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195/65R13

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 127 mm — on a 13-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 23.0 inches tall.

127 mm sidewall584 mm · 23.0"
Sidewall
4.99"
127 mm
Overall
23.0"
583.7 mm
Circumference
72.2"
1.834 m
Revs per mile
878
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 23.0×7.7R13 — 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
185/70R1323.2" +0.9 %+2.8 mm60.6 mphside by side
205/60R1322.7" -1.3 %-3.8 mm59.2 mphside by side
175/70R1322.6" -1.5 %-4.3 mm59.1 mphside by side
175/75R1323.3" +1.5 %+4.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
185/65R1322.5" -2.2 %-6.5 mm58.7 mphside by side
205/65R1323.5" +2.2 %+6.5 mm61.3 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.


175/65R14114 mm sidewall — 10% less
205/55R14113 mm sidewall — 11% less
165/70R14116 mm sidewall — 9% less
225/50R14113 mm sidewall — 11% less
195/60R14117 mm sidewall — 8% less
185/60R14111 mm sidewall — 12% 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
185/70R1330.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,094
205/60R1329.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,872
175/70R1329.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,854
175/75R1330.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,154
185/65R1329.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,777