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235/50R19

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 118 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.3 inches tall.

118 mm sidewall718 mm · 28.3"
Sidewall
4.63"
118 mm
Overall
28.3"
717.6 mm
Circumference
88.8"
2.254 m
Revs per mile
714
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 28.3×9.3R19 — 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 blister. Dunlop is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blister2

Where the wheel is named, 2 of 2 were on the rear, and 0 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
215/55R1928.3" +0.2 %+0.8 mm60.1 mphside by side
255/45R1928.0" -0.8 %-2.8 mm59.5 mphside by side
225/50R1927.9" -1.4 %-5.0 mm59.2 mphside by side
245/50R1928.6" +1.4 %+5.0 mm60.8 mphside by side
225/55R1928.7" +1.7 %+6.3 mm61.0 mphside by side
245/45R1927.7" -2.0 %-7.3 mm58.8 mphside by side
215/50R1927.5" -2.8 %-10.0 mm58.3 mphside by side
255/50R1929.0" +2.8 %+10.0 mm61.7 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.


235/55R18129 mm sidewall — 10% more
235/45R20106 mm sidewall — 10% less
215/60R18129 mm sidewall — 10% more
265/40R20106 mm sidewall — 10% less
205/50R20103 mm sidewall — 13% less
265/50R18133 mm sidewall — 13% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Hankook KInERGy GT700A
Hankook veNtus S1 noble2 (OE)700A
Hankook Dynapro HP2580A
CONTINENTAL ProContact GX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact RX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact TX540A
HanKOOK Ventus evo SUV (OE)540A
Thunderer CELSIUS CUV520A
Michelin Primacy MXM4500A
Hankook veNtus S1 evo2 (OE)440A
MICHELIN e.Primacy All Season440B
CONTINENTAL 4x4Contact420A

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
215/55R1930.1 mph50.1 mph70.1 mph10,021
255/45R1929.8 mph49.6 mph69.5 mph9,923
225/50R1929.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,861
245/50R1930.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,139
225/55R1930.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,174