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165/60R14

165 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 99 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 21.8 inches tall.

99.0 mm sidewall554 mm · 21.8"
Sidewall
3.90"
99 mm
Overall
21.8"
553.6 mm
Circumference
68.5"
1.739 m
Revs per mile
925
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 4.5" and 6" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 158 mm across at the narrow end and 173 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 21.8×6.5R14 — 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
155/65R1421.9" +0.6 %+1.8 mm60.4 mphside by side
145/70R1422.0" +0.9 %+2.5 mm60.5 mphside by side
175/55R1421.6" -1.0 %-2.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
185/55R1422.0" +1.0 %+2.8 mm60.6 mphside by side
145/65R1421.4" -1.7 %-4.8 mm59.0 mphside by side
155/60R1421.3" -2.2 %-6.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
175/60R1422.3" +2.2 %+6.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
185/50R1421.3" -2.3 %-6.5 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.


185/60R13111 mm sidewall — 12% more
155/55R1585 mm sidewall — 14% less
175/50R1588 mm sidewall — 12% less
135/65R1588 mm sidewall — 11% less
195/45R1588 mm sidewall — 11% less
175/65R13114 mm sidewall — 15% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE460A
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE CP621400A
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE CP641400A

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
155/65R1430.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,063
145/70R1430.3 mph50.5 mph70.6 mph10,090
175/55R1429.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,901
185/55R1430.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,099
145/65R1429.5 mph49.1 mph68.8 mph9,828