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195/75R14

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 75% of that — 146 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 25.5 inches tall.

146 mm sidewall648 mm · 25.5"
Sidewall
5.76"
146 mm
Overall
25.5"
648.1 mm
Circumference
80.2"
2.036 m
Revs per mile
790
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 25.5×7.7R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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15 drivers have filed a complaint. 1 of them ended in a crash, hurting 1 person. Nobody died.

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

What let goComplaints
tread separation5
blowout4
out of round2
crack2
not stated2

Where the wheel is named, 7 of 12 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
185/80R1425.7" +0.5 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
175/85R1425.7" +0.8 %+2.5 mm60.5 mphside by side
205/70R1425.3" -0.8 %-2.8 mm59.5 mphside by side
215/70R1425.9" +1.3 %+4.3 mm60.8 mphside by side
175/80R1425.0" -1.9 %-6.3 mm58.8 mphside by side
215/65R1425.0" -2.0 %-6.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
185/75R1424.9" -2.3 %-7.5 mm58.6 mphside by side
205/75R1426.1" +2.3 %+7.5 mm61.4 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.


205/65R15133 mm sidewall — 9% less
225/60R15135 mm sidewall — 8% less
165/80R15132 mm sidewall — 10% less
185/85R13157 mm sidewall — 8% more
175/75R15131 mm sidewall — 10% less
195/80R13156 mm sidewall — 7% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Delta ESTEEM XLE700A
Montgomery OVATION700A
Tigar EXTENSA AS II620A
Yokohama AVID Touring620A
Cyclone Touring A/S440A
Tred Tech Classic 787440A
Yokohama Aegis LS4420A
Allegiance IV RADIAL A/S320A
Thunderer CLASSIC320B
Lassa BN-404 SR190A

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
185/80R1430.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,054
175/85R1430.2 mph50.4 mph70.5 mph10,077
205/70R1429.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,915
215/70R1430.4 mph50.7 mph70.9 mph10,131
175/80R1429.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,807