Right now I have Goodyear Eagle RS-A 205/55R16 89H on all four wheels. Both front tires need to be replaced. It seems like the PO replaced the two back tires a little while ago because they both have good tread left of them. Since I'm only buying 2 tires instead of 4 and the other two seem to be fairly new I was looking to buy 2 of the same tire.

I was looking on tirerack and they have the RS-As in two different load ratings, 89h and 91h. I did some searching and it seems like the OEM tire was the 91h. The 91h tire is $7 cheaper per tire and when I go to check out with the 89h tire it says "A 91 load index rating is required with this size". I was going with the 89h at first just to keep all 4 tires the same.

My question is would there be a problem with running 2 tires with 89h rating and the other 2 with the 91h rating? It seems stupid to pay more for a lesser rated tire.

 

im not sure about load rating but if its a quattro its a bad idea to run two new tires and two worn tires.

 

what's the reasoning behind that? Just so all 4 wheels are getting the same traction?

 

different variables at each wheel that aren't even if the tires are not the same, causing the diffs to act differently all the time. Traction probably plays a big role.

 

Load rating won't be a huge deal, but overall rolling diameter is. Anything more than 3% difference between them will eat your center diff.

 

Don't get eagle rs-a man I sell tires and those are OE tires. They wear really fast they aren't worth crap and only carry a manufacturers warranty if I recall correctly. With Goodyear if ur gonna spend that much money I would go with the comforted touring or the weatherhadler fuel max that will be comparable and not cause you any problems while you wait to replace those rear tires. If you hold out for a little bit Michelin has the defenders that have a 90000 mile warranty brand new tire supposed to be amazing

 

I'm on a real low budget so I really can't afford 4 new tires. If running 2 worn tires hurts the differential im lucky something hasn't happened already. Here's a picture of the one of the front tires



I just bought the car a week ago. PO drove the car for about 10k miles like that

 

ALIGNMENT too! Lol cambers off

 

decided to bite the bullet and ordered 4 Hanook Ventus V4's. Only a few more per tire than the RS-As and have slightly better reviews. Deff will be getting an alignment also

 

i wouldve just bought two tires. 1. load rating doesnt matter for squat. you dont own a truck and you arent at 12000 lbs gvw. 2. tread wear also doesnt matter as long as the tires are the same size. it says so in your manual, but i guess you saved yourself the trouble of buying new tires down the road.