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275/35R18

275 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 96 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 25.6 inches tall.

96.3 mm sidewall650 mm · 25.6"
Sidewall
3.79"
96 mm
Overall
25.6"
649.7 mm
Circumference
80.4"
2.041 m
Revs per mile
788
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7.5" and 10" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 263 mm across at the narrow end and 288 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 25.6×10.8R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

3 of them name what let go, and it is most often blister. Michelin is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blister1
tread separation1
puncture1
not stated5

Where the wheel is named, 4 of 5 were on the rear, and 1 on the front.

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
265/35R1825.3" -1.1 %-3.5 mm59.4 mphside by side
285/35R1825.9" +1.1 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
255/40R1826.0" +1.8 %+5.8 mm61.1 mphside by side
255/35R1825.0" -2.2 %-7.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
295/35R1826.1" +2.2 %+7.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
295/30R1825.0" -2.4 %-7.8 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.


275/40R17110 mm sidewall — 14% more
275/30R1983 mm sidewall — 14% less
245/45R17110 mm sidewall — 15% more
285/30R1986 mm sidewall — 11% less
245/35R1986 mm sidewall — 11% less
305/35R17107 mm sidewall — 11% more

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
Maxxis MA-Z1 Victra (W-Rated)280AA
Yokohama ADVAN Sport280AA
Nexen NT05140AA

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
265/35R1829.7 mph49.5 mph69.2 mph9,892
285/35R1830.3 mph50.5 mph70.8 mph10,108
255/40R1830.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,177
255/35R1829.4 mph48.9 mph68.5 mph9,785
295/35R1830.6 mph51.1 mph71.5 mph10,215