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Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:40 am

following on from my tyre suggestion thread a couple of weeks back i changed from my usual tyre of choice ,toyo t1-r, to the dunlop sp9000. the difference in grip was hardly noticable in the dry(both very good) but in the wet the difference is huge. the dunlop gives far higher levels of grip in wet conditions giving me a new found wet weather confidence in my car.the toyos wet weather grip was always bad.
dunlop sp9000 will be my tyre of choice from now on i think. :cool:
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:46 am

Thats because the Dunlop are usually made in Germany, Dunlop have held their quality whereas Continental are crap. Toyo are good but Dunlop are goood. Toyos wear quickly. Have you had them wearing quickly?

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Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:09 pm

Moz wrote:Thats because the Dunlop are usually made in Germany, Dunlop have held their quality whereas Continental are crap. Toyo are good but Dunlop are goood. Toyos wear quickly. Have you had them wearing quickly?

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just my rear tyres wear quickly winkeye
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:18 pm

fuzzy wrote:following on from my tyre suggestion thread a couple of weeks back i changed from my usual tyre of choice ,toyo t1-r, to the dunlop sp9000. the difference in grip was hardly noticable in the dry(both very good) but in the wet the difference is huge. the dunlop gives far higher levels of grip in wet conditions giving me a new found wet weather confidence in my car.the toyos wet weather grip was always bad.
dunlop sp9000 will be my tyre of choice from now on i think. :cool:
how much are the dunlops per corner?
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:24 pm

£78 each for a 205x40x17.
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:27 pm

fuzzy wrote:£78 each for a 205x40x17.
thats a good price dude, i paid near the same for 15" michelin pilots lol
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:29 pm

tomtomiS wrote:
fuzzy wrote:£78 each for a 205x40x17.
thats a good price dude
thats fitted and balanced from a local alloy wheel and tyre centre.
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Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:52 pm

I have those Dunlops on my M3 and they are fabulous.
The problem is they are no longer available in 225/45ZR16.
Too bad.
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Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:52 am

Dude all the police drivers in t5 owners club who have used t sp9000s rate above anything else
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Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:44 pm

the police t5's also do pairs of front tyres in 7000 miles too, ouch
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Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:20 pm

Ooh, anyone got a list of the sizes they're available in?

Need something like a 245/35 and a 205/40 :)
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Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:02 pm

sweet sounding tyres.toyo's ,they are amazing in the dry but the wet pff. not only that i wanted to put some german tyres on my car after these toyo's. so i was thinking continental but these dunlop's are the part by the sounds of it.
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