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Sidewall

245/80R24

245 mm across the tread, a sidewall 80% of that — 196 mm — on a 24-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 39.4 inches tall.

196 mm sidewall1002 mm · 39.4"
Sidewall
7.72"
196 mm
Overall
39.4"
1001.6 mm
Circumference
123.9"
3.147 m
Revs per mile
511
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 39.4×9.6R24 — 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
265/75R2439.6" +0.5 %+2.8 mm60.3 mphside by side
255/75R2439.1" -0.9 %-4.8 mm59.4 mphside by side
265/70R2438.6" -2.1 %-10.5 mm58.7 mphside by side
245/75R2438.5" -2.4 %-12.3 mm58.5 mphside by side
245/85R2440.4" +2.4 %+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.


245/85R23208 mm sidewall — 6% more
275/75R23206 mm sidewall — 5% 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
265/75R2430.2 mph50.3 mph70.4 mph10,055
255/75R2429.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,905
265/70R2429.4 mph49.0 mph68.5 mph9,790
245/75R2429.3 mph48.8 mph68.3 mph9,755
245/85R2430.7 mph51.2 mph71.7 mph10,245