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Sidewall

315/50R22

315 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 158 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 34.4 inches tall.

158 mm sidewall874 mm · 34.4"
Sidewall
6.20"
158 mm
Overall
34.4"
873.8 mm
Circumference
108.1"
2.745 m
Revs per mile
586
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 8.5" and 11.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 300 mm across at the narrow end and 330 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 34.4×12.4R22 — tall by wide, in inches.

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
295/55R2234.8" +1.1 %+4.8 mm60.7 mphside by side
305/50R2234.0" -1.1 %-5.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
325/50R2234.8" +1.1 %+5.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
335/45R2233.9" -1.5 %-6.8 mm59.1 mphside by side
295/50R2233.6" -2.3 %-10.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
335/50R2235.2" +2.3 %+10.0 mm61.4 mphside by side
305/55R2235.2" +2.3 %+10.3 mm61.4 mphside by side
325/45R2233.5" -2.6 %-11.3 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.


285/60R21171 mm sidewall — 9% more
325/45R23146 mm sidewall — 7% less
285/50R23143 mm sidewall — 10% less
345/50R21173 mm sidewall — 10% more
305/55R21168 mm sidewall — 7% more
335/50R21168 mm sidewall — 6% 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
295/55R2230.3 mph50.5 mph70.8 mph10,109
305/50R2229.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,886
325/50R2230.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,114
335/45R2229.5 mph49.2 mph68.9 mph9,846
295/50R2229.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,771