Tires Nexen or Cooper

If you wanna stay with Cooper's, get the Discoverer AT3S. They are a decent Road Focused All Terrain with good snow and ice ratings. I have them on my truck, and I don't slide around much unless I want it too, yanno what I mean lol.

I have dedicated snow tires that go on November 1st and come off April 1st. I don't get stuck. Cooper Evolution Winter are my favorite tread style, but several tire makers have the same tread design. The ones made in Japan are 13/32 deep and ride well.

Yes you have cheap Chinese tires. Starfire's aren't good at anything and Cooper is better but they are still well behind premium tires. The difference is crazy, all seasons (not all created equally) are usually a sketchy mess when conditions get bad but a snow tire will have tons of confidence even on ice.

if you can, stick to the Nexens - best price to quality ratio I've used thus far. :) Great Korean company.

For the Nexen, I had a set of Nexen Roadian AT tires and they worked well for me.

Great SUV/CUV tire if you don't deal with snow... And Nexen has arguably the best warranty in the tire industry that includes a 2 year road hazard warranty from the manufacturer.

A year or two ago I put Cooper Road+Trail on our 4Runner, and I’ve been thrilled. They’re a mild AT so they’re super quiet on the road. I’ve cruised plenty of forest service/dirt/gravel roads and they’ve had good traction, and no damage so far.

Most of my traction issues are probably down to my snow tires( cooper evolution winter) I’ll be switching brands for 2026 winter season. But overall tbh they handle really well.

Those are the wrong wheels and it's got some bullshit Nexen tires on it.

After 2 sets of Falken Wildpeaks I went with these Coopers for my wife\u2019s 4Runner to save a few bucks. Instant regret. Louder and not nearly as good traction in the wet/snow.