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155/80R13

155 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 124 mm — on a 13-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 22.8 inches tall.

124 mm sidewall578 mm · 22.8"
Sidewall
4.88"
124 mm
Overall
22.8"
578.2 mm
Circumference
71.5"
1.816 m
Revs per mile
886
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 22.8×6.1R13 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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4 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

3 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout. Goodyear is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blowout2
tread separation1
not stated1

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 1 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 13-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
165/75R1322.7" -0.1 %-0.3 mm59.9 mphside by side
145/85R1322.7" -0.3 %-0.8 mm59.8 mphside by side
175/70R1322.6" -0.5 %-1.5 mm59.7 mphside by side
175/75R1323.3" +2.5 %+7.3 mm61.5 mphside by side
155/75R1322.2" -2.7 %-7.8 mm58.4 mphside by side
155/85R1323.4" +2.7 %+7.8 mm61.6 mphside by side
145/80R1322.1" -2.8 %-8.0 mm58.3 mphside by side
165/80R1323.4" +2.8 %+8.0 mm61.7 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.


185/60R14111 mm sidewall — 10% less
175/65R14114 mm sidewall — 8% less
145/75R14109 mm sidewall — 12% less
155/70R14109 mm sidewall — 13% less
135/80R14108 mm sidewall — 13% less
165/65R14107 mm sidewall — 14% less

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
Toyo Tiger Paw AWP II600A
Uniroyal Tiger Paw AWP II600A
Goodride SP06500A
TBC Mach 4 R302500A
Hankook KInERGy ECO 2 (OE)400A
Jupiter ULTIMA NEO400A
Hankook Centum K702360A
Allegiance IV RADIAL A/S320A
Nexen SB-802320A
Thunderer CLASSIC320B
Nexen SB-800300A
Tempra R202300A

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
165/75R1330.0 mph50.0 mph69.9 mph9,991
145/85R1329.9 mph49.9 mph69.8 mph9,974
175/70R1329.8 mph49.7 mph69.6 mph9,948
175/75R1330.8 mph51.3 mph71.8 mph10,251
155/75R1329.2 mph48.7 mph68.1 mph9,732