165/70R14
Overall diameter 586.6 mm
165/70R14 — 586.6 mm tall, and what it swaps with
165/70R14 is 165 mm wide with a 70% sidewall on a 14-inch wheel. That sidewall is 115.5 mm, so the tyre stands 586.6 mm tall and turns 542.6 times per kilometre.
- Section width
- 165 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 70 %
- Wheel size
- 14 in (355.6 mm)
- Sidewall height
- 115.5 mm
- Overall diameter
- 586.6 mm (23.09 in)
- Circumference
- 1842.9 mm
- Turns per km
- 542.6
Sizes you can swap to
Only sizes whose overall diameter stays within 3% are listed. A different diameter covers a different distance per turn, and that gap becomes speedometer error.
185/55R15584.5 mm · -0.36% you go slower185/70R13589.2 mm · +0.44% you go faster195/60R14589.6 mm · +0.51% you go faster175/65R14583.1 mm · -0.6% you go slower205/45R16590.9 mm · +0.73% you go faster195/45R16581.9 mm · -0.8% you go slower195/55R15595.5 mm · +1.52% you go faster185/60R14577.6 mm · -1.53% you go slower205/40R17595.8 mm · +1.57% you go faster185/65R14596.1 mm · +1.62% you go faster175/70R13575.2 mm · -1.94% you go slower175/70R14600.6 mm · +2.39% you go faster
Same profile, different width
Other sizes for this wheel
How the code reads
The 205 is millimetres, the 55 is a percentage of that width, and only the 16 is inches. The R stands for radial construction.
How to read this
- The first three digits are the width in mm, the middle two are the aspect ratio in percent, the last two the wheel in inches.
- Sidewall height = width × aspect ÷ 100. For 205/55 that is 112.75 mm.
- Overall diameter = wheel diameter + twice the sidewall. A 16-inch wheel is 406.4 mm.
- Once the diameter shifts by more than 3%, the speedometer and odometer drift by the same amount.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is the overall diameter of 165/70R14?
586.6 mm — the 355.6 mm wheel plus the 115.5 mm sidewall at top and bottom.
Q. How many turns per kilometre does 165/70R14 make?
Its circumference is 1842.9 mm, so 542.6 turns.
Q. What can I swap it for?
12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 185/55R15 at 584.5 mm.
Q. Why is the sidewall 115.5 mm?
Because it is 70% of the 165 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.