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Picked them up for Saturday. Went for some duratracs but they gave me a price i couldnt refuse on the Coopers

265/75/16 Cooper Discovery STs





 
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do you have any kind of lift on that?
 
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let me know what you think...it will be tire time for my truck soon
 
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do you have any kind of lift on that?
Bars are cranked. Rear Load leveling shocks lifted the rear almost 2 inches. Then on top of that a 1 inch bodylift

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let me know what you think...it will be tire time for my truck soon
Will do, Im hoping these last for a long time.
 
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do you think those tires will clear on a completetly stock ranger with no suspension mods?
 
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do you think those tires will clear on a completetly stock ranger with no suspension mods?
ya they will fit fine. alot of guys on here run em with out doing anything.
 
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ok cool...if you dont mind me asking how much did they run you?
 
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ok cool...if you dont mind me asking how much did they run you?
Local shop had a sale was 550 out the door. Without the sale it woulda been 700.
 
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wow...well i guess the good thing about my working at a dealer is i can just buy the tires and mount/balance them myself
 
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Ya I miss the days when I could mount them myself.
 
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yea saves a lot of money especially where i work charges 120 for mounting and balancing and 90 for employees
 
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Wow that's crazy expensive. Most expensive here is 60
 
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yea thats Toyota of York for you lol...really really expensive
 
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Haha that's Toyota period.
 
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yea lol good point
 
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thats why i drive american built stuff...not outrageously expensive
 
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Why not 285's??
 
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Why not 285's??
That's really what I wanted. I just couldn't afford it this time around. Couldn't find anything under 850. Hopefully next time I buy tires ill be lifted more and get a nice set of 33s.
 
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Dang that sucks. I'd hate to tell you I paid 600 for my 285 nittos before I was lifted so I won't tell you. Looks good though
 
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Great price on the nittos. I paid 500 for my 31s nittos. I hated them though. Never stayed balanced. Cheapest I could find on the nittos in 285s was 800. Total ripoff
 
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Well that's a first. I know alot of people that have ran them including myself having 2 sets and I loved those tires in fact if they made some for a 15 inch rim I'd have them
 
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chris, looking good. how much do those stick out past the feders?

that is where i want mine to be one day. w/o the body lift.
 
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Got my Nittos for 550, mounted and balanced
 
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Well that's a first. I know alot of people that have ran them including myself having 2 sets and I loved those tires in fact if they made some for a 15 inch rim I'd have them
ya thats one of the reasons I went with the nittos but after about 5,000 miles I started having problems with them. I must have gotten a bad set or something but I shoulda know it was gonna be bad when it took 6oz to balace them out. No 31 should need that much weight.

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chris, looking good. how much do those stick out past the feders?

that is where i want mine to be one day. w/o the body lift.
They dont stick out past the fenders maybe an inch sucked in I would guess.
 
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Looks good. What happened to the tires and wheels in your avatar?
 


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