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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: ireland383] #1364782
01/06/13 02:00 PM
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Well I'm glad some of you are having luck with Cooper. However I have mounted and balanced 100's of Coopers for people that wanted cheap tires. Rarely have I had a Cooper balance well. 3-4 ounces of weight on average.

I just had a Dodge Ram in the shop during our last snow storm. I had the truck in 4wd and it was sliding all over the place. I had to look at the tires to see what was on it and no surprise Cooper Discoverers with 8/32nd's of tread.
I think Big Wheel tires get more traction!

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: MPerry] #1364783
01/06/13 03:58 PM
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My Coronet came with a nearly-new set of cheapish Coopers from Les Schwab (local tire chain). Two of them had a tread wobble inside of a few months (I thought my wheels were warped but no). Plus traction in colder/damper weather is so bad the rear end breaks loose in 1st gear... in the middle of acceleration... at over 3500 rpm... with a 2.91 rear end. And I only have a 109,000 mile 318 with a milder-than-a-340 cam. It never travels very far from home so I'm still rolling on them, but I'm not touching this brand with a ten foot pole with my own money.


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1.03" T-bars, QA1 arms/rods, Cordoba/GM Metric/Volare brake & knuckle, XHDs, Hellwig rear sway, 318 Magnum w/ air gap, 727, 3.23s
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: Rhinodart] #1364784
01/06/13 04:44 PM
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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!




Thanks for the link

I always try to purchase domestic products!

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: 67plymouthman] #1364785
01/06/13 05:07 PM
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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.




yeap, it looks I got them just right on time!


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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: NachoRT74] #1364786
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Ran Coopers on my son`s Mustang. The tires worn down quickly compared to other brands.

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: MoparforLife] #1364787
01/06/13 08:14 PM
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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.
Local G
Goodyear store even sells Cooper over GY.



Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364788
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Lessee...nip crap vs. US quality...hmmmm...tough decision...NOT!

Rick

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: Rick_Ehrenberg] #1364789
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Cooper tires have been good to me. With that said, I always buy the top-shelf models, since I tend to keep my vehicles a long time. I have no experience with their cheaper models.


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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: zrxkawboy] #1364790
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I got Cooper Cobras on my Road Runner,205/70/14 all the way around and they run great,never drive in the rain and only put about 1000 miles a year on the car.Just ordered new wheels and 4 new Cobras,225/70/15 front and 275/60/15 for the rear.Wheel Vintiques Magnum 500s,15x6 front and 15x8 rear.rear wheels are back ordered due to ship 1/29/13,front wheels showed up Saturday 2 days after ordering them,tires are due to be delivered tomorrow.wheels are from Summit and tires are from Discount tire direct from Ebay $208.00 a pair for the fronts and $256.00 a pair for the rear

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: ireland383] #1364791
01/06/13 09:21 PM
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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.




I have a set of CS4s on my Olds Cutlass. I think they are great. I've had 4 sets of Coopers on my daily drivers over the last decade or so. No complaints.


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Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: Rhinodart] #1364792
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Quote:

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!



i would prefer american but this site wasn't clear....

Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? [Re: wally426ci] #1364793
01/07/13 01:40 AM
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I run Toyo tires on my Mustang and I've had very good luck with both sets I've used (80,000+ miles per set) with good traction, good handling and exceptional tread wear. Mine are Proxes II I think.


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