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SP 9000 Tyre Wear

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#1 ·
Have run a quick search for anything on this subject but can't find anything directly addressing this question.

So, what km's are you guys getting. And what driving do you do.

I got about 7500km's out of my rear tyres, fronts are OK. Drive fairly hard especially cornering, don't do burnouts etc; hardest I have driven my car was on track day.

Personally I thought the SP3000 on my T were a better tyre than these 9000's
 
#4 ·
I got 25000 out of 9000s on my T3 I thought that wasn't to bad, I put some Yokie AVS V102s on it this time, well its a diffrent car ! done 11000ks on them so far and there wearing very well, It looks like at this stage they will give a few more Ks than the Dunlops..
 
#5 ·
Redhawk said:
Have run a quick search for anything on this subject but can't find anything directly addressing this question.

So, what km's are you guys getting. And what driving do you do.

I got about 7500km's out of my rear tyres, fronts are OK. Drive fairly hard especially cornering, don't do burnouts etc; hardest I have driven my car was on track day.

Personally I thought the SP3000 on my T were a better tyre than these 9000's
Bloody hell!!


Thats the worst tyre life i have heard of from the Dunlop 9000's, some guys are using them on the strip and get more than that.
I think Hypnodoc spoke to someone at Dunlop and they came to the party on replacements at a good price
 
#6 ·
sbutler said:
I got 25000 out of 9000s on my T3 I thought that wasn't to bad, I put some Yokie AVS V102s on it this time, well its a diffrent car ! done 11000ks on them so far and there wearing very well, It looks like at this stage they will give a few more Ks than the Dunlops..
What price did you pay for the Yokohama's ?
Cheers John
 
#7 ·
Redhawk said:
I got about 7500km's out of my rear tyres, fronts are OK. Drive fairly hard especially cornering, don't do burnouts etc; hardest I have driven my car was on track day.

Personally I thought the SP3000 on my T were a better tyre than these 9000's
Something just dosent add up,you should be getting at least 20,000. You sure you did not do any burnouts ? lol
Cheers John
 
#8 ·
Trust me John, NO.

Sure did a couple of small burnouts on track day, who does'nt, but normal driving no way, the occasional chirp from the lights that's all.

I expected about 20 - 25 k out of them and would have been happy with that. So if Dunlop don't come to the party there is no way I will be putting them back on my car at $550 a tread. It will be Toyo Trampio's 255/35/18's @ $280 each, fitted and balanced.
 
#9 ·
GTP 320 said:
What price did you pay for the Yokohama's ?
Cheers John
If you shop around you should get them for about $440 each , and worth every cent.........
 
#13 ·
38psi all round and no burnouts.........got me stuffed.

Ringing Paul at Dunlop HO Melbourne again Monday.
 
#14 ·
Rodderz said:
my sp9000's have done 25,000km, still a few months left

keep pressures up high 30's, dont go too silly with burnouts and they will last a lot longer
You must be happy with that and with all thoses Calder nights.
Cheers John
 
#15 ·
GTP 320 said:
You must be happy with that and with all thoses Calder nights.
Cheers John
lol, there hasnt been many trips to calder, and i dont really spin the tyres much anyway, street tyres dont really need it

But i'm pretty happy, but while they are a dedicated road performance tyre you would expect no less than 25-30,000 out of a set of tyres
 
#16 ·
Redhawk said:
I expected about 20 - 25 k out of them and would have been happy with that. So if Dunlop don't come to the party there is no way I will be putting them back on my car at $550 a tread. It will be Toyo Trampio's 255/35/18's @ $280 each, fitted and balanced.
Get Hankook Ventus K104 tyres instead. Same price bracket but a much better tyre.
 
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