Cooper Discoverer A/T3 megathread?

Yeah they aren't on the site, I had to go in person to the store and they ordered them for me Guy said they are trying to clear out the old AT/3s before they stock stores with the new models

 

You can usually get tires from anywhere, have Discount Tire mount them up for you, and they'll sell you the certs for them still. My local DT recently sold me certs for a used set of tires I brought to them with ~9000 miles on them.

 

Those looks awesome! Congrats - look forward to the mounted pics!

 

The 4S’s got a good breaking in today and for highway driving from Nashville through the mountains to Asheville on I40 with a load through the mountains. Heated them up properly and they gripped so well on the pavement at speed in tight mountain curves passing semis.

Will get them in the dirt tomorrow but if the tread holds up these will be a very popular tire

 

Got my 4s installed today at the local firestone. It's my first time using them so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt but they did try to charge me $20 for TPMS service. Only problem is my aftermarket wheels don't have TPMS. The manager seemed annoyed that he had to come out to the computer and fix it.

Only put about an hours worth of time on these so far and no highway so there's limited info I can give but they are quiet, definitely no louder than my Michelin Defenders that had years on them and were only at about 4/32's. Bought from tirebuyer for $548 plus $160 for install and alignment. That's better than any local tire shop's quote for anything I was looking at. The best local price was $798 and that was for the regular at3, not the 4s. Not sure why my area has such high prices but regardless, pays to shop around.

I couldn't really tell in pictures but in person this seems like Cooper combined the at3, the ATP (the scalloped tread shoulders), and the at/w (sipes) plus a better looking sidewall.

 

I ordered a set of 265/70/17 4's today from tirebuyer for 508 after the mail in rebate is subtracted from the total. Can't wait to get them put on.

 

For what it’s worth drove mine in a downpour today and they did well. LOTS of standing water, deep puddles on the road and no loss of traction. Also lots of highway driving up to about 85 and no road noise, at least none I could hear.

 

I will second that I just bought a set of 265/75r16 in the A/T3 4s to replace my Ko2s and they were $550 w/ tax and came the next day. That’s service! Hopefully these things save me some gas and ride better than my Load E KO2s. Saving 13 lbs a tire

 

Put em at 32Psi and enjoy a smooth ride compared to your KO2s!!

 

These tires are outstanding - full review coming soon after 800 miles of interstate, forest roads, storms, blue ridge, smokies, dirt, mud, loose gravel and flash flood conditions. It’s a no compromise kind of tire IMHO - in a SL no less!

 

So this happened today

 

285/75/16 XLT's mounted up! no rub on road with the 0 offset Method NVs

 

XLT's look great man!

 

What size?

 

265 70 17

 

Well that seals the deal for me and now I have to get these just have to save a little more. Looks good and thanks for the report!

 

Sure thing man, keep saving! Loving em so far

 

So, question for the guys who now have new AT3's, would it be worth it for me to go the LT route? I tow 4500 lbs a few times a year but the 4S would be rad with all the snow driving here in Utah. I'm currently on Grabber HTS's (255/70/17) which came with the truck 2 years ago. They are very light. So my thinking is the 4S's are a bit heavier and can take a few extra lbs of towing. I worry about the weight of the LT's and what they'll do to my mpg's. Worth it for the extra load capacity? What say ye???

 

Doubtful you'd need to go up unless you're putting them through a bunch of rough terrain where you'd be concerned about punctures. These tires are definitely tougher than the stock Wranglers my truck came with. I think so long as you air up for towing the 4S will be fine. And at 42 lbs I haven't seen much if any hit on MPGs vs. the 35-36lb stockers that were on there.

 

Just got at/3 4s installed today. They look great, very happy. Also decided to replace the chipped 10 year old rims with some new 4runner ones, figure cant go wrong for $100.

Was really surprised to see the tires rated for 3 peak mountain snowflake.

I got 265/70/17