Question Radial Tire safety. Wife going on trip in morning. Please help.

[Tomtanium]

Hello.

My wife has a 2006 Scion xB. 900 miles in to ownership, we got 17" wheels with low profile tires. The original tires and wheels went in the garage. She has been complaining for some time that the low profile tires are just too "bumpy". She wanted to have her original tires/wheels back on. So, tonight, before her trip in the morning, I was putting her original (900 mile) wheels and tires back on. Just the stocker 15" jobbers. I noticed that these are Goodyear Eagle LS tires but have no arrows on the tires. I have no idea of the original direction that they went. I got the front and back right (more brake dust on the fronts). The people that took the wheels off did not indicate their original position.

I really would like my wife to be safe in her car and do not want to put her in danger. This tire/wheel combo has 900 miles in case this matters.

All help will be appreciated and thank you in advance.

--Tom

[lelandstanford]

There's no directional requirement for radial tires except unidirectional tread pattern.

[LifeTech]

The tires would indicate if they are undirectional or asymetrical with an OUTER position labled as such.

Don't worry too much. When Radial tires first came out in the 70's There was a rule that yu did not change direction of rotation for the life of the tire after the tire is broken in .

That Rule doesn't apply anymore, as Radial Tires have come a long way and Belt Separation doesn't occur when changing the rotational direction of these radials.

LT

[Tomtanium]

Thank you all for your replies! It really made me feel much better about her trip!

Thanks again!