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Sidewall

265/40R24

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 106 mm — on a 24-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 32.3 inches tall.

106 mm sidewall822 mm · 32.3"
Sidewall
4.17"
106 mm
Overall
32.3"
821.6 mm
Circumference
101.6"
2.581 m
Revs per mile
624
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 32.3×10.4R24 — 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
255/40R2432.0" -1.0 %-4.0 mm59.4 mphside by side
275/40R2432.7" +1.0 %+4.0 mm60.6 mphside by side
245/45R2432.7" +1.0 %+4.3 mm60.6 mphside by side
285/35R2431.9" -1.5 %-6.3 mm59.1 mphside by side
245/40R2431.7" -1.9 %-8.0 mm58.8 mphside by side
285/40R2433.0" +1.9 %+8.0 mm61.2 mphside by side
255/45R2433.0" +2.1 %+8.8 mm61.3 mphside by side
275/35R2431.6" -2.4 %-9.8 mm58.6 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.


265/45R23119 mm sidewall — 13% more
295/40R23118 mm sidewall — 11% more
235/50R23118 mm sidewall — 11% more
245/50R23123 mm sidewall — 16% more
255/45R23115 mm sidewall — 8% more
285/40R23114 mm sidewall — 8% 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
255/40R2429.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,903
275/40R2430.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,097
245/45R2430.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,103
285/35R2429.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,848
245/40R2429.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,805