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Sidewall

245/50R24

245 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 123 mm — on a 24-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 33.6 inches tall.

123 mm sidewall855 mm · 33.6"
Sidewall
4.82"
123 mm
Overall
33.6"
854.6 mm
Circumference
105.7"
2.685 m
Revs per mile
599
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7" and 9" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 235 mm across at the narrow end and 255 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 33.6×9.6R24 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 24-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
265/45R2433.4" -0.8 %-3.3 mm59.5 mphside by side
255/50R2434.0" +1.2 %+5.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
255/45R2433.0" -1.8 %-7.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
265/50R2434.4" +2.3 %+10.0 mm61.4 mphside by side
245/45R2432.7" -2.9 %-12.3 mm58.3 mphside by side
245/55R2434.6" +2.9 %+12.3 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.


245/55R23135 mm sidewall — 10% more
275/50R23138 mm sidewall — 12% more
265/50R23133 mm sidewall — 8% more
255/55R23140 mm sidewall — 14% more
235/60R23141 mm sidewall — 15% more
235/55R23129 mm sidewall — 6% more

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
265/45R2429.8 mph49.6 mph69.5 mph9,924
255/50R2430.4 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,117
255/45R2429.5 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,819
265/50R2430.7 mph51.2 mph71.6 mph10,234
245/45R2429.1 mph48.6 mph68.0 mph9,713