Across 33 reviews, the Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 is most often praised as a comfortable, smooth and very quiet touring tire that feels refined over bumps and rough roads, with generally solid dry-road performance for everyday driving. Many drivers also highlight good value for money and expect respectable longevity/low running costs. The main recurring drawback is wet performance: a notable share of users report reduced wet grip (especially under braking and cornering) and increased aquaplaning sensitivity, and some also mention soft sidewalls leading to a mushy steering response at higher speeds or on heavier cars.
What owners mention most counted across 34 reviews
Bought them 3 months back for my Toyota Corolla. All smooth and fine for the first 7,000-8,000km on motorways and then went on a trip up north in mountains. These tires seriously lack grip even on dry roads. Going downhill was scary business and they struggled for grip in sharp turns. I know they are not made for any sporty drives but used Advan DBs earlier and they were perfectly fine in similar situation and speeds.
I live in Pakistan and roads are properly bad in my area but the wear and durability on these is good. Drove them over the rougest of surfaces without any issue - never had a puntucre so far but they made me miss Advan DBs when it comes to grip. Dont go for them if you enjoy driving on bendy roads or have occassional adrenaline rushes.
I have bought a Dunlop LM705W 185/55/r15 86V tire. I used tihs only one week. I should have bought a comfort tire. There were only two alternatives. Kumho HS52 and Dunlop LM705W. Kumho might better chouise for grip. Kumho was lower price also. But I chose comfort. Dry grip is good but I felt slide wet road in corner 70-80 km/h little bit. This might be wrong review for only one week. My old tire Dunlop FM800 handling was better than this. But comfort of this tire is perfect. Road noise is minimum.
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This my initial review
Dunlop LM705 ;
Have them six months done
(6,200k)miles .
These are touring tires not HP/UHP.
Dry/Wet : Very good.
Comfort: Very good & silent.
Fuel economy: Very good.
Handle bad roads and potholes.
I'll give more feedback as miles pileup.
Until now pleased with them
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In dry roads has normal grip and it's ok but in wet and specialy Ice & Snow It has no grip. In wet it's more better than snow but in snow it's really awful! I lose my grip several times in the snow road and I save my car with hard tries for getting stable.
It's comfort, mostly touring tire and if you want a touring and soft tire this model of Dunlop keeps you satisfied.
My initial Review
I have done 5k on them
They seem fine no issues
Coming from UHP tires to touring need get use to the limits differ
I'll give update done more miles in all conditions.
Dry ; Very Good
Handling ; Good
Comfortable
Lower fuel consumption because of low resistance.
Manufacturered in Japan
it is a great comfort tire with the lowest price in the market, much cheaper than yokomaha db, the wear can do 50,000km easy. the comfort is created by the soft side wall therefore there is almost no handling. i have driven many cars and mostly sport car with manual gearbox, these LM705 you MUST NOT push under wet condition, even just little rain, NEVER drive with this tire over 120km/h on wet road. YOU WILL GET KILLED. the wet braking is super weak, easy to start grift in low speed corner. i try the pressure start from 28psi all the way up to 40psi, the best comfort setting is 34psi and the better handling with 37psi. the good dry grip is only maintain the first 15,000km.
My initial Review on these tires Dunlop LM705/Lemans-V ( Asia Market )
Previous Dunlop tire experience was Blu response European tire.
Done (4K miles) They seem ok until now it's too early break in period " 4 months " wait until winter have a better option on them.
1. High comfortable tire low nose
2. Good dry breaking
3. Handling ok
4. At least Made in Japan
My next review will have allround feedback on Summer/Winter conditions.
I bought this because I was satisfied enough with the previous LM704, hoping that this one would perform better. In fact, it turns out that the grip is inferior compared to the LM704, even the wet grip is a nightmare. Taking turns at 40mph in the rain feels extremely slippery and prone to sliding. Same scene applies on the dry grip, I feel more confident taking corners when using the LM704. The good thing is, it's way quieter and softer than the LM704, nearly matches a Continental CC6 I'm using on another car. Tire wears about the same as the LM704 - just a slight performance decrease after 20.000 miles. Not very recommended for an upgrade from the previous LM704, even if you're searching for a comfort tires. Get a new Continental CC7 instead.
Very quiet and handles well for a touring tire. Not expecting high speed cornering grip as I use the tire for its intended purpose, for comfort and longevity.
I recently replace by Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde 4 tires with Dunlop LM705 Sports. I should say that the tire is much comfortable and silent than the P1 set. I am too early to mention about the grip on the road but still the feeling of the steering and drive is excellent. It made me get addicted to drive my car more often. On the highway the drive is very smooth and the rolling will never break your engine. I feel a major difference on the steering wheel as well. The smoothness and comfortability can be felt and I will definitely recommend this tire for anyone to upgrade if you are using an economical passenger car, I drive a Toyota sedan and I feel great with my decision. The thread seems to have a good depth in the middle and not in the outer. Hope the tire would last for at least 50,000km. fingers crossed.
Bought these tires with the recomendation from the sellers for comfort and silentness. Right after changing to them, the road noise is terribly loud, even on fine asphalt road. There's a metallic rolling noise that getting louder when going faster, which is very2 annoying. Going from the oem Turanzas to these tires are really a big mistake. I complained to the seller, and ask for a replaxement, after a few back and forth debate, they decided to gave me back my money and take back the tires. Definetly not buying Dunlop again.
