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NoDo$h Member Since: 27 Mar 2007 Location: Darrrrrzet Posts: 88 ![]() |
Cooper Zeon?
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Endjin Member Since: 22 Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 2087 ![]() ![]() |
Josh,
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Josh Member Since: 24 Dec 2005 Location: Here, there and everywhere Posts: 2054 ![]() ![]() |
Always ask an expert |
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NoDo$h Member Since: 27 Mar 2007 Location: Darrrrrzet Posts: 88 ![]() |
Good to know that having spent over £40k on a car people are still prepared to wring the last fraction of a mm out of their tyres |
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rrsboy Member Since: 06 Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1391 ![]() ![]() |
mine are identical and perfectly legal. I suspect like me you drive the car quite enthusiastically, with the gear stick 'to the left' to firm up the suspension and heighten the gear change point? Well throwing a 3 tonne machine into corners like that (I drove a Lotus Exige previously ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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fred looney Member Since: 13 Jun 2007 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 32 ![]() ![]() |
I have just fitted some Yokohama advan st this week and they feel great I had the stock wrangles F1's which where good for 43000 kmbut at over $600 each thought I should try something else. Thus far happy but still to early to tell RRS TDV8 Buckingham Blue |
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Josh Member Since: 24 Dec 2005 Location: Here, there and everywhere Posts: 2054 ![]() ![]() |
Try over £50K. The contis are designed to wear on the outer shoulders beleive it or not. But I really can't see the point in chucking perfectly legal tyres in the bin just because cosmetically they look bad...........do your bit for the environment and run them till 2mm across the centre 2/3 and then change them. TDV6 - gone TDV8 - gone Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10 |
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XUJG Member Since: 03 Aug 2006 Location: Left Posts: 437 ![]() |
I would say you have well over 75% of well legal tread on those tyres. I had a similar situaion where an independant service centre advised me that my tyres were ilegal at just 12000 miles. I called LR customer service who booked the car in for checks and the dealer said the tyres were fine and also showed me a Continental statement which highlights the style of tyer designed to wear on the edge. |
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Rob_J Member Since: 02 Nov 2005 Location: Usually flat out on the sofa with glass of vino Posts: 218 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mine went through an MOT looking like that. LR dealership tried to tell me they needed replacing for £320/corner! Still got more tread than my perfectly legal Toyo 888's on the GT3. HSE TD6 (Java Black/Ivory) 911GT3 (Guards Red, carbon interior) ElanSE (BRG) Panamera Turbo S Boxster S |
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C10KO Member Since: 04 Jan 2009 Location: . . . searching . . . Posts: 1136 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mate, would these tires fitted on 20" rims be compatible the RRS? |
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PJPR01 Member Since: 12 Mar 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 355 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Unfortunately I've got some rather bad news for you. I've just traded in my Yokohama Advan S.T.'s after 2 years running them on my 20's. The became quite noisy after about 5K miles, ultimately I only put about 15K miles on them before trading them in last week since I normally have my 18's on with the Nitto Terra Grapplers. The noise was akin to a worn wheel bearing. I've just traded them in for a new set of Nitto NT420S, and the difference is amazing. Unfortunately when I had bought the Advan's, it was a fairly new tire and there were no reviews on them at the time available, now after several years on the market, I see others who have also complained about the tire noise. They are however unbelievably sticky and grippy around turns, so driving fast is quite a pleasure with them on...but after a while, the noise became unbearable. The Cooper Zeon LTZ and the Nitto Terra Grapplers are interchangeable in terms of characteristics, the Cooper is a bit cheaper in most parts. PJPR Cairns Blue HSE 180k Miles of Adventure |
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umbertob Member Since: 22 Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 944 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In the US (not sure about the UK), there are two sizes of 20" Cooper Zeon LTZ that will fit the RRS: 275/45/20s will go on without issues since they are only marginally larger than the stock tires, so accurate speedo, MPG calculations, etc. 285/50/20s are definitely larger than the stockers and - according to at least one forum member who has them over on rr.net - you may want to install 5mm wheel spacers on the front wheels to minimize chances of the inner sidewall rubbing against the upper control arm. The extra sidewall of the larger tires is a great advantage when off-roading (it also increases your ground clearance a bit), but the smaller size would probably handle better on the road as an "everyday" tire that only sees occasional off-road use. I am on my second set of these Coopers (sized 285/60/1 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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C10KO Member Since: 04 Jan 2009 Location: . . . searching . . . Posts: 1136 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Umberto, thanks for the explanation. |
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Gents,
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