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Sidewall

275/30R20

275 mm across the tread, a sidewall 30% of that — 83 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.5 inches tall.

82.5 mm sidewall673 mm · 26.5"
Sidewall
3.25"
83 mm
Overall
26.5"
673.0 mm
Circumference
83.2"
2.114 m
Revs per mile
761
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 7.5" and 10" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 263 mm across at the narrow end and 288 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 26.5×10.8R20 — 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
265/30R2026.3" -0.9 %-3.0 mm59.5 mphside by side
285/30R2026.7" +0.9 %+3.0 mm60.5 mphside by side
255/30R2026.0" -1.8 %-6.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
295/30R2027.0" +1.8 %+6.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
255/35R2027.0" +2.0 %+6.8 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.


275/35R1996 mm sidewall — 17% more
265/35R1993 mm sidewall — 12% more
245/40R1998 mm sidewall — 19% more
305/30R1992 mm sidewall — 11% more
285/35R19100 mm sidewall — 21% more
305/35R18107 mm sidewall — 29% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
MICHELIN Pilot Sport All Season 4540A
BLACKHAWK STREET-H HU02400AA
CONTINENTAL SportContact 6280AA
Yokohama ADVAN Sport280AA

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
265/30R2029.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,911
285/30R2030.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,089
255/30R2029.5 mph49.1 mph68.8 mph9,822
295/30R2030.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,178
255/35R2030.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,201