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Sidewall

325/60R21

325 mm across the tread, a sidewall 60% of that — 195 mm — on a 21-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 36.4 inches tall.

195 mm sidewall923 mm · 36.4"
Sidewall
7.68"
195 mm
Overall
36.4"
923.4 mm
Circumference
114.2"
2.901 m
Revs per mile
555
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 36.4×12.8R21 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 21-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
305/65R2136.6" +0.7 %+3.3 mm60.4 mphside by side
345/55R2135.9" -1.1 %-5.3 mm59.3 mphside by side
315/60R2135.9" -1.3 %-6.0 mm59.2 mphside by side
335/60R2136.8" +1.3 %+6.0 mm60.8 mphside by side
315/65R2137.1" +2.1 %+9.8 mm61.3 mphside by side
335/55R2135.5" -2.3 %-10.8 mm58.6 mphside by side
305/60R2135.4" -2.6 %-12.0 mm58.4 mphside by side
345/60R2137.3" +2.6 %+12.0 mm61.6 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.


345/60R20207 mm sidewall — 6% more
305/60R22183 mm sidewall — 6% less
295/70R20207 mm sidewall — 6% more
335/55R22184 mm sidewall — 6% less
315/65R20205 mm sidewall — 5% more
325/55R22179 mm sidewall — 8% 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
305/65R2130.2 mph50.4 mph70.5 mph10,070
345/55R2129.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,886
315/60R2129.6 mph49.4 mph69.1 mph9,870
335/60R2130.4 mph50.6 mph70.9 mph10,130
315/65R2130.6 mph51.1 mph71.5 mph10,211