pgatour1

Well who would think I would get a chance to test them so soon. It rained all day here. The tires were fucking amazing. I mean I thought the 5000s were good. These things were beyond great in the rain.

Cool thing is I get to test them in the snow (even though they are not meant for snow) this weekend. It's supposed to snow about 3-6 inches in Flagstaff on Friday so i'm going to drive up. I doubt the tires will perform that great but i'll let yous know.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

how fast where u going in the rain, also was it just straight away , high ways, launches better or what? give us more details on how u tested.

Aquineas

If you're talking about the Dunlop SP9000s, I had them on my 99 Cobra (275 45R 17) and on my 97 Max (225 55R 16 I think) at one point. My biggest problem with them is the tread wear. These things wear out FAST. Of course, my daily drive is quite a twisty one so it's quite possible that it was just the road had lots of curves. To their credit, they resisted hydroplaning better than any tire I've had, which is the reason I bought them in the first place.. I ended up ultimately replacing them with the Kumho Eczas (think that's the name; going from memory here).

Klamalama

I've got the 5000s on my SHO and can attest to their wet capabilities. It is definetly a superior tire and, in my experience, has very good wear characteristics.

gsrblack

I had the SP9000's on my '98 Integra GSR...and I do admit they were great in wet traction. My only beef was that there seemed to be quite a bit of sidewall movement whenever I hit a corner really fast. However, they held like crazy glue to the road! I always enjoyed (and still do) hitting the curves on the US-60 to US-101 interchanges (but it sucks now on my CLS because of the stock Michelins).

The wear was pretty good...stock Michelins on the GSR wore pretty quick and the Dunlops were nowhere near as worn after 20K miles. Never had a chance to take it on snow though (but I think they are only summer tires, aren't they? They may not be suitable for snowy weather -- so be careful up in Flagstaff).

pgatour1

Yeah the 9000s are not suitable for snowy weather. The 5000s are the ones really meant for it. And the 5000s are awesome in snow. I figure i'll give the 9000s a shot on my way up tomorrow. See what they can do.

Speed was straight line between 70-80 mph. On the 101 North.

I tried a few quick turns that the stock tires would have lost it, but these held well.
AS far as straight launches from red lights. They gripped a lot better than other tires I have ridden on in the past.

I just felt like I was grabbing the road better with these tires in the rain. I had confidence to take a turn 45 degree turn at 60 mph. The car never felt like it was sliding at all.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

What size? I had sp9000's on 2 other cars. They were great, but when I tried to put a 245 on a 7" rim, I had alot of vibration problems. Dunlops seem to not like anything but a recommended rim width.

EricL

Look on the Tire Rack pages. The general spec for "most" of the 235/45-17 tires is 7.5 - 9" (min-max rim width) with a "measuring rim width" of 8".

The 9000s have a measuring rim width of 8.5" as opposed the more common 8" AND the min-max rim width range is 8 - 9.5".

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...=SP+Sport+9000

There seems to be some complaints on the site -- from some -- about wear and vibration issues. Wonder if rim sizing or production issues were involved:

http://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surve...ommentStatus=P

pgatour1

I got 215-50-17, stock size.