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Sidewall

315/55R22

315 mm across the tread, a sidewall 55% of that — 173 mm — on a 22-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 35.6 inches tall.

173 mm sidewall905 mm · 35.6"
Sidewall
6.82"
173 mm
Overall
35.6"
905.3 mm
Circumference
112.0"
2.844 m
Revs per mile
566
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 35.6×12.4R22 — 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
295/60R2235.9" +0.8 %+3.8 mm60.5 mphside by side
305/55R2235.2" -1.2 %-5.5 mm59.3 mphside by side
325/55R2236.1" +1.2 %+5.5 mm60.7 mphside by side
335/50R2235.2" -1.3 %-5.8 mm59.2 mphside by side
305/60R2236.4" +2.2 %+9.8 mm61.3 mphside by side
325/50R2234.8" -2.4 %-10.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
295/55R2234.8" -2.4 %-11.0 mm58.5 mphside by side
335/55R2236.5" +2.4 %+11.0 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.


285/65R21185 mm sidewall — 7% more
335/55R21184 mm sidewall — 6% more
295/55R23162 mm sidewall — 6% less
325/50R23163 mm sidewall — 6% less
305/60R21183 mm sidewall — 6% more
315/50R23158 mm sidewall — 9% less

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
295/60R2230.2 mph50.4 mph70.6 mph10,083
305/55R2229.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,878
325/55R2230.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,122
335/50R2229.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,873
305/60R2230.6 mph51.1 mph71.5 mph10,215