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Sidewall

225/75R18

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 75% of that — 169 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 31.3 inches tall.

169 mm sidewall795 mm · 31.3"
Sidewall
6.64"
169 mm
Overall
31.3"
794.7 mm
Circumference
98.3"
2.497 m
Revs per mile
645
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 6" and 8.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 213 mm across at the narrow end and 238 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 31.3×8.9R18 — 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
245/70R1831.5" +0.7 %+2.8 mm60.4 mphside by side
215/80R1831.5" +0.8 %+3.3 mm60.5 mphside by side
235/70R1831.0" -1.1 %-4.3 mm59.4 mphside by side
205/80R1830.9" -1.2 %-4.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
205/85R1831.7" +1.4 %+5.5 mm60.8 mphside by side
215/75R1830.7" -1.9 %-7.5 mm58.9 mphside by side
235/75R1831.9" +1.9 %+7.5 mm61.1 mphside by side
245/65R1830.5" -2.4 %-9.5 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.


195/80R19156 mm sidewall — 8% less
215/85R17183 mm sidewall — 8% more
225/70R19158 mm sidewall — 7% less
225/80R17180 mm sidewall — 7% more
245/75R17184 mm sidewall — 9% more
205/75R19154 mm sidewall — 9% 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
245/70R1830.2 mph50.3 mph70.5 mph10,069
215/80R1830.2 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,082
235/70R1829.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,893
205/80R1829.6 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,880
205/85R1830.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,138