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170/70 R16 Tires

Everything we know about the 170/70 R16 tire size: 1 owner reviews covering 0 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.

  • 1owner reviews
  • 0 milescovered on them
  • 5tires made in this size
170/70 R16 To scale, mm
Ø 644 170 119 16" 119

What does 170/70 R16 mean?

A 170/70 R16 tire is 170 mm wide, its sidewall is 70% of that width (119 mm) tall, and it fits a 16 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 644 mm.

170/70 R16 nominal dimensions
Section width170 mm
Sidewall height119 mm
Rim diameter16" (406 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 644 mm
Circumference≈ 2,024 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 494
Revolutions per mile≈ 795

Also written as

170/70R16 170/70 ZR16 170-70-16 170 70 16

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 drivers say about their 170/70 R16 tires

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

90%
Metzeler ME 888 Marathon Ultra 170/70 R16 June 4, 2018
REAR 2006 VULCAN 1600 . 300 miles in, very good wet performance, very comfortable. Much better than previous Bridgestone, but I did get 11,000 miles from it.

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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.

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