Dunlop SP Sport 9000

very noisy, hard ones.

Amazing Grip!! Suprised how well they handle in the wet! , Very good grip for all high performance cars, dry grip is absolutely excellent. Tyre noise is very low, silica Compund makes they tyres glue to the road surface (",) Goes well on my FWD CTS 200 BHP . Premium Tyres for the money you can't go wrong. Would buy again . Overall i think these tyres are superb!!!

I must say I'm surprised at the number of negative reviews. I have used the SP Sport 9000's for the last 4 years on the same BMW 330 Ci M Sport (now on second set), and they've performed well. This has however been predominantly high speed motorway driving, not country roads. At motorway speeds the grip is reasuring, and noticably good on bends - in particular going over 'bumps' in the motorways on the bends, which can easily make a car step sideways. With these tyres this doesn't happen (perhaps due to the more longitudinal 'fan' tread pattern giving excellent sideways stability). Basically, the car does not lose its footing meaning you stay in the correct lane, regardless of speed! The performance in the wet is similar i.e. very good, and in particular, I have never aquaplaned, even when accidentally going through unseen standing water at speed. Wet performance is indeed reasuring. Braking performance is even better, wet or dry, and is an area of performance that has impressed on many occasions, regardless of tyre age/wear. Slightly noisy, but I don't hear that in the BMs cabin, so not too concerned there. I would say they aren't the most comfortable tyres ever used. Road feedback is good, but in my experience that detracts from the comfort. Can't have it all, I suppose. Very good wear, but most likely due to motorway miles and not country lane racing. They also look great. One major negative - don't bother attempting to drive in even the smallest amount of snow. Zero grip and endless sliding! Would buy again.

I want to drop a line about the Dunlop tyres that were on my second hand Borbet rims. I considered Dunlop to be an A brand and thus trusted on them to be quite good. When I first fitted the wheels to my car it was a warm and dry day. I drove the car around for half an hour and the tyres were (compared to my stock Michelin Pilot Primacy) a bit less in dry grip. They made more noise en you couldn't tell exactly when they were going to loose grip. But overall not that bad.

Everything changed when I drove the Dunlop SP 9000 tyres in the rain ! It was like havig totally other tyres on the car, in the worst kind of way.
No grip at all ! Sliding away at roundabouts and even more noise. My wife demanded that I put the other rims back on the car, with the Michelins.

Defenitly not a tyre I would recomend !

Had them since i bought the car from new. Handling is good on dry in general and since most of the miles are average, they could last quite long.

They are good on wet surfaces too with nice progressiveness, but they need time to reach their operating temperature at least at my car.

Generally, i would go for them again but i beleve they are too expensive for what they offer and cheaper tyres could do the job similarly.

I'm amazed at the number of bad reviews of the SP9000. On the Vitesse, handling was superb (once you sussed that the book pressure was badly wrong!) wet and dry, and they were not bad on snow. They were fairly docile through the limit. Wear and noise were only so-so (18-26 k-miles front and back). Not perfect, but overall they were the best tyres I've had (and very much better than the old SP2000s that were on the car when I got it).

I'm looking for new tyres for a ZT190, and found excellent reviews of reviews of the SP9000 on an MG club site. So I guess it depends on the car?

Those were the original tyres on the stock car since the day one so after 20k miles I feel like they are not supposed to be even called sport since they are no good for cars over 100 bhp.So I dont recommend these dunlops at all.

I replaced Dulop Sport 01's with these by mistake and what a mistake it was. Dry handling is average, road noise a little high and wet grip a disgrace. I get so much understear in the wet im lucky i still have a car. I competely change my style of driving when its even damp. Acceleration is also poor as the wheels dont grip in any conditions leading to wheel spin and in the wet i can get straight line wheel spin in second gear. Breaking however is ok, which is odd. Most wheel spin happens under acceleration and i would never buy these again. Maybe this tyre just doesnt suit my car, i would have them banned on road safety grounds.