I just replaced my crappy, stock Dunlop SP31s for some real tires. I got the Yokohama YK520... wow such a night and day difference. Honestly, if this car came with these tires instead, you wouldn't hear a peep out of journalists when it comes to road noise. I can't recommend them highly enough, they grip 10x better than the stockers as well and they're not even "broken in" yet. I am a Yokohama customer for life.

 

Yokohama's are generally highly regarded. By the same token I was unaware that dunlop's were junk.

 

Dunlops in general isn't a bad brand of tire, per se... however the SP31s are highly regarded as junk, lol.

 

I put Yoko's on my HFP wheels when I got them and man what a difference. The Dunlops aren;t terrible, but they're not anything to get overly excited about either.