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265/35R22

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 93 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.3 inches tall.

92.8 mm sidewall744 mm · 29.3"
Sidewall
3.65"
93 mm
Overall
29.3"
744.3 mm
Circumference
92.1"
2.338 m
Revs per mile
688
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 29.3×10.4R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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8 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. Federal is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
crack4
tread separation4

Where the wheel is named, 4 of 8 were on the front — the end that steers.

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
255/35R2229.0" -0.9 %-3.5 mm59.4 mphside by side
275/35R2229.6" +0.9 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
245/40R2229.7" +1.4 %+5.3 mm60.8 mphside by side
245/35R2228.8" -1.9 %-7.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
285/35R2229.9" +1.9 %+7.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
285/30R2228.7" -1.9 %-7.3 mm58.8 mphside by side
255/40R2230.0" +2.5 %+9.3 mm61.5 mphside by side
275/30R2228.5" -2.8 %-10.3 mm58.3 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.


235/45R21106 mm sidewall — 14% more
265/30R2380 mm sidewall — 14% less
265/40R21106 mm sidewall — 14% more
295/35R21103 mm sidewall — 11% more
235/35R2382 mm sidewall — 11% less
275/30R2383 mm sidewall — 11% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Toyo Crusade SUV500A
Venezia Strada IV500A
Nexen ROADIAN HP460A
National Velozza ZXV4420A
Yokohama Parada Spec-X420A
Hankook veNtus evo3 SUV320AA
Wards ADVAN S.T.320AA
CONTINENTAL SportContact 6280AA

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
255/35R2229.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,906
275/35R2230.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,094
245/40R2230.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,141
245/35R2229.4 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,812
285/35R2230.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,188