Cooper Cobra Tires??

[Commando66]

My Coopers are my first choice for all around driving. My 1974 Good Year Polyglas redlines I would choose over the new T/A’s.

 

[Kern Dog]

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OOOOOOOOOooooo....I spy a Dana....

 

[Scott Bender]

Put some on my Road Runner last summer. No complaints and if you get them installed black wall out they have a huge Cobra snake logo which I like.

 

[67 Coronet Conv]

I need new tires and was up in the air with cooper cobras or bf Goodrich radial TA’s. Looks like this thread helped make up my mind. But dam Costco has a deal for $110 off the bf Goodrich, out the door for $633 vs 600 for the coopers....

I’ll go with the coopers...thanks guys

 

[MoparGuy68]

Put some on my Road Runner last summer. No complaints and if you get them installed black wall out they have a huge Cobra snake logo which I like.

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Cannot see the "huge Cobra snake". Maybe you could take a photo of it so we can see it?

Problem is the word Cobra and a snake image make me think of Ford Shelby Mustangs and AC Cobras. My neighbor has a 2003 or 2004 Mustang Cobra SVT convertible (supercharged) across the street. Not that thrilled about having Cobra in bold white letters on my Mopar while driving by the Mustang Cobra SVT.. Maybe pair it with PLISSKEN personalized plates and pretend to escape from my neighborhood.

 

[Tony Klotz]

Cooper Cobra tires any good? How do they compare to BFG T/As?
Specifically 275/60-15, and 215/70-15.

Cooper cobras are a nice street tire, but they aren’t for traction. I had to go to m/t’s in order to keep from sliding all over the place. 275/60/15’s are a good lookin tire...

 

[Jerry Hall]

Hope this makes @MoparLeo happy.

 

[MoparLeo]

I just don't want anybody to be sad at the carnage that old tires can cause to their cars when they are being used well beyond their designed lives. Run what you like. Just best to make informed decisions. Nice car.
Looks we got a lot of people involved in this post.

 

[Roger63]

Put some on my Road Runner last summer. No complaints and if you get them installed black wall out they have a huge Cobra snake logo which I like.

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What is the size of your rear tires?

 

[Dennis H]

Apples/Oranges definition: Coopers vs M/T’s.

 

[70B]

Cooper Cobra tires any good? How do they compare to BFG T/As?
Specifically 275/60-15, and 215/70-15.

I've had a set of Coopers on one car or another for the past 35+ years, p/u trucks to muscle cars. Now I drive my 70' Super Bee frequently with Cooper's on it. For me they are the best wearing surest gripping tire I've owned on any car and they look great...

 

[khryslerkid]

Cannot see the "huge Cobra snake". Maybe you could take a photo of it so we can see it?

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

a Cobra on a tire works only on Fords for me

 

[MoparGuy68]

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These are definitely THE tires for Plissken's car! "Snake, I thought you and your tires were dead??" Snake: "Yeah.. I've been hearing that a lot lately.." Why can I not see the RWL on the inside?

 

[khryslerkid]

Why can I not see the RWL on the inside?

Cause I painted them!

 

[MoparGuy68]

Cause I painted them!

Very clever of you. What kind of paint did you use?

 

[Scott Bender]

What is the size of your rear tires?

275 60R15 and 225 60R15s

 

[khryslerkid]

Very clever of you. What kind of paint did you use?

I had some Tire Black in the paint cabinet from years ago. Couple of coats did the trick.

 

[Danny Tuel]

The point about old tires was not a matter of if it was a BFG tire. ALL tires are subject to the same thing. Mother Time. Just like a light bulb will work until it doesn't. Just because a tire has tread, looks good, balances well is all fine until it suddenly fails. I am sure there are plenty of Cooper stories out there as well.
What is sad is that all these "stories" are just like my dog is bigger than your dog..No point other than thinking you are different for some reason.
Just a heads up from someone who has had decades of real experience with many thousands of car tires. you guys have had experience with just a few. The numbers don't lie. Just be smart. Tires are made much better now than years ago. The good old days were not really that good for people that can remember that far back and not just regurgitate stories that have been passed down. Many so called "defects" are from lack of maintenance, impact damage, improper repairs etc... Tires are one of the most important things on a car. They are the only thing that lets a car accelerate or stop. " where the Rubber meets the road" is from an old Firestone Tire advertising campaign back in the sixties that says it all.
HP, Brake types don't matter if you don't have traction ( grip).
I was there and most of the tire business was in replacing tires that wore out in less than a year or belted tires whether they were bias belted or radial, fiberglass or steel or "Aramid". Poor traction, hard ride. BFG, Uni-Royal, Firestone, Goodyear, Dayton, Armstrong, Kelly-Springfield, Seiberling, Dunlop, Pirelli, and many others that had tread separations. The technology was not there yet.
Any of you guys in the tire business in the sixties or seventies know what I am talking about. Tire quality was poor compared to now. Michelin was the cream of the crop unless you got a flat. Liner damage after they went flat made most of them unrepairable, even with good tread. Retread business was real good back then.

I think we got the message, for the umptenth time

 

[MoparGuy68]

275 60R15 and 225 60R15s

Is that correct 225/60/15 on the front, not 225/70/15 on front? With 225/60 that is almost 2.5” difference front to rear in overall diameter, and 1.2” difference in sidewall height!