Tires Firestone or Cooper

I was going to need tires, and saw many positive reviews of the Firestone Firehawk Indy500, which were significantly cheaper than the Michelin Pilot Sports like I had on my old E36 M3.

We have been pleased with our Cooper cs5 tires......

I got to field test my Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S tires in the snow this weekend. This is a solid A/T tire, and it's one of the quieter ones on pavement. Handling was awesome; ran them at 25 psi and plowed through small drifts ~12\" high with no issues.

Running 30.9" Cooper A/T3-4S (235/75R17) on 17x8" rims AND a 1.5" lift I wish I had gone bigger on my tires

The tires were solid. Seemed to have traction in the snow, but were pretty slippery on the dry salted roads. Ride quality/road noise isn't bad at all, even at high(er than i should've been going) speeds.

Monday night, I put Cooper CS3's on the front and balanced the garbage West Lakes that are on the rear. All 4 were surprisingly round and none of the rims bent. I can now get around corners faster dry and wet, and can oversteer the car pretty easily when near the limit.

Cooper Discoverer AT3. Good dry and wet grip. Low road noise. Wheels halfway decent.

I am running 38 in the Indy 500’s so far.

I have been running Firestone Indy 500's for the last 15k miles and for $85 they are awesome.

I've currently got Cooper Discoverer AT's and at 50% tread they're horrible. I wouldn't say they're dangerous but they're definitely not the best tires I've driven on.