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Sidewall

325/40R23

325 mm across the tread, a sidewall 40% of that — 130 mm — on a 23-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 33.2 inches tall.

130 mm sidewall844 mm · 33.2"
Sidewall
5.12"
130 mm
Overall
33.2"
844.2 mm
Circumference
104.4"
2.652 m
Revs per mile
607
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 9" and 12" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 310 mm across at the narrow end and 340 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 33.2×12.8R23 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 23-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
315/40R2332.9" -0.9 %-4.0 mm59.4 mphside by side
335/40R2333.6" +0.9 %+4.0 mm60.6 mphside by side
305/45R2333.8" +1.7 %+7.3 mm61.0 mphside by side
305/40R2332.6" -1.9 %-8.0 mm58.9 mphside by side
345/40R2333.9" +1.9 %+8.0 mm61.1 mphside by side
345/35R2332.5" -2.2 %-9.3 mm58.7 mphside by side
315/45R2334.2" +2.8 %+11.8 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.


335/35R24117 mm sidewall — 10% less
355/40R22142 mm sidewall — 9% more
295/40R24118 mm sidewall — 9% less
315/45R22142 mm sidewall — 9% more
345/35R24121 mm sidewall — 7% less
325/35R24114 mm sidewall — 13% 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
315/40R2329.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,905
335/40R2330.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,095
305/45R2330.5 mph50.9 mph71.2 mph10,172
305/40R2329.4 mph49.1 mph68.7 mph9,810
345/40R2330.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,190