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Cooper Discovery AT tires any good?

Obviously, the Tire debate could go on forever.... I'm looking at replacing the original GY GSA's on my '03 TJ, which by the way, have treated me extremely well. I would rate them very good overall, although I haven't had them in more than 5 or 6 inches of mud, the performance in 16 inches of snow is commendable. 36K miles on them and they've still got 10+K left. As I understand, GY is discontinuing most sizes of the GSA with the exception of the 30x9.50/15. I'd like to move to 31x10.50's and I am looking at BFG AT's and the Bridgestone/Firestone AT REVO. I am very familiar with the BFG product as it has been around forever, but does anyone have an opinion on the REVO? Consumer Reports rates them as "excellent", but I'd like to hear what the folks here have to say as I trust the judgement of fellow Jeep owners.

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John R
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I put the AT Revo's on my TJ about a month ago. Went with the 31" variety. So far I love them... haven't had them offroad yet, but have heard reports from a few people at work who also have them that they perform well (they're running them on everything from full-size PUs to Nissan Frontier's). They're definitely better than the GSAs in the rain... my GSAs were horrible in wet weather. That's one of the main reasons I switched since my TJ is my daily driver.

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Ichabod Shagnasti

I have no complaints about GYs. My OEM GY Wranglers lasted 48K on my '99 TJ with no problems whatsoever, and they probably would've lasted another 8 or 10K had I kept them on. I changed them because the tread was getting a little thin and I wanted to avoid any "surprises." (I hate surprises.) I'm currently running GY Wrangler GS-As and haven't had a problem in the 10K since I put 'em on, and I've run them through some pretty rough terrain. We had a foot of snow here in KC about a month ago and I got around just fine -- much of the time in

2WD. They are a little noisy, but they're great tires.

Scotty '99 TJ 4.0L Sahara

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Scotty

I have Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo's on my '62 Willys pickup. I don't have a lot of experience with them, but I've been quite impressed so far.

Best regards, Dave Rose Cactus Cowboy Big Wonderful Wyoming '49 Willys Pickup (parts truck) '62 Willys Pickup 4WD 226 '98 XJ Sport O|||||||O

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cactuscowboy

I've lately beaten the hell out of the Kellys and stand by my Goodyear opinion :) I did a ton of off-roading in 3 different clubs and would never trade them, especially to spend 3 times as much on the Goodyears. My uncle is a chemist at the Akron, OH Goodyear plant too...they don't treat their employees so well. Expect not to see them in the USA much longer.

Matt

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Matt

I didn't mean to shoot my mouth off about them...I bet their high-end ones are good. It was just really frustrating to have so many problems so quickly.

Thanks, Matt

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Matt

They don't treat their dealers so well, either. Their attitude towards the small independents has surely changed since my dad started the shop in the early 80s. Glad I don't have to deal with it anymore.

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Del Rawlins

Like I said, I don't blame you a bit. They got greedy and lowered their standards of quality in order to enter the lucrative OEM market, and alienating potential repeat customers like you is the result of that. To be honest I was surprised that the Wrangler MT/R turned out to be as good as it did, since their usual pattern is to drop their most successful products and replace them with something that isn't as good ( like the Wrangler AT that became the AT/S) but costs more. The MT/R is better than the old Wrangler MT in every way with the possible exception that it doesn't come pinned for studs. And that last complaint is mostly a matter of convenience for the dealer. The original MT was only an average off road tire, but it was an outstanding winter/snow tire for those willing to pay the price.

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Del Rawlins

Yep, 10,000 to 15000 miles was about all you could get out of a set of OE tires on cars during the 60's.

Tom

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L.W.(ßill)

Reminds me of the time a customer came in complaining about the amount of wear on his relatively new set of tires. My dad told him, sure, he'd adjust those tires under warranty just as soon as the guy's teenage son left for college. Guy was kind of sheepish after that and never did come back to get his tires adjusted. 8^)

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