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195/60R14

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 117 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.2 inches tall.

117 mm sidewall590 mm · 23.2"
Sidewall
4.61"
117 mm
Overall
23.2"
589.6 mm
Circumference
72.9"
1.852 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 5.5" 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 23.2×7.7R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

14 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout. Cooper is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blowout7
crack3
puncture2
blister1
out of round1

Where the wheel is named, 12 of 14 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 14-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/55R1423.3" +0.4 %+1.3 mm60.3 mphside by side
175/65R1423.0" -1.1 %-3.3 mm59.3 mphside by side
185/65R1423.5" +1.1 %+3.3 mm60.7 mphside by side
205/55R1422.9" -1.4 %-4.3 mm59.1 mphside by side
175/70R1423.6" +1.9 %+5.5 mm61.1 mphside by side
185/60R1422.7" -2.0 %-6.0 mm58.8 mphside by side
205/60R1423.7" +2.0 %+6.0 mm61.2 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.


185/70R13130 mm sidewall — 11% more
175/60R15105 mm sidewall — 10% less
175/75R13131 mm sidewall — 12% more
205/50R15103 mm sidewall — 12% less
165/80R13132 mm sidewall — 13% more
185/55R15102 mm sidewall — 13% 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
Goodride SP06500A
Sumitomo Mach 1 R201500A
Yokohama AVID H4s/V4s500AA
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE460A
Prometer SX-608460A
Big O SXP SUPER SPORT440A
Mirada Touring AW/H440A
Multi-Mile Aspen Touring A/S440A
Nexen RADIAL N2000440A
Nexen RADIAL N5000420A

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
215/55R1430.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,042
175/65R1429.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,890
185/65R1430.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,110
205/55R1429.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,856
175/70R1430.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,187