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195/50R16

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 98 mm — on a 16-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.7 inches tall.

97.5 mm sidewall601 mm · 23.7"
Sidewall
3.84"
98 mm
Overall
23.7"
601.4 mm
Circumference
74.4"
1.889 m
Revs per mile
852
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 23.7×7.7R16 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

3 of them name what let go, and it is most often blister. Dunlop is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blister1
tread separation1
blowout1
not stated2

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 2 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 16-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/45R1623.6" -0.2 %-0.8 mm59.9 mphside by side
175/55R1623.6" -0.4 %-1.3 mm59.8 mphside by side
185/55R1624.0" +1.4 %+4.3 mm60.8 mphside by side
185/50R1623.3" -1.7 %-5.0 mm59.0 mphside by side
205/50R1624.1" +1.7 %+5.0 mm61.0 mphside by side
205/45R1623.3" -1.7 %-5.3 mm59.0 mphside by side
175/60R1624.3" +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.


185/60R15111 mm sidewall — 14% more
215/40R1786 mm sidewall — 12% less
185/45R1783 mm sidewall — 15% less
225/50R15113 mm sidewall — 15% more
205/55R15113 mm sidewall — 16% more
215/50R15108 mm sidewall — 10% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Telstar Mach 4 R302500A
Hankook Optimo H426440A
Nexen RADIAL N2000440A
Doral SDL50400A
Thunderer REAL400A
Hankook veNtus Prime3300A
Vercelli ADVAN A04860AA

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
215/45R1629.9 mph49.9 mph69.8 mph9,975
175/55R1629.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,958
185/55R1630.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,141
185/50R1629.5 mph49.2 mph68.8 mph9,834
205/50R1630.5 mph50.8 mph71.2 mph10,166