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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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anyone have experience with Cooper Zeon Tires?

go for Cooper Zeon rs3-a...go with this one or continental extreme dw or dws?
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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I just replaced the stock tires on my Brembo Wheels with the Cooper Zeon All Season tires and they are awesome! I got them from Discount Tire and they are a great deal. Also rated very high in everything I could find on them and are also rated high in this months Consumer Reports.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=255
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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All season = no season.

Summer/winter sets or bust.

Cooper makes a good tire. Depending on your price, it could be worth it
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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For those of us who live on the warmer side of bad weather having two sets of tires doesn't make any sense IMHO. To me I want something I can drive year round with good grip in wet and dry. Especially at $200 plus a tire for anything with a decent Treadwear rating. The Cooper Zeons in my opinion are the best tires out there for the money taking all things into account. I did a lot of research before I bought them and I am not disappointed in the least.
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by LEwis26
All season = no season.

Summer/winter sets or bust.

Cooper makes a good tire. Depending on your price, it could be worth it
Perhaps where you live, but most of the country is warmer in the winter than where you are, and all-season tires make perfect sense in that case.
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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I hear great things. I read a review where the were higher rated the the Michelin A/S tires for significantly less money. I wish they made the RS3 summer tires in 19" sizes.
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by elvism
go for Cooper Zeon rs3-a...go with this one or continental extreme dw or dws?
No personal experience with the Coopers yet, but in every article/review I read, the RS3s outperform/outscore everything they go up against. I know the Continentals are highly rated too, so you probably can't go wrong either way, but I read that the Coopers were developed for a year in conjunction with Roush. Hope to have them on my '13 day one.
Originally Posted by 03GTPNY
I got them from Discount Tire and they are a great deal. Also rated very high in everything I could find on them and are also rated high in this months Consumer Reports.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=255
That's a decent price.
Originally Posted by MJJ
I wish they made the RS3 summer tires in 19" sizes.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...%2FPerformance
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 11:06 PM
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No personal experience with the Coopers yet, but in every article/review I read, the RS3s outperform/outscore everything they go up against. I know the Continentals are highly rated too, so you probably can't go wrong either way, but I read that the Coopers were developed for a year in conjunction with Roush. Hope to have them on my '13 day one.

That's a decent price.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...%2FPerformance
I should have specified in a size that would fit the rear in 19". A 255 won't work too well with the HP I am running. It came with 285 from the factory.

Thanks for looking it up.
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by LEwis26
All season = no season.

Summer/winter sets or bust.

Cooper makes a good tire. Depending on your price, it could be worth it
Not to mention, summer performance tires are significantly more expensive than all-seasons. If you're not tracking the car, why pay the 30-40% premium for summer-only performance tires? I'm having that debate myself, as my stock Pirellis will need replacing by late summer.
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:38 PM
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All I can say is after replacing the Pirelli PZero Nero M+S tires with the Cooper Zeon RS3-As...

These are THE tires.

In the rain, they just simply do NOT want to break loose. And I tried, really hard, to do that on purpose so I'd know what the limits are in the rain. It is insane what you have to do to get them to even spin, IMO.

So yeah, I'm a believer. Roush and Cooper did a fantasic job on these. If you want the summer tire, the Cooper Zeon RS3-S is the tire you're looking for. Not so good in the rain, but should be even better in the dry than the -As.

Love them. Love them lots. And they LOOK a ton better too. Much more 'Mustang'. AND, they're less expensive too boot! Win-Win!

/Please note, this is on a 2006 GT. A 2012 5.0 GT might have different results, but I'd hope it would still be a positive.

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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Those with the Cooper Tires are you still happy and how have they held up? Im looking for a set of tires that would give me the best grip of the line if i punch it and handles good in the rain
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