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Holly Eek! The Price Of Tires Has Gone Up

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Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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I got my Cooper Zeon's installed for $650 3 years ago, and the same tire is $868.00 now :thumbs:

 

Is anyone running the Cooper HT plus? Considering options I guess

ATXSerria Enthusiast

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Tires companies are the new oil companies! lol

 

They're just following the oil companies trend... "They can't live without them, so lets make them pay for it".

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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I got my Cooper Zeon's installed for $650 3 years ago, and the same tire is $868.00 now :thumbs:

 

Is anyone running the Cooper HT plus? Considering options I guess

 

What size? 17, 18 or 20"?

05GMCZ71 Enthusiast

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Considering you need oil to produce rubber, that is a pretty good indication of why the cost of tires has gone up.

old-chevy-dude Senior Enthusiast

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Considering you need oil to produce rubber, that is a pretty good indication of why the cost of tires has gone up.

 

 

I was about to post the same thing....

 

oil goes up > everything automotive goes up..

 

 

oil doesn't just make fuel..

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah a price increase big time. We purchased new Michelins two years ago and it cost us $650, went to get new ones just last month and the price went up to $1,100. Just insane. Went with the least expensive tire I could find for our 08 Acadia with the 19" wheels and they are Toyo's and still ran us $945. I looked all over the web. I could get them cheaper online but by the time I had them shipped, mounted and balanced it was more expensive than just getting them local.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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I REALLY want the coopers, I may end up just biting the bullet and get them.... but good lord. Thats a hike. I want a tire with the 520 tread wear with a nice tread. Maybe consider others, but no street tire. I want an AT tire.

 

And yes, I'm looking at the 275/55-r20's or the 305/50-r20's

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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Is it typical that the higher the tread wear, the longer the tire will last?

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I got my Cooper Zeon's installed for $650 3 years ago, and the same tire is $868.00 now :sigh:

 

Is anyone running the Cooper HT plus? Considering options I guess

 

I am running the Cooper HT Plus on mine in 275/55-20's I bought mine from TreadDepot and had them installed at a friends shop. 560.00 including shipping, mounting and balancing. They are about 5 lbs heavier per tire than the Goodyear LSA's or whatever the stock tires were called. I like the Coopers. I have 16K on mine now, and no complaints. They get great traction in water, although with the 4.10 gears I seem to be able to break them loose pretty easily accelerating on wet roads. I never ran the 4.10 with the Goodyears to compare. I actually like the looks of the Cooper HT Plus (my truck is 2wd and wouldn't look right with the Zeon's IMO).

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I am running the Cooper HT Plus on mine in 275/55-20's I bought mine from TreadDepot and had them installed at a friends shop. 560.00 including shipping, mounting and balancing. They are about 5 lbs heavier per tire than the Goodyear LSA's or whatever the stock tires were called. I like the Coopers. I have 16K on mine now, and no complaints. They get great traction in water, although with the 4.10 gears I seem to be able to break them loose pretty easily accelerating on wet roads. I never ran the 4.10 with the Goodyears to compare. I actually like the looks of the Cooper HT Plus (my truck is 2wd and wouldn't look right with the Zeon's IMO).

 

Thanks, I'm really considering them for the price difference. Cheapest I found them in 305 is $700, I'll check tread depot. With 16,000 miles on them, how far do you think they'll run? The cooper zeons have 15mm tread depth and the HT Plus's have 12 Depth. So far I've got 46,000 on the Zeon's and expect they would go to 50,000 before HAVING to replace. Do you think the H/T's would go 50,000?

 

Edit:

Tiredepo has the H/T's in 305's for $597 delivered

Ebay has the Zeon's in 275's for $790 delivered

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