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195/65R14

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 127 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 24.0 inches tall.

127 mm sidewall609 mm · 24.0"
Sidewall
4.99"
127 mm
Overall
24.0"
609.1 mm
Circumference
75.3"
1.914 m
Revs per mile
841
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 24.0×7.7R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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13 drivers have filed a complaint. 2 of them ended in a crash, hurting 3 people. Nobody died.

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

What let goComplaints
blister6
tread separation4
blowout3

Where the wheel is named, 6 of 6 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
215/60R1424.2" +0.7 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
185/70R1424.2" +0.9 %+2.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
205/60R1423.7" -1.2 %-3.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
175/70R1423.6" -1.4 %-4.3 mm59.2 mphside by side
175/75R1424.3" +1.5 %+4.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
185/65R1423.5" -2.1 %-6.5 mm58.7 mphside by side
205/65R1424.5" +2.1 %+6.5 mm61.3 mphside by side
215/55R1423.3" -2.8 %-8.5 mm58.3 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.


175/65R15114 mm sidewall — 10% less
175/80R13140 mm sidewall — 10% more
185/75R13139 mm sidewall — 9% more
165/85R13140 mm sidewall — 11% more
205/55R15113 mm sidewall — 11% less
165/70R15116 mm sidewall — 9% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Big O LEGACY TOUR PLUS700A
Delta ESTEEM XLE700A
Monarch OVATION660A
Yokohama AVID H4s/V4s500AA
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE460A
Prometer SX-608460A
Multi-Mile Aspen Touring A/S440A
Nexen RADIAL N2000440A
Falken ZE502420A
Nexen RADIAL N5000420A
Yokohama AVID T4420A
Neutral CLASSE PREMIERE CP641400A

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
215/60R1430.2 mph50.4 mph70.5 mph10,074
185/70R1430.3 mph50.5 mph70.6 mph10,090
205/60R1429.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,877
175/70R1429.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,860
175/75R1430.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,148