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235/45R19

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 45% of that — 106 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 27.3 inches tall.

106 mm sidewall694 mm · 27.3"
Sidewall
4.16"
106 mm
Overall
27.3"
694.1 mm
Circumference
85.8"
2.181 m
Revs per mile
738
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 27.3×9.3R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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8 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

6 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout. Continental is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blowout4
blister2
not stated2

Where the wheel is named, 5 of 6 were on the rear, and 1 on the front.

What fits instead

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Same 19-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/50R1927.5" +0.5 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
255/40R1927.0" -1.1 %-3.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
225/45R1927.0" -1.3 %-4.5 mm59.2 mphside by side
245/45R1927.7" +1.3 %+4.5 mm60.8 mphside by side
225/50R1927.9" +1.9 %+6.8 mm61.2 mphside by side
245/40R1926.7" -2.2 %-7.8 mm58.7 mphside by side
215/45R1926.6" -2.6 %-9.0 mm58.4 mphside by side
255/45R1928.0" +2.6 %+9.0 mm61.6 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.


215/55R18118 mm sidewall — 12% more
265/35R2093 mm sidewall — 12% less
205/45R2092 mm sidewall — 13% less
265/45R18119 mm sidewall — 13% more
235/50R18118 mm sidewall — 11% more
235/40R2094 mm sidewall — 11% less

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
Dunlop e. SPORT MAXX580A
CONTINENTAL ContiProContact540AA
CONTINENTAL ProContact GX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact TX540A
HanKOOK Dynapro HPX (OE)540A
Goodyear ASSURANCE FINESSE520A
HanKOOK iON evo (OE)460A
Winda ADVAN Sport180AA

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
215/50R1930.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,050
255/40R1929.7 mph49.5 mph69.2 mph9,892
225/45R1929.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,870
245/45R1930.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,130
225/50R1930.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,194