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Sidewall

185/60R18

185 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 111 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.7 inches tall.

111 mm sidewall679 mm · 26.7"
Sidewall
4.37"
111 mm
Overall
26.7"
679.2 mm
Circumference
84.0"
2.134 m
Revs per mile
754
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 26.7×7.3R18 — 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
205/55R1826.9" +0.5 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
195/55R1826.4" -1.1 %-3.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
195/60R1827.2" +1.8 %+6.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
205/50R1826.1" -2.5 %-8.5 mm58.5 mphside by side
185/55R1826.0" -2.7 %-9.3 mm58.4 mphside by side
185/65R1827.5" +2.7 %+9.3 mm61.6 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.


155/80R17124 mm sidewall — 12% more
205/60R17123 mm sidewall — 11% more
195/50R1998 mm sidewall — 12% less
175/70R17123 mm sidewall — 10% more
215/45R1997 mm sidewall — 13% less
195/65R17127 mm sidewall — 14% 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
205/55R1830.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,052
195/55R1829.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,890
195/60R1830.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,177
205/50R1829.2 mph48.7 mph68.2 mph9,750
185/55R1829.2 mph48.6 mph68.1 mph9,728