Quote Originally Posted by industrie
wouldnt waste my time with the tyres you suggested...if you want a good performance tyre get the Dunlop SP Sport 9000 ..there a good bang for your buck...any jap tyre is shit..remember it depends how you drive
The Dunlop SP Sport 9000's were the OEM tyre on my IS200 (215/45/17).
I agree with you these tyres were great ( dry grip / wet grip / comfort / low noise ) but when the time came to replace those, every shop was asking $375-$400.
I dont know whether it was because they were talking to a kid driving a Lexus or whatever else, but other reasons for the cost where "oh these are made in japan" or
"these are now discontinued."

The Dunlop SP Sport 9000's last 43,000km while these Dunlop 2050M's wont go past 25,000km.

For those who are worried about the tyres only lasting 25,000km remember that i drive maybe 700km city/freeway driving and 300km of twisty thrashing
almost on a weekly basis.

Still havent saved any money, so i'll post which tyres i end up going with in a few weeks.

Mano.