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Sidewall

195/45R18

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 45% of that — 88 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 24.9 inches tall.

87.8 mm sidewall633 mm · 24.9"
Sidewall
3.45"
88 mm
Overall
24.9"
632.7 mm
Circumference
78.3"
1.988 m
Revs per mile
810
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 5.5" and 7" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 188 mm across at the narrow end and 203 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 24.9×7.7R18 — 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
215/40R1824.8" -0.6 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
185/45R1824.6" -1.4 %-4.5 mm59.1 mphside by side
205/45R1825.3" +1.4 %+4.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
185/50R1825.3" +1.5 %+4.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
205/40R1824.5" -1.8 %-5.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
215/45R1825.6" +2.8 %+9.0 mm61.7 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.


215/35R1975 mm sidewall — 14% less
225/45R17101 mm sidewall — 15% more
185/55R17102 mm sidewall — 16% more
205/50R17103 mm sidewall — 17% more
195/40R1978 mm sidewall — 11% less
195/50R1798 mm sidewall — 11% 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
215/40R1829.8 mph49.7 mph69.6 mph9,945
185/45R1829.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,858
205/45R1830.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,142
185/50R1830.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,150
205/40R1829.5 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,818