Originally Posted by
Tombie2
IMO and experience I would never, never ever trust a Cooper tyre.
Cooper and Mickey Thompson are owned in the USA by the same co-op. Yet manufacture at different factories / locations in the US.
Several Mickey T guys I have spoken to tell me they wont even 'talk' to the Cooper factory guys...
A good friend owns a 4wd specialist tyre store in Adelaide...
He will NOT sell Cooper tyres - But is the largest seller of Mickey T in SA and at one stage was National Seller.... This is by choice, he makes less margin on a MickeyT than any other brand he sells... He can make more on the Coopers.... He wont...
Would any of you trust your $60k+ vehicle to retreads? Coopers arent much better....
No-one in our entire 4wd club runs Coopers with good reason.. Several punctures, blow outs and a few delamination incidents put paid to that.
Cooper tyres are pushed as a 'premier' brand in Australia... IN the USA they are regarded as rubbish....
The Australian importer sells them as 'bread and butter' and refers to Mickey Thompson tyres as their "Premium" line....
BTW - There is a FC-II that will fit on listed... I will chase the details Monday and report back...
FC-II with hard use has given me 80,000km and being removed as 5mm tread is not enough for offroad use...
I understand the factory tyres arent any chop offroad, but Coopers isnt a step forwards.... Sideways or backwards maybe.... I wouldnt put my faith in them nor trust my vehicle, my life, or that of my family to Coopers.
Cooper LTZs
. I did get one punture coming down the Tanami, that was just an unlucky big rock. We went up the Old Ghan track with all the rail spikes with no trouble at all, one Hilux with us had 4 puntures in his bridgestones for the trip, but he now knows what air pressure means. I ran 23 lb cold on the dirt.
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