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225/40R19

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 90 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.1 inches tall.

90.0 mm sidewall663 mm · 26.1"
Sidewall
3.54"
90 mm
Overall
26.1"
662.6 mm
Circumference
82.0"
2.082 m
Revs per mile
773
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 6" and 8.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 213 mm across at the narrow end and 238 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 26.1×8.9R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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2 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

1 of them name what let go, and it is most often tread separation. Michelin is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
tread separation1
not stated1

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 1 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 19-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
205/45R1926.3" +0.7 %+2.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
215/40R1925.8" -1.2 %-4.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
235/40R1926.4" +1.2 %+4.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
245/35R1925.8" -1.3 %-4.3 mm59.2 mphside by side
215/45R1926.6" +2.0 %+6.8 mm61.2 mphside by side
235/35R1925.5" -2.3 %-7.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
205/40R1925.5" -2.4 %-8.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
245/40R1926.7" +2.4 %+8.0 mm61.4 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.


205/50R18103 mm sidewall — 14% more
255/40R18102 mm sidewall — 13% more
255/30R2077 mm sidewall — 15% less
225/45R18101 mm sidewall — 13% more
225/35R2079 mm sidewall — 13% less
215/35R2075 mm sidewall — 16% less

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
Michelin Primacy MXM4500A
CONTINENTAL ContiSportContact 5420AA
Hankook veNtus S1 evo3 (OE)420A
BLACKHAWK STREET-H HU02400AA
Bridgestone TURANZA 6320A
Michelin Pilot Sport 4320A
MICHELIN Pilot Sport 5320B
Bridgestone POTENZA S001280A
Western Auto ADVAN Sport180AA

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
205/45R1930.2 mph50.3 mph70.5 mph10,068
215/40R1929.6 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,879
235/40R1930.4 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,121
245/35R1929.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,872
215/45R1930.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,204