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235/55R19

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 55% of that — 129 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.2 inches tall.

129 mm sidewall741 mm · 29.2"
Sidewall
5.09"
129 mm
Overall
29.2"
741.1 mm
Circumference
91.7"
2.328 m
Revs per mile
691
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 29.2×9.3R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

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

What let goComplaints
blowout3
crack2

Where the wheel is named, 5 of 5 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
215/60R1929.2" -0.1 %-0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
255/50R1929.0" -0.5 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
225/55R1928.7" -1.5 %-5.5 mm59.1 mphside by side
245/55R1929.6" +1.5 %+5.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
225/60R1929.6" +1.6 %+5.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
245/50R1928.6" -1.8 %-6.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
215/65R1930.0" +2.8 %+10.5 mm61.7 mphside by side
215/55R1928.3" -3.0 %-11.0 mm58.2 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.


235/60R18141 mm sidewall — 9% more
235/50R20118 mm sidewall — 9% less
205/70R18144 mm sidewall — 11% more
255/55R18140 mm sidewall — 9% more
215/55R20118 mm sidewall — 9% less
255/45R20115 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
Hankook Dynapro HP2 (OE)820A
Hankook Optimo H725 (OE)740B
BLACKHAWK HISCEND-H HT01700A
Nexen TOUR CUV A/S700A
Big O Advantage Touring600B
JK Tyre ELANZO TOURING600AA
Dunlop e. SPORT MAXX580A
Hankook Dynapro HP2580A
CONTINENTAL ProContact GX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact RX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact TX540A
MICHELIN Primacy A/S540B

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
215/60R1930.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph9,993
255/50R1929.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,953
225/55R1929.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,852
245/55R1930.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,148
225/60R1930.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,155