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Sidewall

225/65R22

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 146 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 33.5 inches tall.

146 mm sidewall851 mm · 33.5"
Sidewall
5.76"
146 mm
Overall
33.5"
851.3 mm
Circumference
105.3"
2.674 m
Revs per mile
602
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 33.5×8.9R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 22-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
245/60R2233.6" +0.2 %+0.8 mm60.1 mphside by side
235/60R2233.1" -1.2 %-5.3 mm59.3 mphside by side
235/65R2234.0" +1.5 %+6.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
225/60R2232.6" -2.6 %-11.3 mm58.4 mphside by side
225/70R2234.4" +2.6 %+11.3 mm61.6 mphside by side
245/55R2232.6" -2.7 %-11.5 mm58.4 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.


245/65R21159 mm sidewall — 9% more
245/55R23135 mm sidewall — 8% less
225/70R21158 mm sidewall — 8% more
215/75R21161 mm sidewall — 10% more
235/55R23129 mm sidewall — 12% less
235/70R21165 mm sidewall — 12% 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
245/60R2230.1 mph50.1 mph70.1 mph10,018
235/60R2229.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,877
235/65R2230.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,153
225/60R2229.2 mph48.7 mph68.1 mph9,736
225/70R2230.8 mph51.3 mph71.9 mph10,264