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Sidewall

305/60R24

305 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 183 mm — on a 24-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 38.4 inches tall.

183 mm sidewall976 mm · 38.4"
Sidewall
7.20"
183 mm
Overall
38.4"
975.6 mm
Circumference
120.7"
3.065 m
Revs per mile
525
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 38.4×12.0R24 — tall by wide, in inches.

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
285/65R2438.6" +0.5 %+2.3 mm60.3 mphside by side
325/55R2438.1" -0.9 %-4.3 mm59.5 mphside by side
295/60R2437.9" -1.2 %-6.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
315/60R2438.9" +1.2 %+6.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
295/65R2439.1" +1.8 %+8.8 mm61.1 mphside by side
315/55R2437.6" -2.0 %-9.8 mm58.8 mphside by side
285/60R2437.5" -2.5 %-12.0 mm58.5 mphside by side
325/60R2439.4" +2.5 %+12.0 mm61.5 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.


325/60R23195 mm sidewall — 7% more
305/65R23198 mm sidewall — 8% more
275/70R23193 mm sidewall — 5% more
285/70R23200 mm sidewall — 9% more
295/65R23192 mm sidewall — 5% more
335/60R23201 mm sidewall — 10% more

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
285/65R2430.1 mph50.2 mph70.3 mph10,046
325/55R2429.7 mph49.6 mph69.4 mph9,913
295/60R2429.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,877
315/60R2430.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,123
295/65R2430.5 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,179