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Sidewall

155/80R18

155 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 124 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 27.8 inches tall.

124 mm sidewall705 mm · 27.8"
Sidewall
4.88"
124 mm
Overall
27.8"
705.2 mm
Circumference
87.2"
2.215 m
Revs per mile
726
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 27.8×6.1R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 18-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
155/75R1827.2" -2.2 %-7.8 mm58.7 mphside by side
145/80R1827.1" -2.3 %-8.0 mm58.6 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.


185/75R17139 mm sidewall — 12% more
175/80R17140 mm sidewall — 13% more
175/85R16149 mm sidewall — 20% more
185/80R16148 mm sidewall — 19% more
185/85R15157 mm sidewall — 27% more

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
155/75R1829.3 mph48.9 mph68.5 mph9,780
145/80R1829.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,773