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Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo?
Posted By: wally426ci
Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 09:14 PM
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
Posted By: MPerry
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 09:34 PM
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.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 09:37 PM
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.
Posted By: MoparforLife
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 09:53 PM
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.
Posted By: MPerry
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 10:23 PM
Hmmm tire rack doesn't sell cooper tires I wonder why?
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire-brand.jsp
Posted By: BadMoonRacer
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 10:53 PM
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."
Ragnar in Iceland.
Posted By: 67plymouthman
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/05/13 11:36 PM
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.
Posted By: 5spdcuda
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 12:04 AM
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.
Posted By: wally426ci
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 02:05 AM
Thanks guys, i'll look for some more options
Posted By: Rhinodart
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 02:23 AM
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!
Posted By: 340SHORTY
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 03:28 AM
Id run maypops before Id ever have another BF Bad
tire..
Posted By: dustergirl340
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 03:34 AM
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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.
Posted By: SportF
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 03:42 AM
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.
Posted By: deansrr
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 04:44 AM
What are you putting the tires on? Doesn't Cooper or Toyo if your putting the wrong type of tire on!
Posted By: megajoltman
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 06:36 AM
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.
Posted By: mosweethemi
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 08:10 AM
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
Posted By: cageman
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 08:13 AM
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.
Posted By: rattler
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 04:24 PM
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.
Posted By: TC@HP2
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 05:15 PM
Avoid tire rack. Their focus is later model sizes.
Check out Diamond Back Tire;
http://www.dbtires.com/
Posted By: ireland383
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 05:35 PM
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.
Posted By: MPerry
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 06:00 PM
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!
Posted By: Secret Chimp
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 07:58 PM
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.
Posted By: savoy_63
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 08:44 PM
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!
Thanks for the link
I always try to purchase domestic products!
Posted By: NachoRT74
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 09:07 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!
Posted By: mopars4ever
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/06/13 10:15 PM
Ran Coopers on my son`s Mustang. The tires worn down quickly compared to other brands.
Posted By: TOMRR
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 12:14 AM
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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.
Posted By: Rick_Ehrenberg
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 12:17 AM
Lessee...nip crap vs. US quality...hmmmm...tough decision...NOT!
Rick
Posted By: zrxkawboy
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 12:39 AM
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.
Posted By: red 69 runner
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 01:17 AM
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
Posted By: DynoDave
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 01:21 AM
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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.
Posted By: wally426ci
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 01:39 AM
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.... 
Posted By: PurpleBeeper
Re: Opinion on Cooper Tires or Toyo? - 01/07/13 05:40 AM
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.