• Cooper tires: sizes, tests, owner reviews

    Cooper Weather Master WSC is a mid-range studded winter tire with directional tread pattern designed for passenger cars and crossovers. Cooper Weather-Master WSC test from Norwegian Autofil, conducted in 2018

     

    In 2018, experts from the Norwegian Autofil edition tested the Cooper WSC studded tire in the amount of 205/55 R16 and compared it to eleven similar tires of the budget, middle and premium class.

     

    Cooper Discovery STT - one of the best off-road tires

     

    Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a company engaged in the development and manufacture of tires mainly for cars, as well as for light trucks. Better known among the people as "Cooper" or "Cooper" in our opinion.

     

    The advantage of rubber from this manufacturer is that at an average cost, the rubber lasts a long time and its performance reaches 90 00 - 100 000 km. run. For "our" person this is a very weighty argument in choosing rubber and cooper stt pro review takes its place of honor in the rubber market for good reason. On some tires you can skate 3-5 seasons, and this is a pretty decent indicator.

     

    For example, consider one of the most successful developments of the eminent manufacturer. It's about the all-weather Cooper DISCOVERER STT tire.

     

    Ideal for light trucks and SUVs. Its main direction, of course, is off-road.

     

    If we talk about its "off-road", then this is the most "off-road" tires presented by Cooper, and indeed, is one of the best models in its category, but more on that later.

     

    It is more positioned as A / T, although it fits perfectly under the M / T characteristics of the rubber and it will be difficult to draw a line here. But, as tests have shown, this model outperforms even the proven MUD rubber brands.

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    Tire features

    • Armor-Tek 3 technology, its essence is that the tire’s power frame consists of 3 polyester layers, 2 of which are radial and one diagonal, which makes it more resistant to shock. Importantly, this rubber is resistant to pressure drops during extreme driving and the chance of disassembling the wheel is significantly reduced. I think the avid "jeepers" know how easy it is to dismantle Silverstone at low pressure. Cooper here is an order of magnitude higher in terms of reliability, although it loses to the super "toothy" Extrime model in terms of patency.
    • The computer-modeled tread contains: lateral and shoulder lugs, and also has a unique central traction zone. As a result, we have an aggressive tread pattern and high-quality rubber for total off-road conditions.
    • Self-cleaning tread - everything is clear. The tread prevents the rubber from getting dirty, stones and other rubbish, also, does not linger for a long time. The tread pattern is large enough to self-clean primarily from dirt.

    Tire characteristics

     

    In addition, we can distinguish wear resistance, as well as its uniqueness in its series. Avid fishermen and hunters like to put such rubber on their own experience and know that off-road sometimes does not forgive mistakes and punishes inexperienced drivers who challenge him.

     

    According to the characteristics, the choice is wide. Even for foreign “horses” rubber with marking in inches is available and this cannot but rejoice. Rubber is available in radii from R16 to R20.

     

    Price

     

    With the price, as always, difficulties arise, but it is also possible to understand this topic. Speed ​​and load indices will not be indicated, since this will further increase the "spread" of prices. If you conduct a thorough analysis of prices (as I did), then we can draw such a parallel.