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I'm on my 2nd set of Pirelli ATR's in the 255/55/19 size. I know they cost more than the competition but if I get the same life out of this set as the 1st I'll be happy. 1st set lasted 80k (over 50,000 miles), I still have 2 of them with 5mm on as spares.
Hi guys - I have a Dicovery 3 HSE with 19inch wheels. 90% of my driving is in Melbourne. I do like to take the beast out on tracks ocassionaly but nothing too serious. I am looking at changing my OEM tyres and am thinking of the Cooper Zeon LTZ 255 55 19. My local Tyrepower dealer is quoting $389 fitted or I can go the General Grabber for $289 fitted..
What should I go for? so far from the thread it seems like people are saying that Coopers are worth the extra dollars, but for someone who is doing more city driving, are Coopers still the better option?
Mate if you can get the coopers at that cost get them BUT mate sure there not parallel because you will have no come back at all on them...
For the the GGAT i do for $280 fitted and balanced...
Hi mateQuote:
Originally Posted by boofdtl
What do you mean by parrallel? How can I tell if they are parrallel or not?
What are your thoughts on the GGAT - for the driving that I do, do you think that they would be sufficient?
Actually how many tyrepowers are in Hawthorn? I have been quoted by tyrepower howthorn, and it seems like you are from a Tyrepower in Hawthorn as well...??
No i am from tyrepower camberwell up the road from THEM
Gazcoonar
I have the 19"Cooper LTZ and they are a great tyre as I did 17000km around Oz and rough tracks in the outback.
They are a great and very tough tyre but there is a low level hum from them on the bitumen, plus I like to save them for the rough stuff.
That is why I have put my Wranglers back on for my 90% bitumen road for the fact they are very quiet. When the Wranglers wear out I will go for a Pirelli or some such highway tread ATR type of tyre and use the Cooper for heavy duty off road.
It is my opinion for what it is worth.
Graeme (the other one)
I have the GG AT's and are very happy with them.
Noticed that the rim protectors work well & seem to stick out to protect rims from scrapes.
From the amount of mud they leave over my car I can assume they they clear well.
Cheers
I replaced my original goodyear wranglers at around 12,000K as I wasn't happy the way they were wearing and wanted to go to a more aggressive tread for off road work.
I replaced them with General Grabbers 255/55/19. The GG made marginally more noise than the wranglers. I did a trip to the Kimberley this year and did over 2,500 K of punishing dirt on the Gibb River road. Yes, I know the Gibb river road is only about 670K long, but I went up every side attraction including the Kalumburu road to Mitchell Falls. I reckon I did around 3000K on dirt by the time I got back to QLD.
As for my opinion on the General Grabbers, I think they are rubbish as I did 3 of them on the Gibb river adventure. 2 were crown damage and the other was sidewall. I was running them between 30 and 35 psi. It is recommended to run 10 psi below normal and slow down to 80 kph on the Gibb river to prevent crown damage due to very sharp rocks. The rocks in WA are sharp and not rounded like most of the ones in QLD. The one that gave me the sidewall damage was shaped like an axe head.
Luckily I was able to keep going as I had taken with me an extra spare and had to get an additional tyre sent from Kunnunura down to Drysdale Station. Incidently I travelled the Gibb river adventure with another D4 owner and he had Pirelli Scorpions and he did not have any issues. We were both towing campers so I think the comparison is like for like.
As I said I'm not a happy camper with the General Grabbers and had no confidence in them whatsoever to the point that when I got back to Kunnurra I had them changed out to the Cooper LTZ's. I found that the Coopers were considerably more noisy than the GG's which were only marginally louder than the wranglers.
So far I'm happy with the Coopers, I can tolerate a bit more noise as its not an issue to me. I like their aggressive tread, more aggressive than the GG's. I've only done about 5,000 K on them and running them at 40 psi and most of it has been on tar.
Shout out to the Tyrepower camberwell boys. Boofdtl did a great job fitting out the beast with Cooper ltzs. The car is driving fantastic - not sure if it is the new tyres or the wheel alignment that he fixed up.. Very happy overall....
Hi,
I have just bought a MY12 D4SE. I am planning on going up the Oodnadatta T and onto Alice and Chambers Pillar next year from near the ACT. I have the factory fitted M+S 19 Goodyear Wranglers. As well as the spare, I will take an additional tyre.
Do people think these tyres will suffice or am I being naive?
Any advice please.
Thanks
Michael