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Sidewall

185/75R13

185 mm across the tread, a sidewall 75% of that — 139 mm — on a 13-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.9 inches tall.

139 mm sidewall608 mm · 23.9"
Sidewall
5.46"
139 mm
Overall
23.9"
607.7 mm
Circumference
75.2"
1.909 m
Revs per mile
843
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 23.9×7.3R13 — 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
175/80R1324.0" +0.4 %+1.3 mm60.2 mphside by side
165/85R1324.0" +0.5 %+1.5 mm60.3 mphside by side
195/70R1323.7" -0.7 %-2.3 mm59.6 mphside by side
205/70R1324.3" +1.6 %+4.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
205/65R1323.5" -1.8 %-5.5 mm58.9 mphside by side
165/80R1323.4" -2.2 %-6.8 mm58.7 mphside by side
175/75R1323.3" -2.5 %-7.5 mm58.5 mphside by side
195/75R1324.5" +2.5 %+7.5 mm61.5 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.


195/65R14127 mm sidewall — 9% less
155/80R14124 mm sidewall — 11% less
165/75R14124 mm sidewall — 11% less
215/60R14129 mm sidewall — 7% less
205/60R14123 mm sidewall — 11% less
185/70R14130 mm sidewall — 7% less

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
175/80R1330.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,041
165/85R1330.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,049
195/70R1329.8 mph49.6 mph69.5 mph9,926
205/70R1330.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,156
205/65R1329.5 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,819