2 weeks ago tomorrow, I had 4 235/45QR17 Bridgestone Blizzak WS-50's installed on my stock wheels.
This morning, 160 miles from home, I came out to find one of them flat(passenger side rear). I tried a can of fix-a-flat but I think the can was too old and nothing even came out of it. (I know I know that stuff isn't good and tire shop workers hate it). So I limped it a mile to a gas station and aired it up. I had to make a stop before leaving town, when I came out again it was getting low but still driveable, so I luckily found a tire shop open on a Sunday, happened to be a Goodyear store.

I thought I was in-luck, they found the problem, but the news wasn't good. The hole was on the edge of the tire where the sidewall meets the tread, so it was unrepairable. Ofcourse they didn't have one instock, so they wanted to put on a 4 season Goodyear F1 in the same size. I didn't want to do that so I walked across the street to Sears and bought a 235/45 Blizzak. All is good right?
Well no, it's a WS-60 instead of the WS50's that are on my other 3 wheels and it's also T rated, where as my other 3 are Q rated.
Will this be a problem? I mean the other 3 only have like 500 miles on them and they are all the same size, all Blizzaks, just 1 is different speed rated.

I'm going to call TireRack in the morning, though I didn't purchase the warranty on them, and see what they say.

Thoughts?

 

shoulda purchased the warranty. good luck

 

Your fine.

 

Thanks. I figured so, but the guy at Goodyear was trying to scare me.

 

The 60s replaced the 50s and B-stone says they are compatible. It would be best for a pair to match on the car rather than just one oddball on the corner though. Of coarse all four is the best scenario.