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Sidewall

235/40R22

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 94 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.4 inches tall.

94.0 mm sidewall747 mm · 29.4"
Sidewall
3.70"
94 mm
Overall
29.4"
746.8 mm
Circumference
92.4"
2.346 m
Revs per mile
686
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 6.5" and 8.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 225 mm across at the narrow end and 245 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 29.4×9.3R22 — 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
225/40R2229.1" -1.1 %-4.0 mm59.4 mphside by side
245/40R2229.7" +1.1 %+4.0 mm60.6 mphside by side
255/35R2229.0" -1.3 %-4.8 mm59.2 mphside by side
225/45R2230.0" +1.9 %+7.3 mm61.2 mphside by side
255/40R2230.0" +2.1 %+8.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
245/35R2228.8" -2.2 %-8.3 mm58.7 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.


265/40R21106 mm sidewall — 13% more
215/50R21108 mm sidewall — 14% more
235/45R21106 mm sidewall — 13% more
235/35R2382 mm sidewall — 13% less
265/30R2380 mm sidewall — 15% less
245/45R21110 mm sidewall — 17% 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
225/40R2229.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,893
245/40R2230.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,107
255/35R2229.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,873
225/45R2230.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,194
255/40R2230.6 mph51.1 mph71.5 mph10,214