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165/65R13

165 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 107 mm — on a 13-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 21.4 inches tall.

107 mm sidewall545 mm · 21.4"
Sidewall
4.22"
107 mm
Overall
21.4"
544.7 mm
Circumference
67.4"
1.711 m
Revs per mile
940
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 21.4×6.5R13 — tall by wide, in inches.

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
155/70R1321.5" +0.5 %+1.3 mm60.3 mphside by side
145/75R1321.6" +0.6 %+1.5 mm60.3 mphside by side
175/60R1321.3" -0.8 %-2.3 mm59.5 mphside by side
185/60R1321.7" +1.4 %+3.8 mm60.8 mphside by side
185/55R1321.0" -2.0 %-5.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
145/70R1321.0" -2.1 %-5.8 mm58.7 mphside by side
155/65R1320.9" -2.4 %-6.5 mm58.6 mphside by side
175/65R1322.0" +2.4 %+6.5 mm61.4 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.


135/70R1495 mm sidewall — 12% less
145/65R1494 mm sidewall — 12% less
155/60R1493 mm sidewall — 13% less
175/55R1496 mm sidewall — 10% less
185/50R1493 mm sidewall — 14% less
195/50R1498 mm sidewall — 9% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Sumitomo Mach 1 R201500A
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE460A
HanKOOK Kinergy eco2 (OE)400A
Nexen SB-652400A

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
155/70R1330.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,046
145/75R1330.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,055
175/60R1329.8 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,917
185/60R1330.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,138
185/55R1329.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,798