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355/40R18

355 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 142 mm — on a 18-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.2 inches tall.

142 mm sidewall741 mm · 29.2"
Sidewall
5.59"
142 mm
Overall
29.2"
741.2 mm
Circumference
91.7"
2.329 m
Revs per mile
691
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 10" and 13" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 340 mm across at the narrow end and 370 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 29.2×14.0R18 — 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
345/40R1828.9" -1.1 %-4.0 mm59.4 mphside by side
335/40R1828.6" -2.2 %-8.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
335/45R1829.9" +2.4 %+8.8 mm61.4 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.


325/40R19130 mm sidewall — 8% less
335/45R17151 mm sidewall — 6% more
335/40R19134 mm sidewall — 6% less
355/35R19124 mm sidewall — 13% less
335/35R20117 mm sidewall — 17% less
325/35R20114 mm sidewall — 20% 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
345/40R1829.7 mph49.5 mph69.2 mph9,892
335/40R1829.4 mph48.9 mph68.5 mph9,784
335/45R1830.7 mph51.2 mph71.7 mph10,236