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Sidewall

265/65R20

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 172 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 33.6 inches tall.

172 mm sidewall853 mm · 33.6"
Sidewall
6.78"
172 mm
Overall
33.6"
852.5 mm
Circumference
105.4"
2.678 m
Revs per mile
601
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 33.6×10.4R20 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 20-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
245/70R2033.5" -0.2 %-0.8 mm59.9 mphside by side
285/60R2033.5" -0.3 %-1.3 mm59.8 mphside by side
255/70R2034.1" +1.5 %+6.3 mm60.9 mphside by side
255/65R2033.1" -1.5 %-6.5 mm59.1 mphside by side
275/65R2034.1" +1.5 %+6.5 mm60.9 mphside by side
275/60R2033.0" -1.7 %-7.3 mm59.0 mphside by side
245/75R2034.5" +2.7 %+11.5 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.


285/65R19185 mm sidewall — 8% more
245/65R21159 mm sidewall — 8% less
265/70R19186 mm sidewall — 8% more
265/60R21159 mm sidewall — 8% less
245/75R19184 mm sidewall — 7% more
295/55R21162 mm sidewall — 6% less

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
245/70R2029.9 mph49.9 mph69.9 mph9,982
285/60R2029.9 mph49.9 mph69.8 mph9,971
255/70R2030.4 mph50.7 mph71.0 mph10,147
255/65R2029.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,848
275/65R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,152