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195/50R15

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 98 mm — on a 15-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 22.7 inches tall.

97.5 mm sidewall576 mm · 22.7"
Sidewall
3.84"
98 mm
Overall
22.7"
576.0 mm
Circumference
71.2"
1.810 m
Revs per mile
889
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 22.7×7.7R15 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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6 drivers have filed a complaint. 1 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

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

What let goComplaints
blowout2
crack2
not stated2

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

What fits instead

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Same 15-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/45R1522.6" -0.3 %-0.8 mm59.8 mphside by side
175/55R1522.6" -0.4 %-1.3 mm59.7 mphside by side
185/55R1523.0" +1.5 %+4.3 mm60.9 mphside by side
185/50R1522.3" -1.7 %-5.0 mm59.0 mphside by side
205/50R1523.1" +1.7 %+5.0 mm61.0 mphside by side
205/45R1522.3" -1.8 %-5.3 mm58.9 mphside by side
175/60R1523.3" +2.6 %+7.5 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.


185/60R14111 mm sidewall — 14% more
215/40R1686 mm sidewall — 12% less
185/45R1683 mm sidewall — 15% less
225/50R14113 mm sidewall — 15% more
165/50R1683 mm sidewall — 15% less
205/55R14113 mm sidewall — 16% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
CONTINENTAL ContiProContact540AA
Americus Sport HP500A
Sumitomo Mach 2 R301500A
Summit Mach 3 R701500A
Telstar Mach 4 R302500A
Toyo Crusade HP500A
Nexen RADIAL N2000440A
Falken ZE502420A
Yokohama AVID T4420A
Doral SDL50400A
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE CP641400A
Thunderer REAL400A

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
215/45R1529.9 mph49.9 mph69.8 mph9,974
175/55R1529.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,957
185/55R1530.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,148
185/50R1529.5 mph49.1 mph68.8 mph9,826
205/50R1530.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,174