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Sidewall

195/85R16

195 mm across the tread, a sidewall 85% of that — 166 mm — on a 16-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.1 inches tall.

166 mm sidewall738 mm · 29.1"
Sidewall
6.53"
166 mm
Overall
29.1"
737.9 mm
Circumference
91.3"
2.318 m
Revs per mile
694
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 29.1×7.7R16 — 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
205/80R1628.9" -0.5 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
215/75R1628.7" -1.2 %-4.5 mm59.3 mphside by side
215/80R1629.5" +1.7 %+6.3 mm61.0 mphside by side
185/85R1628.4" -2.3 %-8.5 mm58.6 mphside by side
205/85R1629.7" +2.3 %+8.5 mm61.4 mphside by side
195/80R1628.3" -2.6 %-9.8 mm58.4 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.


205/75R17154 mm sidewall — 7% less
225/80R15180 mm sidewall — 9% more
215/70R17151 mm sidewall — 9% less
195/80R17156 mm sidewall — 6% less
205/85R15174 mm sidewall — 5% more
185/85R17157 mm sidewall — 5% less

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
205/80R1629.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,953
215/75R1629.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,878
215/80R1630.5 mph50.8 mph71.2 mph10,169
185/85R1629.3 mph48.8 mph68.4 mph9,770
205/85R1630.7 mph51.2 mph71.6 mph10,230