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180/55 R15 Tires

Everything we know about the 180/55 R15 tire size: 1 owner reviews covering 2,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.

  • 1owner reviews
  • 2,000 milescovered on them
180/55 R15 To scale, mm
Ø 579 180 99 15" 99

What does 180/55 R15 mean?

A 180/55 R15 tire is 180 mm wide, its sidewall is 55% of that width (99 mm) tall, and it fits a 15 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 579 mm.

180/55 R15 nominal dimensions
Section width180 mm
Sidewall height99 mm
Rim diameter15" (381 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 579 mm
Circumference≈ 1,819 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 550
Revolutions per mile≈ 885

Also written as

180/55R15 180/55 ZR15 180-55-15 180 55 15

Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.

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What cars use 180/55 R15 tires?

The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tires for that exact car.

What drivers say about their 180/55 R15 tires

The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.

60%
Avon ZV7 180/55 R15 Rover 25 2,000 miles December 26, 2021
Avon zv7 185/55/15. fitted to the rear of a 1.4 rover 25. These tires were purchased on 11/7/2019; The car has done about 2000 miles on them. I got MOT advisories on both of them for cracks at the bottom of the tread grooves on 21/12/2021. I am a pensioner. I do not drive like a lunatic.

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Where this data comes from

Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tire, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tire tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.

About the TR Score

The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.

Who does the testing

Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.

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