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195/65R16

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 127 mm — on a 16-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.0 inches tall.

127 mm sidewall660 mm · 26.0"
Sidewall
4.99"
127 mm
Overall
26.0"
659.9 mm
Circumference
81.6"
2.073 m
Revs per mile
776
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 26.0×7.7R16 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

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

What let goComplaints
blowout1
blister1

Where the wheel is named, 2 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
215/60R1626.2" +0.7 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
185/70R1626.2" +0.8 %+2.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
205/60R1625.7" -1.1 %-3.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
175/70R1625.6" -1.3 %-4.3 mm59.2 mphside by side
175/75R1626.3" +1.4 %+4.5 mm60.8 mphside by side
185/65R1625.5" -2.0 %-6.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
205/65R1626.5" +2.0 %+6.5 mm61.2 mphside by side
215/55R1625.3" -2.6 %-8.5 mm58.5 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.


175/65R17114 mm sidewall — 10% less
215/65R15140 mm sidewall — 10% more
175/80R15140 mm sidewall — 10% more
185/75R15139 mm sidewall — 9% more
165/85R15140 mm sidewall — 11% more
205/55R17113 mm sidewall — 11% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Firestone AFFINITY TOURING S4 FF (H-Speed)500A
Dunlop ENASAVE EC300240B

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
215/60R1630.2 mph50.3 mph70.5 mph10,068
185/70R1630.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,083
205/60R1629.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,886
175/70R1629.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,871
175/75R1630.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,136