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195/70R14

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 70% of that — 137 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 24.7 inches tall.

137 mm sidewall629 mm · 24.7"
Sidewall
5.37"
137 mm
Overall
24.7"
628.6 mm
Circumference
77.7"
1.975 m
Revs per mile
815
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 24.7×7.7R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

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

What let goComplaints
tread separation15
blowout13
blister5
out of round3
road hazard3
puncture2
crack1
not stated3

Where the wheel is named, 29 of 40 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
185/75R1424.9" +0.7 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
205/65R1424.5" -1.0 %-3.3 mm59.4 mphside by side
215/65R1425.0" +1.0 %+3.3 mm60.6 mphside by side
175/80R1425.0" +1.1 %+3.5 mm60.7 mphside by side
175/75R1424.3" -1.7 %-5.3 mm59.0 mphside by side
185/70R1424.2" -2.2 %-7.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
205/70R1425.3" +2.2 %+7.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
215/60R1424.2" -2.4 %-7.5 mm58.6 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.


165/75R15124 mm sidewall — 9% less
225/55R15124 mm sidewall — 9% less
175/85R13149 mm sidewall — 9% more
205/60R15123 mm sidewall — 10% less
185/80R13148 mm sidewall — 8% more
175/70R15123 mm sidewall — 10% 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
Yokohama AVID TRZ700A
Monarch OVATION660A
Yokohama AVID Touring620A
CERTIFIED AllTrek560A
Granada GRANADA Touring HP520A
Americus Touring Plus500A
Goodride SP06500A
Sumitomo Mach 1 R201500A
Big O SXP SUPER SPORT440A
Cyclone Touring A/S440A

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
185/75R1430.2 mph50.4 mph70.5 mph10,072
205/65R1429.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,897
215/65R1430.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,103
175/80R1430.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,111
175/75R1429.5 mph49.2 mph68.8 mph9,833