Dunlop SP Sport Questions & Answers

Check your tyre placard in your car, or the instruction manual.

it does the job for the price. unless you have the sport car tyres you may get better grip. these tyres does the job i even drove it to the snow as well and it was fine

No. They're a performance tyre for road use

Hi Bill, I’m afraid I don’t really know enough about the tyres to offer advice. I would check with the place where you got your tyres fitted or any decent garage they’ll be able to offer advice.

Cheers, Steve

Hi mate, not noticeably no. If I drive over any imperfections/bumps in the road I can feel them but I guess you get that with any tyres. Hope this helps.

I do not have any problems in the wet.

I think they're OK in the wet.

I have a set of these on Camry 2006 and they are diabolical in the wet. I wonder if the tyres are different between factories, or cars. They fail to grip on braking and spin at the lights. Mine are almost new and I am getting rid of them before I write the car off.

I have had same experience in my Merc (V8) lost total confidence in this tyre put off driving in the wet as esp came on continuously. Also have found that measured shoulder to shoulder 235 x 40 they are approx 20 mm narrower than the Michelin PS 4 replacements :-)

Most tyres make a humming noise at certain speeds and this is known as the 'resonant' frequency or resonant set of frequencies as it may be over a range of frequencies not just one. Tyre manufacturers usually use "pitch" blocks in the tread pattern to try and move (humming as you describe) frequencies to a different frequency range that is inaudible or less irritating to the human ear - well so they say.

So, if the same tyre is installed on 2 different cars - one car may show up different resonance frequencies due to many possible factors including tyre pressure, vehicle weight, wheel alignment, sound deadening, other vehicle noise (such as engine noise, air intake noise, exhaust noise, etc.) that may cover up the resonant frequency, wheel base length, etc.

These tyres seem to be noisy in every car and especially in the XV40 Toyota Aurion (OEM tyre).

I won't recommend them. They are not performance tyres. I am sure there are others better suited for your car.

I had these on my Octavia RS, possibly the worst tyres i've ever had, scare the bejuses out of me in the wet, although not too bad as a summer tyre and do wear well, I have gone back to conti's.

Hi Prashant, I don't have experience with those Goodyears so I would base my decision on what others have said about them. However, I think the Dunlops are a good all-round tyre and I would buy them again if the price comparison was good. It's just that the mileage was not so good, so value suffers a bit. Noise and comfort I had no problem with, and I felt secure driving on the Dunlops.

Hope this helps

Hi Peter, I am afraid I am not qualified to answer your query, my review came from outstanding performance of this tyre on my toyota. This tyre was the original tyre fitted on my Corolla and my local Beaurepaire outlet fitted the new ones. I suggest you contact either Beaurepaires or a Toyota dealer. Regards.