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285/45R22

285 mm across the tread, a sidewall 45% of that — 128 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 32.1 inches tall.

128 mm sidewall815 mm · 32.1"
Sidewall
5.05"
128 mm
Overall
32.1"
815.3 mm
Circumference
100.8"
2.561 m
Revs per mile
628
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 8" and 10.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 273 mm across at the narrow end and 298 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 32.1×11.2R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

6 of them name what let go, and it is most often blowout. Bridgestone is named more than any other brand.

What let goComplaints
blowout4
out of round1
tread separation1

Where the wheel is named, 4 of 6 were on the front — the end that steers.

What fits instead

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Same 22-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
265/50R2232.4" +1.0 %+4.3 mm60.6 mphside by side
275/45R2231.7" -1.1 %-4.5 mm59.3 mphside by side
295/45R2232.5" +1.1 %+4.5 mm60.7 mphside by side
305/40R2231.6" -1.5 %-6.3 mm59.1 mphside by side
265/45R2231.4" -2.2 %-9.0 mm58.7 mphside by side
305/45R2232.8" +2.2 %+9.0 mm61.3 mphside by side
275/50R2232.8" +2.3 %+9.3 mm61.4 mphside by side
295/40R2231.3" -2.5 %-10.3 mm58.5 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.


255/55R21140 mm sidewall — 9% more
255/45R23115 mm sidewall — 11% less
315/45R21142 mm sidewall — 11% more
285/40R23114 mm sidewall — 11% less
285/50R21143 mm sidewall — 11% more
295/40R23118 mm sidewall — 8% less

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Bridgestone DUELER H/L ALENZA "H" Spd Rtd600A
MICHELIN Pilot Sport All Season 4540A
Goodyear FORTERA SL500B
Toyo Crusade SUV500A
Venezia Strada IV500A
Nexen ROADIAN HP460A
Yokohama Parada Spec-X420A
Falken WILDPEAK A/T AT3WA360B
Hankook veNtus evo3 SUV320AA
CONTINENTAL PremiumContact 6280AA

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
265/50R2230.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,104
275/45R2229.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,890
295/45R2230.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,110
305/40R2229.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,847
265/45R2229.3 mph48.9 mph68.5 mph9,779