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265/35R18

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 93 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 25.3 inches tall.

92.8 mm sidewall643 mm · 25.3"
Sidewall
3.65"
93 mm
Overall
25.3"
642.7 mm
Circumference
79.5"
2.019 m
Revs per mile
797
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7.5" and 9.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 255 mm across at the narrow end and 275 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 25.3×10.4R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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2 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

2 of them name what let go, and it is most often crack. Hankook is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
crack2

Where the wheel is named, 2 of 2 were on the front — the end that steers.

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
255/35R1825.0" -1.1 %-3.5 mm59.3 mphside by side
275/35R1825.6" +1.1 %+3.5 mm60.7 mphside by side
245/40R1825.7" +1.6 %+5.3 mm61.0 mphside by side
245/35R1824.8" -2.2 %-7.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
285/35R1825.9" +2.2 %+7.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
285/30R1824.7" -2.3 %-7.3 mm58.6 mphside by side
255/40R1826.0" +2.9 %+9.3 mm61.7 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.


235/45R17106 mm sidewall — 14% more
265/40R17106 mm sidewall — 14% more
265/30R1980 mm sidewall — 14% less
235/35R1982 mm sidewall — 11% less
295/35R17103 mm sidewall — 11% more
275/30R1983 mm sidewall — 11% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Toyo Crusade HP500A
Venezia Strada II500A
Vredestein ADVAN S.4.400AA
Nexen N7000360AA
Nexen RADIAL N3000340AA
Maxxis MA-Z1 Victra (W-Rated)280AA
Yokohama ADVAN Sport280AA
Hankook veNtus R-S2200A
Vogue ADVAN Neova180AA
Yokohama AVS Sport180AA
Visa ADVAN A04860A

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
255/35R1829.7 mph49.5 mph69.2 mph9,891
275/35R1830.3 mph50.5 mph70.8 mph10,109
245/40R1830.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,163
245/35R1829.3 mph48.9 mph68.5 mph9,782
285/35R1830.7 mph51.1 mph71.5 mph10,218