are a bit louder but handle the same, the more agro pattern is compensated by the extra width.

I could check the tyres but where I am there is no old stock. Often you have to wait for the next lot to arrive on the barge from Darwin. 14,000km and 18 months after fitting - hence they are being removed.

Originally Posted by big guy

Could have and surely has happend to many tyres.

Tough terrain, tough tyres and sometimes they fail.
Sorry to hear about the damage though mate.

I agree as other brands I have used have had some issues at some stage but this particular brand and type of tyre have too many delamination stories behind them for me to keep using them on trips. Will use them around home where I do not go longer than 100km at a time.

I did speak to others before I bought them and like some they had not had problems.

If you look in the bottom photo the one long piece of delaminated tread can be seen. It was almost wrapped around the brake line and ABS sensor but fortunately no damage!

I have a set of st,s 245/ 16s on the old series 1 disco .They have done nearly all highway and dirt driving with beach runs most weekends.I have done almost 100k on them and they have about a third tread left. The only problem I have encounted is a side wall staking which is 2 inch in length and has been patched as a spare. still holding air. Poor choice of place to turn the vehicle and camp trailer in the scrub on my behalf, not the tyres. cant fault them and wont hesitate to buy them again when I eventually run out of tread.