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255/60R19

255 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 153 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 31.0 inches tall.

153 mm sidewall789 mm · 31.0"
Sidewall
6.02"
153 mm
Overall
31.0"
788.6 mm
Circumference
97.5"
2.477 m
Revs per mile
650
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 31.0×10.0R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

8 of them name what let go, and it is most often crack. Michelin is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
crack3
tread separation2
out of round2
puncture1
not stated1

Where the wheel is named, 8 of 8 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 19-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
235/65R1931.0" -0.1 %-0.3 mm60.0 mphside by side
275/55R1930.9" -0.4 %-1.8 mm59.7 mphside by side
245/60R1930.6" -1.5 %-6.0 mm59.1 mphside by side
265/60R1931.5" +1.5 %+6.0 mm60.9 mphside by side
245/65R1931.5" +1.6 %+6.3 mm61.0 mphside by side
265/55R1930.5" -1.8 %-7.3 mm58.9 mphside by side
235/70R1932.0" +2.9 %+11.5 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.


255/55R20140 mm sidewall — 8% less
255/65R18166 mm sidewall — 8% more
275/60R18165 mm sidewall — 8% more
235/60R20141 mm sidewall — 8% less
235/70R18165 mm sidewall — 8% more
285/50R20143 mm sidewall — 7% 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
Spartan TOUR PLUS LXH600A
Sumitomo HTR ENHANCE C/X600A
Goodyear EAGLE TOURING560A
Thunderer CELSIUS CUV520A
TOYO Crusade SXT500A
Fuzion FUZION TOURING480A
Sumitomo TOURING LXH440A

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
235/65R1930.0 mph50.0 mph70.0 mph9,994
275/55R1929.9 mph49.8 mph69.7 mph9,956
245/60R1929.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,848
265/60R1930.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,152
245/65R1930.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,159