Advice on CRII and Mickey Thompson tires

[Bill Bess]

I've been running Mickey Thompson SR Radials on my cobra for over 5 years, only one problem. The left rear tire was mounted improperly resulted in an out of round condition, rotated the tire 180 degrees, rebalanced it and it's been smooth sailing ever since. These tires are like most, when they sit for long periods in cold weather they tend to ride a bit stiff until they warm up. I don't race my car, mostly highway driving between 45 and 80, it seems like the highway surface has a lot to do with the smoothness of the ride. So far no complaints with these tire and they wear like iron.

[James Stern]

Great responses. Hinoonaz, Are you using S/Rs or S/Ts? Bill, My driving needs are very similar to how you drive your Cobra. Okiedokie, I had read that you got a replacement set but wonder if they came from the same batch? When I talked to Cooper in Ohio they confirmed that Cooper does make the MT's but they were not prepared to discuss MT's and suggested that I call them. Someone else had pointed out that because a tire company makes another brand does not suggest that the other brand uses the same compounds or the same tread design.

I hope anyone else that has had experience with Mickey Thompson SRs will shed some light here.

Jim

[hinoonaz]

I am running the SR's. They are stickier than TA's from my experience. The back end does not want to come around as when I ran TA's. I know other factors were involved but just feel better about the change. They were old and the front looked like new. I am at 5 years now on SR's and more concerned about age of tire than hardness of the rubber. So far no signs of the rubber deteriating. I tried to find in the archives about details on Cooper tire and there version of the MT SR's. Ran out time, sorry. Gary