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235/45R20

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 45% of that — 106 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.3 inches tall.

106 mm sidewall720 mm · 28.3"
Sidewall
4.16"
106 mm
Overall
28.3"
719.5 mm
Circumference
89.0"
2.260 m
Revs per mile
712
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 28.3×9.3R20 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

2 of them name what let go, and it is most often puncture. Pirelli is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
puncture2

Where the wheel is named, 2 of 2 were on the front — the end that steers.

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
215/50R2028.5" +0.5 %+1.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
255/40R2028.0" -1.0 %-3.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
225/45R2028.0" -1.3 %-4.5 mm59.2 mphside by side
245/45R2028.7" +1.3 %+4.5 mm60.8 mphside by side
225/50R2028.9" +1.9 %+6.8 mm61.1 mphside by side
245/40R2027.7" -2.2 %-7.8 mm58.7 mphside by side
215/45R2027.6" -2.5 %-9.0 mm58.5 mphside by side
255/45R2029.0" +2.5 %+9.0 mm61.5 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.


215/55R19118 mm sidewall — 12% more
265/35R2193 mm sidewall — 12% less
265/45R19119 mm sidewall — 13% more
235/40R2194 mm sidewall — 11% less
235/50R19118 mm sidewall — 11% more
225/40R2190 mm sidewall — 15% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
HanKOOK iON evo (OE)460A
CONTINENTAL EcoContact 6420AA
Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT RFT320AA
Hankook veNtus evo3 SUV320AA
MICHELIN Pilot Sport 5320B
Hankook V EVO SUV240AA

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
215/50R2030.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,049
255/40R2029.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,896
225/45R2029.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,875
245/45R2030.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,125
225/50R2030.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,188