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Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? #1364762
01/05/13 05:14 PM
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So far, I can only find white wall 235/75R15 in these 2 brands.

I've always run BF Goodrich and I do not want Goodyear.

What do you guys think of these 2 brands?

I can't find white wall local so this was through Treaddepot

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364763
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I hate cooper tires and have no experience with toyo.
tire rack shows Goodyear eagle ls in that size whitewall.
I'm not a big Goodyear fan but like them 100% better than cooper.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: MPerry] #1364764
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Tire Rack.com has great reviews on almost every decent tire out there--I always find it very useful when I buy new rubber I always check the reviews on whatever my local guy is pushing--I have found them very informative and have been liking my tires better since started using that.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: ] #1364765
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Have had great luck with Cooper tires over the years. Love them on my truck. Best thing since chains on ice and snow.
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Goodyear store even sells Cooper over GY.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: MoparforLife] #1364766
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Hmmm tire rack doesn't sell cooper tires I wonder why?
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire-brand.jsp

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: MPerry] #1364767
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Wally

I tried Cooper once; and they lacked in the traction department. Switched to Firestone Indy Firehawks and they are fine. Your nearest Firestone dealer should be able to get them for you. As a side story; I bought the Firehawks while on a trip to the U.S. in 2005. You should have seen the looks on some passengers at the air terminals when I rolled them in for check in. I overheard one of them saying: "Look at that idiot, he´s bringing tires with him on the flight."

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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: BadMoonRacer] #1364768
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Most of the Firestone Firehawks have been discontinued. Mickey Thompson are the way to go. IMO and I have had Cobras and BF- Cobras are better than BF.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364769
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No experience with Toyo, but I have a set of 245x45x17 Coopers on my six cyl. Mustang. The Coopers are an all weather design that I use for spring, summer & fall, but I have dedicated winter tires on it for now. My experience with them is that they were easy to balance and didn't have a lot of road force. They have decent grip and when pushed to the cornering limits they lose traction in a nice linear, progressive and predictable manner. They have a pretty open tread that works well in the wet. The down side is that they are somewhat noisy. Not as bad as snow/mud tires on a 4x4 truck, but definitely louder than most everyday tires. The Kumhos on my 'Cuda are similar in price and have better ultimate grip, but they wear a lot faster. The Kumhos are also quieter. If you want a decent everyday tire at an OK price the Coopers should do it for you.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: 5spdcuda] #1364770
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Thanks guys, i'll look for some more options

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364771
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Unfortuneately most people do not care anymore, but here is my

http://www.americanmadetires.com/

And from my experience I will NEVER buy another tire from Tire Rack! If you ever have a problem with a tire they will tell you it is YOUR FAULT!


The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.

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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: Rhinodart] #1364772
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Id run maypops before Id ever have another BF Bad tire..


I am truckless..
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: Rhinodart] #1364773
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Quote:

Unfortuneately most people do not care anymore, but here is my

http://www.americanmadetires.com/




Cool, thanks for the link. I refuse to buy Chinese made tires.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364774
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I have experience with Toyo. I got this screaming deal on slicks from Toyo. I posted about in the the race section about an even year ago. The slicks had different radius, and I couldn't keep the car on the track. It was a new car so I spent a bunch of money and time trying to fix the chassis when it was the tires. When I contacted the West coast rep (where I was working and racing at the time) said she couldn't do anything. But what she meant was she wasn't going to do anything. With like l2 bad passes on the tires I cut them up so no one else could wreck. But, I got a really good deal on them.

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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364775
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What are you putting the tires on? Doesn't Cooper or Toyo if your putting the wrong type of tire on!


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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: deansrr] #1364776
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I really like my Toyo tires balanced easy especially for a big tire and made in the US.

Treaddepot is an excellent company, they not only matched but beat the cheapest price I could find and very fast shipping also.


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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: megajoltman] #1364777
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Hello I have put the Cooper Cobra,s on the last four cars that I have done. They or a very good tire. I run P235/70 on the front and P275/60 on the rear. 15x61/2 front rim and 15x8" rear rim. I have a set of Tiger Paws on my Hemi car for over 10. years.Also is a good tire. You would be happy with the Cooper Cobra,s Tire. Check at you local tire shop and see if they can get you a set. I think my last set was around $400.00 that was for 5 tires , put on and the works.The last cars that I did have been. 1965 Ply 426 Max Wedge , 1968 Ply Road Runner 440,1970 Road Runner 440 six pack,1970 Road Runner 440 six pack car. Thanks Moparts

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: megajoltman] #1364778
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I have like 30 vehicles, and I have lets just say one of everything for tires, and some vehicles have had a few sets of tires on them. I am a cooper tire fan. I hate the firestones I have on two trucks, I hate the Good Years on my 95.

I have a set of mastercraft tires on my diesel dude, When I first put the cummins in it I had fuzions on the front and Cooper zion something or the others on it, Those fuzions wore right out in no time. I ended up with the master crafts and I am very happy with them, I hear they are made by cooper. The next set will be Coopers again. I had toyos on a truck i sold, they were horrible, and yokahamas I really didnt like either on another truck I had. I have a truck with super swampers boggers on it, and they are an animal all their own.
I think I have tried every brand of tire, and I always seem to go back to a cooper variant.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: cageman] #1364779
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I have ran Coopers on my cars. The set of 14's that were on my GTX went bad one at a time. Over a couple of years, 3 of them broke belts. I just put some 15's on last year. We will see how they hold up.

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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364780
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Avoid tire rack. Their focus is later model sizes.

Check out Diamond Back Tire; http://www.dbtires.com/

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: TC@HP2] #1364781
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Put some Cooper CS4 Tourings (USA) on the wife's Crv 10,000 miles ago and have been perfect with little to no wear. Decent traction also.

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