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Sidewall

245/80R22

245 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 196 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 37.4 inches tall.

196 mm sidewall951 mm · 37.4"
Sidewall
7.72"
196 mm
Overall
37.4"
950.8 mm
Circumference
117.6"
2.987 m
Revs per mile
539
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 37.4×9.6R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 22-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
265/75R2237.6" +0.6 %+2.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
235/85R2237.7" +0.8 %+3.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
225/85R2237.1" -1.0 %-4.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
255/75R2237.1" -1.0 %-4.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
235/80R2236.8" -1.7 %-8.0 mm59.0 mphside by side
265/70R2236.6" -2.2 %-10.5 mm58.7 mphside by side
245/75R2236.5" -2.6 %-12.3 mm58.5 mphside by side
245/85R2238.4" +2.6 %+12.3 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.


245/85R21208 mm sidewall — 6% more
245/75R23184 mm sidewall — 6% less
265/70R23186 mm sidewall — 5% less
275/75R21206 mm sidewall — 5% more
275/65R23179 mm sidewall — 9% less
235/80R23188 mm sidewall — 4% less

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
265/75R2230.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,058
235/85R2230.2 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,079
225/85R2229.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,900
255/75R2229.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,900
235/80R2229.5 mph49.2 mph68.8 mph9,832