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Sidewall

225/80R14

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 180 mm — on a 14-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.2 inches tall.

180 mm sidewall716 mm · 28.2"
Sidewall
7.09"
180 mm
Overall
28.2"
715.6 mm
Circumference
88.5"
2.248 m
Revs per mile
716
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 28.2×8.9R14 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 14-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/85R1428.4" +0.8 %+2.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
235/75R1427.9" -1.0 %-3.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
205/85R1427.7" -1.6 %-5.8 mm59.0 mphside by side
215/80R1427.5" -2.2 %-8.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
235/80R1428.8" +2.2 %+8.0 mm61.3 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.


225/75R15169 mm sidewall — 6% less
195/85R15166 mm sidewall — 8% less
255/65R15166 mm sidewall — 8% less
235/70R15165 mm sidewall — 9% less
205/80R15164 mm sidewall — 9% less
245/70R15172 mm sidewall — 5% 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
215/85R1430.2 mph50.4 mph70.5 mph10,077
235/75R1429.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,895
205/85R1429.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,839
215/80R1429.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,776
235/80R1430.7 mph51.1 mph71.6 mph10,224