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295/35R21

295 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 103 mm — on a 21-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 29.1 inches tall.

103 mm sidewall740 mm · 29.1"
Sidewall
4.06"
103 mm
Overall
29.1"
739.9 mm
Circumference
91.5"
2.324 m
Revs per mile
692
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 8.5" and 11" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 283 mm across at the narrow end and 308 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 29.1×11.6R21 — tall by wide, in inches.

What goes wrong on this size

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

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

What let goComplaints
blowout1

Where the wheel is named, 1 of 1 were on the rear, and 0 on the front.

What fits instead

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Same 21-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
285/35R2128.9" -0.9 %-3.5 mm59.4 mphside by side
305/35R2129.4" +0.9 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
275/40R2129.7" +1.8 %+6.8 mm61.1 mphside by side
275/35R2128.6" -1.9 %-7.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
315/35R2129.7" +1.9 %+7.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
315/30R2128.4" -2.4 %-8.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
285/40R2130.0" +2.9 %+10.8 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.


305/30R2292 mm sidewall — 11% less
285/40R20114 mm sidewall — 10% more
295/30R2289 mm sidewall — 14% less
295/40R20118 mm sidewall — 14% more
325/35R20114 mm sidewall — 10% more
265/35R2293 mm sidewall — 10% less

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
CONTINENTAL SportContact 7440AA
CONTINENTAL CrossContact UHP420A
BLACKHAWK STREET-H HU02400AA
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV320A
Nitto P ZERO300AA
Norauto P ZERO ROSSO300AA
CONTINENTAL ContiSportContact 5P280AA

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
285/35R2129.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,905
305/35R2130.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,095
275/40R2130.5 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,182
275/35R2129.4 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,811
315/35R2130.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,189