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Sidewall

345/50R18

345 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 173 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 31.6 inches tall.

173 mm sidewall802 mm · 31.6"
Sidewall
6.79"
173 mm
Overall
31.6"
802.2 mm
Circumference
99.2"
2.520 m
Revs per mile
639
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 9.5" and 12.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 330 mm across at the narrow end and 360 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 31.6×13.6R18 — 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
335/50R1831.2" -1.2 %-5.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
355/50R1832.0" +1.2 %+5.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
325/55R1832.1" +1.6 %+6.3 mm60.9 mphside by side
325/50R1830.8" -2.5 %-10.0 mm58.5 mphside by side
335/55R1832.5" +2.9 %+11.8 mm61.8 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.


355/45R19160 mm sidewall — 7% less
335/55R17184 mm sidewall — 7% more
315/50R19158 mm sidewall — 9% less
325/50R19163 mm sidewall — 6% less
315/60R17189 mm sidewall — 10% more
345/45R19155 mm sidewall — 10% 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
335/50R1829.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,875
355/50R1830.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,125
325/55R1830.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,156
325/50R1829.3 mph48.8 mph68.3 mph9,751
335/55R1830.9 mph51.5 mph72.1 mph10,293