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Sidewall

205/75R18

205 mm across the tread, a sidewall 75% of that — 154 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 30.1 inches tall.

154 mm sidewall765 mm · 30.1"
Sidewall
6.05"
154 mm
Overall
30.1"
764.7 mm
Circumference
94.6"
2.402 m
Revs per mile
670
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 5.5" and 7.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 195 mm across at the narrow end and 215 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 30.1×8.1R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 18-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
195/80R1830.3" +0.6 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
215/70R1829.9" -0.9 %-3.3 mm59.5 mphside by side
185/85R1830.4" +0.9 %+3.5 mm60.5 mphside by side
225/70R1830.4" +1.0 %+3.8 mm60.6 mphside by side
185/80R1829.7" -1.5 %-5.8 mm59.1 mphside by side
195/75R1829.5" -2.0 %-7.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
225/65R1829.5" -2.0 %-7.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
215/75R1830.7" +2.0 %+7.5 mm61.2 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.


235/60R19141 mm sidewall — 8% less
195/85R17166 mm sidewall — 8% more
215/65R19140 mm sidewall — 9% less
235/70R17165 mm sidewall — 7% more
225/75R17169 mm sidewall — 10% more
205/70R19144 mm sidewall — 7% 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
195/80R1830.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,059
215/70R1829.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,915
185/85R1830.3 mph50.5 mph70.6 mph10,092
225/70R1830.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,098
185/80R1829.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,850