skyline

I did searched through the forum, sp5000 had some good reviews.

however, how well does this tire work in snow ? I live in toronto, and i just moved here this year, so I am not sure whats the condition will be like.

I am sure major roads will be cleaned, however, how well would these tire work in u know fresh and thin snow prior to the snow cleaning?

joeandcarol2

Don't know the answer but my wife's celica has them.. there are very nice in dry and wet weather. Quiet too.

juniorbean

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From Tirerack.com:

soopa

it depends what SP5000... there two models... one is SUMMER ONLY and one is all season.


Those figures above are for the all seasons.

soopa

ok i guess im wrong.

thats how it was when i was shopping for tires i was sure!


it seems that theyll be ok in snow. their rated better for snow then my nitto's and my nitto's arent half bad in light snow.

johntypes

i have them on my wifes car for two yrs and on mine for one yr they are great

Six Shifter

there are two models, but one is symetrical, and the other is asymetrical (tread patterns).

I had them mounted on some Toxxins which were on my Y2K Maxima SE, and I never had any problems with them in the light snow we had here in central PA last winter season. Took them thru some 3-4" unplowed snow in my neighborhood before getting to plowed streets earlier this year and also into the parkinglot of my destination which also wasn't plowed, and they didn't give me any problems. Am still considering/wondering if I should take them off my Toxxins (which don't fit this car being a 17x7.5 with a +42 offset) and put them on the stock rims - still not thoroughly convinced that 235/45/17's can/are designed to work properly on the stock rims.

mlrspwr

I have SP5000s in the snowy Denver area. They are a fine all season tire, and certainly much better than OEM in snow.
I picked the SP5000s based on the Tire Rack review and that I wanted OEM size.
Put the OEM Mich beside the SP5000 if you get the chance. The SP5000s has a lot more crosshatching grooves and criscrossed patterns. That is good for snow traction.
It aint a snow tire, but so much better than OEM in the snow. I'm very pleased with my decision to buy them.
I'm pretty sure that Asymmetrical has better snow traction than the Symmetrical SP5000s, but they didn't offer Asymmetrical in OEM tire size when I bought them.
Best of luck with your decision. You are definitely improving your winter traction with SP5000s over the OEM tires.

mlrspwr

soopa -- I think the Summer Only tire from Dunlop you are referring to are the Dunlop SP9000s. They are great summer tires, but not all-seasons. SP5000s are all-season.

hemants

Any high performance all season tire will be barely ok in the snow but it all depends what tradeoffs you want.

Personally I would always opt for seperate summer and winter tires, even in toronto.

The time you spend riding on cheaper winter rubber MORE THAN pays for a spare set of rims.

Rock Dog

I have mine since 10,000 miles. (now 30,000) There better than the OEM Michelins in the snow. I tried to get the Symmetrical (cooler) tread pattern but they do not make it in the OEM size. I've been very happy with the tires, for what they are. All around they are better than the Michelins. I said it here many times before. One of the best things about the Dunlops is that the sidewall has a greater radius. So the CL-S rim is better protected than the Michelins. If you compare the two. Looking across the tire/rim. The rim sticks out from the Michelins, whereas it just behind the sidewall on the Michelins.