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255/30R22

255 mm across the tread, a sidewall 30% of that — 77 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.0 inches tall.

76.5 mm sidewall712 mm · 28.0"
Sidewall
3.01"
77 mm
Overall
28.0"
711.8 mm
Circumference
88.0"
2.236 m
Revs per mile
720
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7" and 9.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 243 mm across at the narrow end and 268 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 28.0×10.0R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

1 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout.

What let goComplaints
blowout1

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 1 were on the rear, and 0 on the front.

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
265/30R2228.3" +0.8 %+3.0 mm60.5 mphside by side
235/35R2228.5" +1.6 %+5.8 mm61.0 mphside by side
275/30R2228.5" +1.7 %+6.0 mm61.0 mphside by side
245/35R2228.8" +2.6 %+9.3 mm61.6 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.


255/35R2189 mm sidewall — 17% more
225/40R2190 mm sidewall — 18% more
245/35R2186 mm sidewall — 12% more
265/35R2193 mm sidewall — 21% more
285/30R2186 mm sidewall — 12% more
235/40R2194 mm sidewall — 23% more

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
Toyo Crusade HP500A
Nexen ROADIAN HP460A
National Velozza ZXV4420A
Yokohama ADVAN Sport280AA

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
265/30R2230.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,084
235/35R2230.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,162
275/30R2230.5 mph50.8 mph71.2 mph10,169
245/35R2230.8 mph51.3 mph71.8 mph10,260