I have to laugh
at the Tirerack Reviews that are coming in about the ol DunCraps.
The first one thats posted, is mine... and the rest of them are all from other owners of EX35's.
Enjoy...
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I'm a Moderator of an Infiniti EX35 Forum... and if you buy an EX35 with 18 inch Wheels, the Factory-installed OEM Tire is the Dunlop Sport 7000 A/S. These Tires are junk. People on our Forum are getting very poor Tread-wear with them. We have multiple Threads discussing the Dunlops... and most of us can't wait to swap them out. Avoid these Tires!
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I feel I owe it to everyone contemplating purchasing this tire, to relate my experience with the Dunlop Sport 7000 A/S. These were quite possibly the worst tires I have ever had on a vehicle, bordering on dangerous to drive. When new, (OEM fitted.) they were twitchy to driver input on-center, and (moderately)followed ashphalt cupping on older roads. Upon reaching 5000 miles, they had deteriorated to the point where they did not want to go down the road straight. These tires agressively follow high spots on pavement. In icy conditions, this action would occasionally pitch my EX35 AWD into skids while driving straight down the highway! Alignment was checked (Ok.) Tire pressures were correctly maintained (Onboard pressure indication.), and the tires rotated at 4000 miles in an attempt to correct the problem. My wife was ready to trade in her practically new EX35, when I finally replaced the Dunlops with another brand of tires, and the problem was totally cured. I had the tire shop examine the Dunlops and they "could not find anything wrong with them". Not good in snow, not good on ice, not good in the rain, noisy, and downright dangerous on cupped road surfaces. I recommend them soley for collecting rain water, and letting mosquitoes breed in them.
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These tires were mounted on my car when it was purchased new. They have worn very poorly, and will have to be replaced before winter at possibly 22,000 miles. They became noisy very early in their use emitting a noisy whomp whomp sound similar to a tire separation. My dealer found no balance or separation problem but suggested a 4 wheel alignment at approximately 12,000 miles which was done. The problem continued plus tramelling where the car tends to aggresively follow undurations in the road. In the next few months I intend to discard them and install new Michelin Hydroedge with Green X also an all season tire suitable for our cold and icy Canadian winters. Why a major quality manufacturer like Infiniti would place such a poor quality tire on their new vehicle amazes me. Could it possibly be an ill conceived economic factor??
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I purchased my Infiniti with these tires installed. It had 400 miles at that time. I now have over 23000 miles on these tires. At about 5k miles I started hearing road noise and steering shake at braking. The noise got progressively worst expecially at highway speeds. At about 15k I began to really notice wear on the insides of the tire. Infinti services could not find anything wrong with vehicle. Never had a tire breakdown like this.
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I live in Orlando, FL. It's a great tire on dry surface, cornering, braking, noise level, shock absorbing all pretty good. But in wet conditions you must be very careful with the throttle especially if you are driving a 300HP rear wheel drive vehicle. Rear wheels slip very easily and throw rear of the car to the side. Braking in the other hand still good under wet conditions.
Follow-up Review, 7,500 Miles on Tires
October 27, 2009
After replacing 3 of my original 4 set due to tire defect causing extreme imbalance (cannot be fixed with weight) I have to change my rating to negative. Even though Dunlop paid like 2/3 of the replacement cost, it is unacceptable. I'm done with Dunlop; I wouldn't buy it again and I wouldn't suggest is to anyone.
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These tires were OE on my car and they do nothing very well. Not great as summer dry pavement tires, worse in the wet. As winter tires they are even worse. While the tread wear is about average tires are currently cupped and need replacement with regular rotation and balancing at dealer. Have never been a fan of Dunlope tires and remain so after my expreience with these. Will be getting a set of Michelins to replace them with.
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After about 22,000 miles, these tires are so loud I am having to replace them. They have worn very uneven and I would not recommend these tires to anyone.
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Terrible! Dunlop USED to make such good tires but they failed miserably with these! Cupped and noisy, ready to be replaced at 23,000 miles on an Infiniti EX35. Tires rotated every oil change, but didn't seem to help any.
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I just bought my 2008 EX in July; I really like the stock Michelins which came on our cars (Latitude Tour HP) and currently have 53k miles on mine, but I hear they're not terrific in the snow--plus the damn things cost a small fortune @ $225/each.
I hear lots of positive press from people about the Goodyear ComforTread--both on dry conditions as well as winter ones.
