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155/80R15

155 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 124 mm — on a 15-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 24.8 inches tall.

124 mm sidewall629 mm · 24.8"
Sidewall
4.88"
124 mm
Overall
24.8"
629.0 mm
Circumference
77.8"
1.976 m
Revs per mile
814
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 24.8×6.1R15 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

What fits instead

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Same 15-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
165/75R1524.7" -0.1 %-0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
175/70R1524.6" -0.5 %-1.5 mm59.7 mphside by side
175/75R1525.3" +2.3 %+7.3 mm61.4 mphside by side
155/75R1524.2" -2.5 %-7.8 mm58.5 mphside by side
155/85R1525.4" +2.5 %+7.8 mm61.5 mphside by side
145/80R1524.1" -2.5 %-8.0 mm58.5 mphside by side
165/80R1525.4" +2.5 %+8.0 mm61.5 mphside by side
165/70R1524.1" -2.7 %-8.5 mm58.4 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.


185/60R16111 mm sidewall — 10% less
185/75R14139 mm sidewall — 12% more
175/65R16114 mm sidewall — 8% less
145/75R16109 mm sidewall — 12% less
155/70R16109 mm sidewall — 13% less
175/80R14140 mm sidewall — 13% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Thunderer DIRECCIONAL460A
Thunderer AMERICA AT 909420A
Thunderer AMERICA SELECTA420A

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
165/75R1530.0 mph50.0 mph69.9 mph9,992
175/70R1529.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,952
175/75R1530.7 mph51.2 mph71.6 mph10,231
155/75R1529.3 mph48.8 mph68.3 mph9,754
155/85R1530.7 mph51.2 mph71.7 mph10,246