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185/60R16

185 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 111 mm — on a 16-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 24.7 inches tall.

111 mm sidewall628 mm · 24.7"
Sidewall
4.37"
111 mm
Overall
24.7"
628.4 mm
Circumference
77.7"
1.974 m
Revs per mile
815
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 5" and 6.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 178 mm across at the narrow end and 193 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 24.7×7.3R16 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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8 drivers have filed a complaint. 1 of them ended in a crash, hurting 1 person. Nobody died.

7 of them name what let go, and it is most often road hazard. Dunlop is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
road hazard2
tread separation2
blowout2
crack1
not stated1

Where the wheel is named, 6 of 8 were on the rear, and 2 on the front.

What fits instead

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Same 16-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
205/55R1624.9" +0.6 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
175/65R1625.0" +0.9 %+2.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
165/65R1624.4" -1.2 %-3.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
195/55R1624.4" -1.2 %-3.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
165/70R1625.1" +1.4 %+4.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
175/60R1624.3" -1.9 %-6.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
195/60R1625.2" +1.9 %+6.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
205/50R1624.1" -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.


165/75R15124 mm sidewall — 11% more
155/80R15124 mm sidewall — 12% more
205/60R15123 mm sidewall — 11% more
195/50R1798 mm sidewall — 12% less
175/70R15123 mm sidewall — 10% more
215/45R1797 mm sidewall — 13% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Tornel PROXES A27240A

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
205/55R1630.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,056
175/65R1630.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,088
165/65R1629.6 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,881
195/55R1629.6 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,881
165/70R1630.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,143