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Sidewall

225/70R20

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 70% of that — 158 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 32.4 inches tall.

158 mm sidewall823 mm · 32.4"
Sidewall
6.20"
158 mm
Overall
32.4"
823.0 mm
Circumference
101.8"
2.586 m
Revs per mile
622
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 32.4×8.9R20 — 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
245/65R2032.5" +0.4 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
205/75R2032.1" -0.9 %-3.8 mm59.5 mphside by side
215/75R2032.7" +0.9 %+3.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
235/65R2032.0" -1.2 %-4.8 mm59.3 mphside by side
205/80R2032.9" +1.6 %+6.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
215/70R2031.9" -1.7 %-7.0 mm59.0 mphside by side
235/70R2033.0" +1.7 %+7.0 mm61.0 mphside by side
245/60R2031.6" -2.6 %-10.5 mm58.5 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.


245/70R19172 mm sidewall — 9% more
225/65R21146 mm sidewall — 7% less
225/75R19169 mm sidewall — 7% more
215/80R19172 mm sidewall — 9% more
245/60R21147 mm sidewall — 7% less
235/60R21141 mm sidewall — 10% 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
245/65R2030.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,043
205/75R2029.7 mph49.5 mph69.4 mph9,909
215/75R2030.3 mph50.5 mph70.6 mph10,091
235/65R2029.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,885
205/80R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,158