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Sidewall

155/60R14

155 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 93 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 21.3 inches tall.

93.0 mm sidewall542 mm · 21.3"
Sidewall
3.66"
93 mm
Overall
21.3"
541.6 mm
Circumference
67.0"
1.701 m
Revs per mile
946
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 4" and 5.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 148 mm across at the narrow end and 163 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 21.3×6.1R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 14-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
145/65R1421.4" +0.5 %+1.3 mm60.3 mphside by side
135/70R1421.4" +0.6 %+1.5 mm60.3 mphside by side
165/55R1421.1" -0.8 %-2.3 mm59.5 mphside by side
175/55R1421.6" +1.2 %+3.3 mm60.7 mphside by side
135/65R1420.9" -1.9 %-5.3 mm58.8 mphside by side
175/50R1420.9" -2.0 %-5.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
145/60R1420.9" -2.2 %-6.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
165/60R1421.8" +2.2 %+6.0 mm61.3 mphside by side

Same height, different rim

Bigger rim, same overall height. Sharper steering, harsher ride, and far less rubber between your wheel and the next pothole.


175/60R13105 mm sidewall — 13% more
125/65R1581 mm sidewall — 13% less
165/65R13107 mm sidewall — 15% more
165/50R1583 mm sidewall — 11% less
135/80R13108 mm sidewall — 16% more
155/50R1578 mm sidewall — 17% less

If you fit something taller

A taller tire covers more ground per turn, so the needle reads low and the odometer counts short. Over ten thousand miles on the dial, the last column is what you really drove.


Fitted insteadReads 30Reads 50Reads 70Real miles per 10,000 shown
145/65R1430.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,046
135/70R1430.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,055
165/55R1429.8 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,917
175/55R1430.4 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,120
135/65R1429.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,806