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Sidewall

195/70R16

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 70% of that — 137 mm — on a 16-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.7 inches tall.

137 mm sidewall679 mm · 26.7"
Sidewall
5.37"
137 mm
Overall
26.7"
679.4 mm
Circumference
84.0"
2.134 m
Revs per mile
754
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 26.7×7.7R16 — tall by wide, in inches.

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
185/75R1626.9" +0.7 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
205/65R1626.5" -1.0 %-3.3 mm59.4 mphside by side
215/65R1627.0" +1.0 %+3.3 mm60.6 mphside by side
175/80R1627.0" +1.0 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
175/75R1626.3" -1.5 %-5.3 mm59.1 mphside by side
185/70R1626.2" -2.1 %-7.0 mm58.8 mphside by side
205/70R1627.3" +2.1 %+7.0 mm61.2 mphside by side
215/60R1626.2" -2.2 %-7.5 mm58.7 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.


225/55R17124 mm sidewall — 9% less
175/85R15149 mm sidewall — 9% more
205/60R17123 mm sidewall — 10% less
185/80R15148 mm sidewall — 8% more
175/70R17123 mm sidewall — 10% less
215/70R15151 mm sidewall — 10% more

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
185/75R1630.2 mph50.3 mph70.5 mph10,066
205/65R1629.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,904
215/65R1630.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,096
175/80R1630.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,103
175/75R1629.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,845