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215/60R20

215 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 129 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 30.2 inches tall.

129 mm sidewall766 mm · 30.2"
Sidewall
5.08"
129 mm
Overall
30.2"
766.0 mm
Circumference
94.7"
2.406 m
Revs per mile
669
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 6" and 8" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 205 mm across at the narrow end and 225 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 30.2×8.5R20 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 20-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
235/55R2030.2" +0.1 %+0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
205/65R2030.5" +1.1 %+4.3 mm60.7 mphside by side
225/55R2029.7" -1.4 %-5.3 mm59.2 mphside by side
205/60R2029.7" -1.6 %-6.0 mm59.1 mphside by side
225/60R2030.6" +1.6 %+6.0 mm60.9 mphside by side
215/55R2029.3" -2.8 %-10.8 mm58.3 mphside by side
215/65R2031.0" +2.8 %+10.8 mm61.7 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.


235/60R19141 mm sidewall — 9% more
235/50R21118 mm sidewall — 9% less
205/70R19144 mm sidewall — 11% more
215/55R21118 mm sidewall — 8% less
215/65R19140 mm sidewall — 8% more
225/50R21113 mm sidewall — 13% 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
235/55R2030.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph10,007
205/65R2030.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,111
225/55R2029.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,863
205/60R2029.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,843
225/60R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,157