255 55 18 tyres

[ranover]

hey all

i have a disco 2 V8 with the 5 spoke 18s on it which have the 255 55 on it. ive needed new tyres for a while and wanted to know some opinions of different styes and brands but found it hard to find good info. so after visiting some dealers and what i find onsite i got a list of options

pirelli ATR for $415 each
goodyear HP for $400
General at for $340
cooper zeons for $320
general Hp for $210
hankooks for $210

didnt get a price for kuhmos but would guess around $350. so from that hankooks where the most respectable cheapy. was told generals and coopers where noisy and didnt last long. which left the good year and the pirelli which i have only head good things except the price.

im steering for the pirrelis but would like some feed back soon as im ordering tomorrow. or even other options

cheers in advance

dan

[RangingRover]

was told generals and coopers where noisy and didnt last long.

Not my experience with coopers.... My old man runs Cooper ATRs (or whatever they call them now) on his D2 (on 16 inch rims), and gets around 60,000km out of them. Considering he does 200km a week of 100km/h (+ ) sharp crushed rock back roads, and the rest of the time he's sitting on 100km/h on the highway, I'd say they're doing pretty bloody well.

Think he's only had 2 punctures in about 150,000km out of those Coopers too, which considering the gravel road I mentioned is outright amazing to me at least.

[ranover]

was told generals and coopers where noisy and didnt last long.

Not my experience with coopers.... My old man runs Cooper ATRs (or whatever they call them now) on his D2 (on 16 inch rims), and gets around 60,000km out of them. Considering he does 200km a week of 100km/h (+ ) sharp crushed rock back roads, and the rest of the time he's sitting on 100km/h on the highway, I'd say they're doing pretty bloody well.

Think he's only had 2 punctures in about 150,000km out of those Coopers too, which considering the gravel road I mentioned is outright amazing to me at least.

i was talking the highway pattern on an 18 inch rim. a friend of mine from a tyre shop said they used to stock them but found the road noise was shocking and got a few complaints and when they asked coopers they said it was the cars fault. however my mum inlaw runs STT 33s and they seem fine. so i think its more in the lower profile they have probs

[RangingRover]

i was talking the highway pattern on an 18 inch rim. a friend of mine from a tyre shop said they used to stock them but found the road noise was shocking and got a few complaints and when they asked coopers they said it was the cars fault. however my mum inlaw runs STT 33s and they seem fine. so i think its more in the lower profile they have probs

Whatever he's running, its not an aggressive pattern or even deep tread, just looks like any other car tyre. They aren't the Zeons, I know that for sure, its either the H/T or the AT/R he has, and just in standard size (235/70 16?). Can't see that they'd wear any worse in a 55 profile? Hasn't any problems with noise on his TD5 (standard). No lack of grip noted either.

I see on the Coopers website the Zeons don't seem to have the mileage guarantee that the H/Ts and ATRs have though, which suggests they are a lot softer compound....

STT's are a whole nother story though, noisy sh!ts they are. Doesn't bother me overly, goes with the territory, but they do howl a fair bit (32x11.5 road tyres), specially with the window down. Nowhere near as bad as Simex, but they sure let you know they're supposed to be used in mud. Surprising amounts of grip though, considering the pattern on them.

The big problem with tyres is that everyone seems to have different experiences with the same brands of tyre. What works on one model of car doesn't on another, and even between similar models owners have a different level of expectation from their tyres. Had a discussion recently with someone about semi-slick race tyres - he swears they are far better for daily use than good road tyres, and I take mine off as soon as the car comes off the trailer. Once is enough for planting the foot in a straight line at 100km/h and having a beautiful panorama of trees going past the windscreen. Might be fun, but very tiresome having that lack of grip every day in traffic and rain.