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275/40R19

275 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 110 mm — on a 19-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 27.7 inches tall.

110 mm sidewall703 mm · 27.7"
Sidewall
4.33"
110 mm
Overall
27.7"
702.6 mm
Circumference
86.9"
2.207 m
Revs per mile
729
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 27.7×10.8R19 — 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.

2 of them name what let go, and it is most often tread separation. Pirelli is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
tread separation1
blister1
not stated2

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 2 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
265/40R1927.3" -1.1 %-4.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
285/40R1928.0" +1.1 %+4.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
255/45R1928.0" +1.4 %+4.8 mm60.8 mphside by side
295/35R1927.1" -1.9 %-6.8 mm58.8 mphside by side
255/40R1927.0" -2.3 %-8.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
295/40R1928.3" +2.3 %+8.0 mm61.4 mphside by side
265/45R1928.4" +2.6 %+9.3 mm61.6 mphside by side
285/35R1926.9" -2.9 %-10.3 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.


245/50R18123 mm sidewall — 11% more
305/40R18122 mm sidewall — 11% more
245/40R2098 mm sidewall — 11% less
275/35R2096 mm sidewall — 13% less
275/45R18124 mm sidewall — 13% more
285/35R20100 mm sidewall — 9% 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
Michelin Primacy Tour A/S540B
Michelin Primacy MXM4500A
Michelin Primacy Tour A/S DT500AA
CONTINENTAL SportContact 7440AA
Hankook veNtus S1 evo2 (OE)440A
Spartan TOUR PLUS LSW440A
Sumitomo HTR ENHANCE L/X440A
CONTINENTAL ContiSportContact 5420AA
Hankook veNtus S1 evo3 (OE)420A
Vredestein ADVAN S.4.400AA
Hankook ION EVO E (OE)380A

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
265/40R1929.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,886
285/40R1930.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,114
255/45R1930.4 mph50.7 mph70.9 mph10,135
295/35R1929.4 mph49.0 mph68.7 mph9,808
255/40R1929.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,772