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305/35R24

305 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 107 mm — on a 24-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 32.4 inches tall.

107 mm sidewall823 mm · 32.4"
Sidewall
4.20"
107 mm
Overall
32.4"
823.1 mm
Circumference
101.8"
2.586 m
Revs per mile
622
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 293 mm across at the narrow end and 318 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 32.4×12.0R24 — 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.

What fits instead

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Same 24-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
295/35R2432.1" -0.9 %-3.5 mm59.5 mphside by side
315/35R2432.7" +0.9 %+3.5 mm60.5 mphside by side
285/35R2431.9" -1.7 %-7.0 mm59.0 mphside by side
325/35R2433.0" +1.7 %+7.0 mm61.0 mphside by side
285/40R2433.0" +1.8 %+7.3 mm61.1 mphside by side
325/30R2431.7" -2.2 %-9.3 mm58.7 mphside by side
295/40R2433.3" +2.7 %+11.3 mm61.6 mphside by side
315/30R2431.4" -3.0 %-12.3 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.


295/40R23118 mm sidewall — 11% more
335/35R23117 mm sidewall — 10% more
305/40R23122 mm sidewall — 14% more
275/45R23124 mm sidewall — 16% more
285/40R23114 mm sidewall — 7% more
325/35R23114 mm sidewall — 7% more

Tires graded in this size

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


TireTreadwearWet grip
Toyo Crusade SUV500A
Venezia Strada IV500A
Nexen ROADIAN HP460A
National Velozza ZXV4420A
Yokohama Parada Spec-X420A
Goodride SV308360A
Western Auto ADVAN S.T.320A

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
295/35R2429.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,915
315/35R2430.3 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,085
285/35R2429.5 mph49.1 mph68.8 mph9,830
325/35R2430.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,170
285/40R2430.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,176