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Cooper AT3 or General Grabber AT

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25 Nov 2017 18:59 #186714 by petejones69
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Thinking about swapping the Cooper STTs for some all-terrain action tyres and was thinking of either Cooper AT3s or General Grabber ATs.

Any thoughts?

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25 Nov 2017 19:42 #186716 by 1066Boy
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Whats the problem with the SST?

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25 Nov 2017 20:02 #186718 by petejones69
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I'm not doing much mud, more like dirty tarmac :blush:

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26 Nov 2017 05:56 #186734 by Lambert
Any premium quality tyre will be very capable. I have found that the difference between such things is as much as anything personal preference or bias and a lot of the "professional" reviews seem to be increasingly paid for in some way or another as one reviewer will place brand x above all others and the next review places brand y first. There's no longer a clear market leader, not like 20 years ago when you had bfg then everyone else. Obviously any premium tyre will be way ahead of the qui lins or whatever the current Chinese brand is and even they will be better than a remoulded tyre.

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One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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26 Nov 2017 09:07 - 26 Nov 2017 09:11 #186739 by 1066Boy
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Yes tires are more of a matter of taste now. They all work well so its more of a looks V price choice. Might be worth looking at the Yokoharma Geolanda GO12. We have them on Kates jimny and find them very good. Not a bad price either. :).

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26 Nov 2017 10:11 - 26 Nov 2017 10:12 #186747 by petejones69
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Price will likely be the deciding factor between the premiums. On Camskill, the Cooper AT3s are £92.50/each, the BFGs are £111.35, the Geolanders £129.35 and they don't have the Grabber ATs.
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26 Nov 2017 11:25 #186748 by 1066Boy
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Bloody hell the Geolanders have gone up!! They were always the mid-range option. Depending on how many miles you do and how long you are keeping the jim, I would go for the BFG's. They last for ever on a small/light car. :)

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26 Nov 2017 12:08 #186750 by petejones69
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That seems the best option. I will be keeping the Jimny until it falls apart, so no worries there.

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26 Nov 2017 12:18 #186751 by petejones69
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I was comparing the speed rating between the Cooper and BFG, the former is rated R, the latter S. There was me thinking it would be best to go for the higher rating, but with the best will in the world, the Jimny isn't going to get near to 106mph, let alone 112mph! I did 65mph for a couple of minutes on my first trip out and that was scary!

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26 Nov 2017 14:55 #186755 by 1066Boy
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Anything Q rated upward is fine. Mine will do 80mph+ but the steering is very twitchy.

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26 Nov 2017 18:35 #186759 by X8GGY
My two cruise comfortably at 70mph... I run Maxxis Trepadors 31"x10.5" on the big blue S200KYS and BFG ATs in 235/75/15 flavour on the gold BT54VTS daily driver ;)
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