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Cooper Zeon RS3-G1 Review

Posted by Agota Szabo on Jul 5th 2019

Cooper Zeon RS3-G1 Review

Cooper Zeon RS3-G1 Review

Posted by Agota Szabo at Priority Tire on Jul 5th 2019

High performance all season tires have started to gain popularity on the tire market. They combine a high speed driving capability with all season traction to enable the vehicle’s year round performance.

Priority Tire offers a long line of high performance all season tires for purchase. One of our most popular models is Cooper’s Zeon RS3-G1. This tire ensures first-rate all weather traction, secure controllability, safer high speed performance and a longer lasting tread life. On top of this, the model comes with a 45,000 mile treadwear warranty – 23,000 miles for the rear tires of staggered vehicles.

ALL SEASON PERFORMANCE

All season traction

All season tires are the most sought-after models on the tire market. Their performing capability in all weather ensures their popularity as the same set of tires can safely perform in dry, wet and light winter conditions.

The Zeon RS3-G1 was designed with a detailed asymmetric pattern and molded from a silica-enhanced compound. This combination enables the tire to safely perform in various conditions as the tread design and tire compound firmly grip the road surface. The asymmetric tread’s 3D siping pattern provides additional biting edges that maintain the tire’s grip throughout the year, while the silica elements in the compound keep the tire’s flexibility in various temperatures.

The model also helps prevent hydroplaning. The asymmetric tread’s wide circumferential grooves and open shoulder tread block design work together to channel water and slush away from the tire’s footprint. In this manner, the tire closely follows the road surface and keeps its road contact even when driving in rainy and snowy weather.

CONTROLLABILITY AND MANEUVERING

Tires are the only link between the road surface and the vehicle, and as such they must have good controllability. Their steering responsiveness, driving stability, maneuvering and braking capability increase the driving safety by improving the tire’s responsiveness to the driver’s commands.

The Zeon RS3-G1 was designed with an asymmetric tread design that sports a continuous center rib. This rib manages to maintain the tire’s constant road contact. This is further improved with the stronger bead filler’s maintained ideal shape, which enhance and improve the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. In this manner, the steering is faster and more precise in its response to the driver’s commands, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the model. The better steering control enables the driver to confidently maneuver the vehicle in various conditions.

The special tread design also helps improve the maneuvering and braking capabilities. The optimal shoulder tread block pattern boosts the cornering grip. The 3D siping detail of the shoulder blocks heightens the number of biting edges gripping the road surface during maneuvering, ensuring a safer driving experience. The tread design’s 3D siping pattern also increases the braking ability. These sipes create friction between the road surface and the tire at the moment of braking. This significantly reduces the braking distance, guaranteeing a secure performing ability.

HIGH SPEED PERFORMANCE

High speed controllability

High performance tires must withstand the pressure of high speed driving. Such pressure affecting their casing can deform the tire, if it is not reinforced enough.

The Zeon RS3-G1 was designed and manufactured with a strengthened internal structure. This construction features twin steel belts, a stronger ply polyester casing and a high stiffness bead filler that work together with the spirally wrapped nylon cap to keep the tire’s ideal shape. As the tire does not deform under the high speed driving pressure, it is capable of performing at its greatest high speed capability.

Furthermore, the asymmetric tread design and the silica-based tire compound work together to prevent heat build-up along the tread area. They increase the tire’s traction and ease the driving pressure off the tread area. This avoids heat build-up, which can cause accelerated tread wear and loss of traction during the drive.

LONGER LASTING TREAD LIFE

Longer tread life

Manufacturers strive to produce tires with lengthened tread lives. Models with a longer usability tend to perform better in the tire market as they offer more value for their price.

The Zeon RS3-G1 was designed with a stable tread area that helps ensure an extended service life. The tire comes with a 45,000 mile warranty (23,000 miles for the rear tires of staggered vehicles). This model manages to slow the tread wear rate down, while at the same time promoting even tread wear.

The special silica compound keeps the tire pliable in various weather. This eases the driving pressure off the tire when driving on slippery road surfaces. The lowered pressure affecting the tire significantly decreases the tread wear rate and lengthens the model’s usability. On the other hand, the asymmetric tread design’s 3D siping pattern and the reinforced internal structure stabilize the tread elements and actively avoid tread flexing. This allows the tire to evenly distribute the driving pressure along the tread area. The equally spread out forces of acceleration, cornering and braking on the tire’s surface, effectively resisting the formation of irregular tread wear. The slower and even tread wear rate lengthens the tire’s usability and tread life greatly.

TREAD WEAR INDICATORS

Cooper tires are known for their tread wear indicators. These indicators visually represent the tread life left on the tires, which allows the driver to follow the tires’ wear rate.

The Zeon RS3-G1 features these tread wear indicators on its center rib. The tread design placed wear squares on the center rib which wear out along with the tread. They visually portray the tread life left on the tire, allowing the driver to quickly see the approximate tread life left on the tires. This ensures that the worn tires are replaced on time and that they are not driven after they lose their road gripping ability.

If you are interested in Cooper Zeon RS3-G1 tires, you can find the stock we currently have.

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