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185/70R13

185 mm across the tread, a sidewall 70% of that — 130 mm — on a 13-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.2 inches tall.

130 mm sidewall589 mm · 23.2"
Sidewall
5.10"
130 mm
Overall
23.2"
589.2 mm
Circumference
72.9"
1.851 m
Revs per mile
869
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 23.2×7.3R13 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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6 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

5 of them name what let go, and it is most often road hazard. B.f.goodrich is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
road hazard2
blowout2
tread separation1
not stated1

Where the wheel is named, 5 of 6 were on the front — the end that steers.

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
175/75R1323.3" +0.6 %+1.8 mm60.4 mphside by side
165/80R1323.4" +0.8 %+2.5 mm60.5 mphside by side
195/65R1323.0" -0.9 %-2.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
205/65R1323.5" +1.3 %+3.8 mm60.8 mphside by side
165/75R1322.7" -2.0 %-5.8 mm58.8 mphside by side
205/60R1322.7" -2.2 %-6.5 mm58.7 mphside by side
175/70R1322.6" -2.4 %-7.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
195/70R1323.7" +2.4 %+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.


195/60R14117 mm sidewall — 10% less
155/75R14116 mm sidewall — 10% less
165/70R14116 mm sidewall — 11% less
215/55R14118 mm sidewall — 9% less
175/65R14114 mm sidewall — 12% less
185/65R14120 mm sidewall — 7% 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
Yokohama AVID Touring620A
Americus Touring Plus500A
Goodride SP06500A
Sumitomo Mach 1 R201500A
Thunderer AMERICA SELECTA PUS460A
Thunderer CORONA460B
Sumitomo Duration440A
Yokohama Aegis LS4420A
Yokohama AVID T4420A
Nexen SB-702400A

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
175/75R1330.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,059
165/80R1330.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,085
195/65R1329.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,907
205/65R1330.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,127
165/75R1329.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,805