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175/70R14

175 mm across the tread, a sidewall 70% of that — 123 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.6 inches tall.

123 mm sidewall601 mm · 23.6"
Sidewall
4.82"
123 mm
Overall
23.6"
600.6 mm
Circumference
74.3"
1.887 m
Revs per mile
853
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 5" and 6" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 170 mm across at the narrow end and 180 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 23.6×6.9R14 — 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 14-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
165/75R1423.7" +0.4 %+1.3 mm60.2 mphside by side
155/80R1423.8" +0.5 %+1.5 mm60.3 mphside by side
185/65R1423.5" -0.7 %-2.3 mm59.6 mphside by side
195/65R1424.0" +1.4 %+4.3 mm60.8 mphside by side
195/60R1423.2" -1.8 %-5.5 mm58.9 mphside by side
155/75R1423.2" -2.1 %-6.3 mm58.8 mphside by side
165/70R1423.1" -2.3 %-7.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
185/70R1424.2" +2.3 %+7.0 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.


145/75R15109 mm sidewall — 11% less
185/60R15111 mm sidewall — 9% less
155/70R15109 mm sidewall — 11% less
195/70R13137 mm sidewall — 11% more
205/65R13133 mm sidewall — 9% more
165/65R15107 mm sidewall — 12% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Delta ESTEEM XLE700A
Monarch OVATION660A
Toyo Tiger Paw AWP II600A
Uniroyal Tiger Paw AWP II600A
CERTIFIED AllTrek560A
Firestone F-700540A
TBC Mach 4 R203540A
Americus Touring Plus500A
Goodride SP06500A
Sumitomo Mach 1 R201500A
JK Tyre UX ROYALE460A
Thunderer ASTRAL NEO440A

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
165/75R1430.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,042
155/80R1430.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,050
185/65R1429.8 mph49.6 mph69.5 mph9,925
195/65R1430.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,142
195/60R1429.5 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,817