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275/35R19

275 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 96 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 26.6 inches tall.

96.3 mm sidewall675 mm · 26.6"
Sidewall
3.79"
96 mm
Overall
26.6"
675.1 mm
Circumference
83.5"
2.121 m
Revs per mile
759
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 26.6×10.8R19 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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4 drivers have filed a complaint. 0 of them ended in a crash, and nobody was hurt. Nobody died.

4 of them name what let go, and it is most often blister. Goodyear is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blister4

Where the wheel is named, 2 of 4 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 19-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
265/35R1926.3" -1.0 %-3.5 mm59.4 mphside by side
285/35R1926.9" +1.0 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
255/40R1927.0" +1.7 %+5.8 mm61.0 mphside by side
255/35R1926.0" -2.1 %-7.0 mm58.8 mphside by side
295/35R1927.1" +2.1 %+7.0 mm61.2 mphside by side
295/30R1926.0" -2.3 %-7.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
265/40R1927.3" +2.9 %+9.8 mm61.7 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.


275/30R2083 mm sidewall — 14% less
275/40R18110 mm sidewall — 14% more
245/45R18110 mm sidewall — 15% more
285/30R2086 mm sidewall — 11% less
305/35R18107 mm sidewall — 11% more
245/35R2086 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
CONTINENTAL ProContact GX540A
CONTINENTAL ProContact RX540A
BLACKHAWK STREET-H HU02400AA
Michelin Pilot Sport 4320A
Dunlop SP SPORT MAXX GT300A
CONTINENTAL ContiSportContact 5P280AA
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
265/35R1929.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,896
285/35R1930.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,104
255/40R1930.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,170
255/35R1929.4 mph49.0 mph68.5 mph9,793
295/35R1930.6 mph51.0 mph71.5 mph10,207