The used Subaru Forester came with these fitted by the main dealer. I questioned them at the time and was assured they 'are fine for the Forester' Not so. The car steps out on bumpy corners. Sometimes the front and sometimes the rear. Almost like being on a skid pan. Thought it was the steering linkages or anti-roll bar bushes at first. Returned it to the dealer but they found nothing wrong. Please bear in mind this is no performance car! I changed to Dunlop and hey presto. I wouldn't recommend Sunny tires - not even on your wheelbarrow.
165/65 R16 Tires
Everything we know about the 165/65 R16 tire size: 2 owner reviews covering 10,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 2owner reviews
- 10,000 milescovered on them
- 1tires made in this size
What does 165/65 R16 mean?
A 165/65 R16 tire is 165 mm wide, its sidewall is 65% of that width (107 mm) tall, and it fits a 16 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 621 mm.
| Section width | 165 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 107 mm |
| Rim diameter | 16" (406 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 621 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,951 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 513 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 825 |
Also written as
165/65R16 165/65 ZR16 165-65-16 165 65 16
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 165/65 R16 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 165/65 R16 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Put on front wheels last winter after dreadful experience with Michelin Energy Savers the previous year. They worked well in the snow and performed well in the wet and dry so kept on during summer. No fall off in mpg, good tire, would buy again.
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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.