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Sidewall

225/50R20

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 113 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.9 inches tall.

113 mm sidewall733 mm · 28.9"
Sidewall
4.43"
113 mm
Overall
28.9"
733.0 mm
Circumference
90.7"
2.303 m
Revs per mile
699
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 28.9×8.9R20 — 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
205/55R2028.9" +0.1 %+0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
245/45R2028.7" -0.6 %-2.3 mm59.6 mphside by side
215/50R2028.5" -1.4 %-5.0 mm59.2 mphside by side
235/50R2029.3" +1.4 %+5.0 mm60.8 mphside by side
215/55R2029.3" +1.6 %+5.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
235/45R2028.3" -1.8 %-6.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
205/50R2028.1" -2.7 %-10.0 mm58.4 mphside by side
245/50R2029.6" +2.7 %+10.0 mm61.6 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.


225/45R21101 mm sidewall — 10% less
225/55R19124 mm sidewall — 10% more
195/65R19127 mm sidewall — 13% more
245/40R2198 mm sidewall — 13% less
255/40R21102 mm sidewall — 9% less
205/60R19123 mm sidewall — 9% more

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
205/55R2030.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph10,007
245/45R2029.8 mph49.7 mph69.6 mph9,939
215/50R2029.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,864
235/50R2030.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,136
215/55R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,157