Thread: Anybody running Cooper S/T?

Originally Posted by Stuuu

And after 14,000 kms!






May post the photo of Derek the Panel Beater at some stage too!

Dale,whats wrong with that??? Its still keeping the rim out of the dirt!!!!!
I hope Coopers are going to cover the damages and get you a new set of tyres.
THATS JUST WRONG!!!!
Andrew

First thing Derek said was "It's still up!"

Had a busy two days in Darwin Thurs & Fri and as I did not have the invoices with me I didn't bother the Darwin agent but bought 2 Goodyear Wranglers to put on the rear. I left the 2 on the front that have done 4,000kms and made the 2 others with 11,000kms the spares for the drive home today which fortunately was uneventful!

bought a set 6 odd years ago, done heaps and heaps of miles on them, still got plenty of tread depth and no probs. If they are sooo bad then I must be lucky

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Dale,whats wrong with that??? Its still keeping the rim out of the dirt!!!!!
I hope Coopers are going to cover the damages and get you a new set of tyres.
THATS JUST WRONG!!!!
Andrew

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 had ST's on my Hilux a few years back and they were replaced under warranty after a trip I did to the Flinders, Birdsville and Innaminka. At the time I was fully aware of the issues with chipping and lugs tearing off so I kept an eye on speed, tyre pressure and wheel spin. I felt like I babied them but lugs were still torn off!

All four were replaced pro-rata and I had no further chipping problems. Only because I sold the Hilux before doing any other major offroading . I for one will not be going back to ST's.

Yep, Had a set on now for aprox 5 years or so, done aprox 80000 kms
some high country work while hunting. all good here. no probs at all. and they look like i will get 50000 more k's out of them.
but i'm a good driver and look after my car, unlike some

A big Cooper's agent in Hobart told me not to touch them - he said the warranty claims were crippling his business. He showed me a pile of them in the shop corner with all sorts of issues, splits, delaminations and so on - all waiting for Cooper's reimbursement. Having come from the dealer, you can imagine my surprise!! At least he was honest.

But then again, another dealer in Hobart who was trying to sell them to me said that his customers were in the main happy especially with the high milage they were getting. he got vague when I asked him about warranty issues, saying only that he would stand by them provided they were brought back for regular rotation, pressure/wear/alignment checks and so on.

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.