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265/30R19

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 30% of that — 80 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 25.3 inches tall.

79.5 mm sidewall642 mm · 25.3"
Sidewall
3.13"
80 mm
Overall
25.3"
641.6 mm
Circumference
79.4"
2.016 m
Revs per mile
798
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7.5" and 9.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 255 mm across at the narrow end and 275 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 25.3×10.4R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

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
255/30R1925.0" -0.9 %-3.0 mm59.4 mphside by side
275/30R1925.5" +0.9 %+3.0 mm60.6 mphside by side
285/30R1925.7" +1.9 %+6.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
245/35R1925.8" +1.9 %+6.3 mm61.2 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.


265/35R1893 mm sidewall — 17% more
235/40R1894 mm sidewall — 18% more
255/35R1889 mm sidewall — 12% more
295/30R1889 mm sidewall — 11% more
275/35R1896 mm sidewall — 21% more
235/45R17106 mm sidewall — 33% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Tempra Mach 4 R302500A
Nexen RADIAL N3000340AA
Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT300A
Yokohama ADVAN Sport280AA
Yokohama AVS Sport180AA

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
255/30R1929.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,906
275/30R1930.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,094
285/30R1930.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,187
245/35R1930.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,195