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275/65R18

275 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 179 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 32.1 inches tall.

179 mm sidewall815 mm · 32.1"
Sidewall
7.04"
179 mm
Overall
32.1"
814.7 mm
Circumference
100.8"
2.559 m
Revs per mile
629
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 32.1×10.8R18 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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30 drivers have filed a complaint. 1 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

20 of them name what let go, and it is most often crack. B.f.goodrich is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
crack8
tread separation7
blowout3
road hazard2
not stated10

Where the wheel is named, 13 of 18 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
255/70R1832.1" -0.1 %-0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
295/60R1831.9" -0.4 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
265/65R1831.6" -1.6 %-6.5 mm59.0 mphside by side
285/65R1832.6" +1.6 %+6.5 mm61.0 mphside by side
265/70R1832.6" +1.7 %+6.8 mm61.0 mphside by side
285/60R1831.5" -1.9 %-7.8 mm58.9 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.


255/75R17191 mm sidewall — 7% more
295/65R17192 mm sidewall — 7% more
255/65R19166 mm sidewall — 7% less
275/70R17193 mm sidewall — 8% more
275/60R19165 mm sidewall — 8% less
305/55R19168 mm sidewall — 6% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Bridgestone Alenza AS Ultra800A
BLACKHAWK HISCEND-H HT01700A
Bridgestone Alenza Prestige700A
Nexen TOUR CUV A/S700A
Goodyear WRANGLER TERRITORY AT580B
Americus A/T540A
Thunderer R404540A
Michelin LTX A/T2500A
Multi-Mile Performer Sport CXV Sport500A
Negotiator Wild Spirit Sport HXT500A
Tred Tech Crusade SXT500A
Vanderbilt Strada I500A

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
255/70R1830.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph9,994
295/60R1829.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,957
265/65R1829.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,840
285/65R1830.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,160
265/70R1830.5 mph50.8 mph71.2 mph10,166