Thread: Advice on available 17" ATs

Originally Posted by kingo

The spare hasn't been changed (too tight to spend the extra $400), but should get done. Currently the spare is a Mickey Tom as mentioned in an earlier post and looking at it the other day, there is still some space around it. I think it is a 245/70/17. When I bought the car it had them all around and I've never seen tyres in such poor condition. Still had 5-7mm of tread left, but the chipping was increadible and the tyres were deemed unroadworthy, my advice is to steer clear of them.
Cheers
Andrew

Andrew

How many KMs on them when you got the vehicle?
Did the owner do a lot of trips?
Did they run correct pressures?

Unless you're the owner from new (the tyres) it's not a fair call....

We have a set here, done 130,000km and still 5mm tread and no chipping. And lots of rock and gibber work.

Another thumbs up from me for the Mickey Thompson AT's - had them for 2 years on the FL2 and a year on the D3 - brilliant tyre.

Cheers,

Gordon

I will agree with Mike & Gordon,
In my experience with Coopers nothing but problems, Things may have changed but once(or in my case twice) bitten twice shy.
I have the Mickey Thompson MTZ's in 265/65/17, they fit nicely albeit a little tight, but are a great tyre.

Hi Tombie. The car had 79000kms on it when I got it and obviously the MT's were it's 2nd set, so I'm guessing about 50000kms on them max. As I said there was plenty of tread left, but the chipping was amazing. The spare has the most tread out of the 5, but it is chipped to buggery.

My opinion of Coopers only comes from now having 3 sets and done some long hard trips on them. The first set was on my GU 2004 Patrol, which did Cape York fully loaded from Melb, Dig Tree fully loaded and camper trailer, plus many other. Never had a problem, except for a broken piece of rusty screw driver on the way up the Cape. Then drove on a plug for 20000kms before getting it properly fixed.

I'm sure other tyres are also good and have also heard of problems with Coopers, but as you asked, how many kms, what pressures and loads go with those problems.

3 sets of Coopers and over 200000kms in total and 3 flats, one the screw driver and the other 2 nails, that would penetrate any tyre IMO. I think that is a fair call.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Personally, I would avoid Coopers like the plague

+100, couldn't agree more, personally.

Am looking at importing 4 x Bridgestone 695's from the US.

Personal experience with the Coopers is similar to others - particularly too many punctures.
The ATR's not aggressive enough for my liking, too soft a side wall that was easily damaged. But if you do alot of sand driving and tar roads, then these would probably be your nirvana.
The ST's chip too easily, and are lousy on wet tarmac. Personally, I found them to be noisy at all speeds and hard riding.
I can't comment on the other Cooper models.

Personal experience with the Micky T ATZ's in LT245/70R17 (5 rib) was disappointing. Worst tyre I've had with respect to chipping and tread block cracking (on correct pressures for the conditions/terrain). It's been the only tyre that I've ever felt the need to question the supplier about re it's performance and deterioration. Told that it was 'normal' wear & tear. Even though they subsequently continued to deteriorate, they got good mileage, never punctured, and had great traction on and off road. But I was always had a concern in the back of my mind about blowouts due to the tread block cracks...