New cooper STT armor tyres

BTB · Post by **BTB** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:01 am

anyone running these tyres :?:

would like any report on them before I buy thank you ( My size tyre 265/75/16 on a 96 Pajero SW 3.5L V6)

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:37 am

I dont know much about them but i heard one man say if you were going to buy any cooper mud tyre make sure you buy there proper glue to glue the tread back on :!:

muddy · Post by **muddy** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:11 am

There's a Jeep Wrangler running them in the local club & they go pretty well. I looked at them, but the price put me off. Goodyear MTR's or Maxxis Bighorn would be worth a look - Beaurepaires & Delta 4WD respectively. Beaurepaires will drop their price heaps with a little pressure - I showed them a quote from Tony's & they matched it...

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:51 pm

I put Cooper STT's on my truck about 18 months ago, I think the tyres have been redesigned since. I've written 2 of them off on riverbeds. Dunno what they are like on mud but I've either had bad luck or the compound is too soft for rock use? :oops:

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:40 am

Thats interesting to hear. Ive been running Discovery St's for about 18 months now. Think they are fantastic, not a total mud tyre, but Im impressed with offroad, gravel, and tarmac performance. Now Im looking at 33's simply because Ive done a lift, and wanted to look a the Stt's!

So would be good to hear your thoughts also.

Dont know price yet, although the St's were just ovet 1k. So I suspect stt's will be about 1.3k maybe?

gomulletgo · Post by **gomulletgo** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:02 pm

Think they are fantastic, not a total mud tyre, but Im impressed with offroad, gravel, and tarmac performance

I dunno eh. what do you reckon pete? have you been impressed with how well he has gone with those tyres? I know I haven't :wink:

MULLET

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:08 pm

Ive gone further than BOTH of you!!

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:32 pm

Elmo wrote:Thats interesting to hear. Ive been running Discovery St's for about 18 months now. Think they are fantastic, not a total mud tyre, but Im impressed with offroad, gravel, and tarmac performance. Now Im looking at 33's simply because Ive done a lift, and wanted to look a the Stt's!

So would be good to hear your thoughts also.

Dont know price yet, although the St's were just ovet 1k. So I suspect stt's will be about 1.3k maybe?

they look really similar to good year wrangler MT'S

adventures_more · Post by **adventures_more** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:29 pm

seen a few evaluations on these STT's , think they are good for the daily driver , good for towing & longetivity . Not so good on rocks & slippery obstacles , etc

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:41 am

I saw the price, 460 each, plus fitting and balancing!

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:59 pm

I run them on my truck - feel free to ask anything

personally, they are the best mud/allround tyre i have used

Petemcc · Post by **Petemcc** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:45 pm

for that price id look at a bfg mud terrain

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:03 pm

I brought 35" simex ET fitted and balanced cheaper than those :shock:

kaney · Post by **kaney** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:10 pm

philuxs maxxis bighorns where nearly half that price

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:20 pm

Phew, that's expensive.
I ran a set of the older type of STT's. They wore out quite fast. The STT is one of their only tyres Cooper won't give an 80000km warranty on. I didn't get much more than about 30000km out of my set of 5 but I didn't pay $460 odd dollars per tyre either.
On the plus side they performed quite well, was always amazed where they got me and never had a puncture.

tallsam66 · Post by **tallsam66** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:20 pm

Ive been looking at the myself.
Found a place in the UK that sell them for 100 pound...about 300 each...so im a bit puzzled as to why they are 500 here..as they are US made & freight cost should be similar....but saying that ours are sourced from Aussie apparently.
Was talking to a guy in a 70 series Long wheel base cruiser he was a linesmen & took his truck to some pretty wild places & couldnt speak highly enough about them.He really liked how they had real strong "Armoured" side walls & allowed him to carry bigger loads without so much sidewall diflection & as for traction he can now go some places without chains he previously needed to fit them.

http://www.coopertire.co.nz

Trev

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:29 pm

A mate here put some on his 78/79 series 'Cruiser 'cos at the time they were all he could get in a decent mud tread. (like 4 months ago)

(He's a contractor who spends a sh*t-load of time in boggy, muddy paddocks fixing/building/repairing fences)

He changed them off the truck for Pirelli Scorpions MT's (now they are available in a 16" size) just before he went to the Waikaia weekend trip just gone.

The STT's have worn quickly, haven't got the same initial tread depth, and need a lot of speed/spin to clear the crap outta the tread.

He reckons the Pirellis are a far better tyre, having previously run them on his Hi-lux, and says he wouln't go back to the Coopers again :!:

He may even want to sell his old STT's. I could check if you are keen :?:

Too much cost for me :wink:

But it's all horses for courses as they say.