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235/55R20

235 mm across the tread, a sidewall 55% of that — 129 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 30.2 inches tall.

129 mm sidewall767 mm · 30.2"
Sidewall
5.09"
129 mm
Overall
30.2"
766.5 mm
Circumference
94.8"
2.408 m
Revs per mile
668
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 30.2×9.3R20 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

3 of them name what let go, and it is most often tread separation. Goodyear is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
tread separation3

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


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
215/60R2030.2" -0.1 %-0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
255/50R2030.0" -0.5 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
225/55R2029.7" -1.4 %-5.5 mm59.1 mphside by side
245/55R2030.6" +1.4 %+5.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
225/60R2030.6" +1.5 %+5.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
245/50R2029.6" -1.8 %-6.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
215/65R2031.0" +2.7 %+10.5 mm61.6 mphside by side
215/55R2029.3" -2.9 %-11.0 mm58.3 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.


235/50R21118 mm sidewall — 9% less
235/60R19141 mm sidewall — 9% more
205/70R19144 mm sidewall — 11% more
215/55R21118 mm sidewall — 9% less
255/55R19140 mm sidewall — 9% more
255/45R21115 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
Sumitomo HTR ENHANCE CX2680A
MICHELIN Pilot Sport All Season 4540A
Thunderer CELSIUS CUV520A
Bridgestone DUELER H/P SPORT AS500A
Hankook veNtus S1 evo3 ev380A
Hankook veNtus evo3 SUV320AA
MICHELIN Pilot Sport EV320A
Tornel PROXES A20300A

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
215/60R2030.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph9,993
255/50R2029.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,954
225/55R2029.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,856
245/55R2030.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,144
225/60R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,150