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Sidewall

225/80R20

225 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 180 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 34.2 inches tall.

180 mm sidewall868 mm · 34.2"
Sidewall
7.09"
180 mm
Overall
34.2"
868.0 mm
Circumference
107.4"
2.727 m
Revs per mile
590
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 34.2×8.9R20 — 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
215/85R2034.4" +0.6 %+2.8 mm60.4 mphside by side
235/75R2033.9" -0.9 %-3.8 mm59.5 mphside by side
245/75R2034.5" +0.9 %+3.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
205/85R2033.7" -1.3 %-5.8 mm59.2 mphside by side
215/80R2033.5" -1.8 %-8.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
235/80R2034.8" +1.8 %+8.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
245/70R2033.5" -2.0 %-8.5 mm58.8 mphside by side
225/75R2033.3" -2.6 %-11.3 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.


225/75R21169 mm sidewall — 6% less
225/85R19191 mm sidewall — 6% more
255/75R19191 mm sidewall — 6% more
255/65R21166 mm sidewall — 8% less
235/70R21165 mm sidewall — 9% less
245/80R19196 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
215/85R2030.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,063
235/75R2029.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,914
245/75R2030.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,086
205/85R2029.6 mph49.3 mph69.1 mph9,868
215/80R2029.4 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,816