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Sidewall

265/75R20

265 mm across the tread, a sidewall 75% of that — 199 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 35.6 inches tall.

199 mm sidewall906 mm · 35.6"
Sidewall
7.82"
199 mm
Overall
35.6"
905.5 mm
Circumference
112.0"
2.845 m
Revs per mile
566
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 35.6×10.4R20 — 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
285/70R2035.7" +0.2 %+0.8 mm60.1 mphside by side
245/80R2035.4" -0.6 %-2.8 mm59.6 mphside by side
275/70R2035.2" -1.4 %-6.3 mm59.2 mphside by side
255/75R2035.1" -1.7 %-7.5 mm59.0 mphside by side
275/75R2036.2" +1.7 %+7.5 mm61.0 mphside by side
245/85R2036.4" +2.1 %+9.5 mm61.3 mphside by side
265/70R2034.6" -2.9 %-13.3 mm58.2 mphside by side
285/65R2034.6" -3.0 %-13.5 mm58.2 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.


265/70R21186 mm sidewall — 7% less
285/65R21185 mm sidewall — 7% less
235/80R21188 mm sidewall — 5% less
285/75R19214 mm sidewall — 8% more
245/75R21184 mm sidewall — 8% less
245/85R19208 mm sidewall — 5% 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
285/70R2030.0 mph50.1 mph70.1 mph10,017
245/80R2029.8 mph49.7 mph69.6 mph9,939
275/70R2029.6 mph49.3 mph69.0 mph9,862
255/75R2029.5 mph49.2 mph68.8 mph9,834
275/75R2030.5 mph50.8 mph71.2 mph10,166