Avoid Cooper Tires Especially Discoverer at3

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Do not buy coooper tires this is the second time I have been burnt by this brand in 3 months. First my 2011 jeeps cooper tires with 80% tread 1.5 yrs old went out of round on the inner edges all 4 noticed one day it started to sound like i had mud tires. Today I am driving my truck with 275/60R20 Cooper Discoverer at3 tires again about 2 yrs old 70% tread and I start to get a front end viberation looked it over SURE ENOUGH outer edge of all 4 tires out of round. I paid $1200 for these tires and loved them up until now the traction was great ect but come on... falling apart with little mileage and 70% tread I guess they dont make them like they use to........
 

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Thanks for the report. It is weird how can front tires and back tires suffer the same thing when back tires are just trailing. I believe you 100%, but this is hard to figure on.
 

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Do not buy coooper tires this is the second time I have been burnt by this brand in 3 months. First my 2011 jeeps cooper tires with 80% tread 1.5 yrs old went out of round on the inner edges all 4 noticed one day it started to sound like i had mud tires. Today I am driving my truck with 275/60R20 Cooper Discoverer at3 tires again about 2 yrs old 70% tread and I start to get a front end viberation looked it over SURE ENOUGH outer edge of all 4 tires out of round. I paid $1200 for these tires and loved them up until now the traction was great ect but come on... falling apart with little mileage and 70% tread I guess they dont make them like they use to........
I like their Zeon line of tires,decent traction,and they usually last about a 1 1/2 years on the back of my truck and on the wifes 1320,which is better then alot of tires last on our toys,lol
 
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Thanks for the report. It is weird how can front tires and back tires suffer the same thing when back tires are just trailing. I believe you 100%, but this is hard to figure on.
Exactly its weird as hell I saw they recalled some tires for sidewall sepration dont think im apart of it tho looking into it . If it was just the fronts i would think it was a alignment but all 4 on both vehicles.
 

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Exactly its weird as hell I saw they recalled some tires for sidewall separation do not think im apart of it tho looking into it . If it was just the fronts i would think it was a alignment but all 4 on both vehicles.
Like this Had all 4 like this on 3 year old tires only the insides was like like this I had just test drove it and if I had known this was there I would not have Cooper dsad.png
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I've got 2 sets of these and have not had a minutes worth of problems and have done on road, off road. Snow ice and dirt. No issues and over 35k on one set and 25 on the other. I suggest it's specific to the tires when manufactured, not indicated for the entire brand. My thoughts
 

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I like their Zeon line of tires,decent traction,and they usually last about a 1 1/2 years on the back of my truck and on the wifes 1320,which is better then alot of tires last on our toys,lol
Yeah, I ran a set of Zeons on my '08 1500, they lasted a good long time but that was a long time ago. Really sticky on wet pavement too.
 

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I had been using Coopers up until a few years ago. For some reason they turned to crap. Two sets would not balance without a ridiculous amount of weight. Like 9 oz's on one tire. Returned them and bought Michelin Defender LTX and have never looked back.
 
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What tires should I replace these with? Needs to be a/t similar tire I also am realizing prices are through the roof on tires rn.
 

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What tires should I replace these with? Needs to be a/t similar tire I also am realizing prices are through the roof on tires rn.
I just bought a set of Nokian Outpost AT's for my kids 05 Ram 1500. Granted they are 265/70R17's but they are pretty quiet for an AT and they weren't badly priced where I got them, considering how things are these days.

Great tread pattern on them.

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They balanced out really good. I think they run great down the road. Will see how they do this winter.
 
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I just bought a set of Nokian Outpost AT's for my kids 05 Ram 1500. Granted they are 265/70R17's but they are pretty quiet for an AT and they weren't badly priced where I got them, considering how things are these days.

Great tread pattern on them.

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They balanced out really good. I think they run great down the road. Will see how they do this winter.
Those actually look nice for ATs
 

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Those actually look nice for ATs
Yeah, winter is fast approaching and the boy's truck needed new skins. It had a set of Cooper tires on it...they were an older tire, and the back tires were wore right down and the fronts had enough tread...

I think the back tires wore out faster because of the posi/anti-spin differential in there. Told the boys not to hammer on the throttle pulling out anymore....LOL....right.
 

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im running 35-12.5-17 AT3 XLTs on my Power Wagon now and they are fantastic.
 
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