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Sidewall

335/50R21

335 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 168 mm — on a 21-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 34.2 inches tall.

168 mm sidewall868 mm · 34.2"
Sidewall
6.59"
168 mm
Overall
34.2"
868.4 mm
Circumference
107.4"
2.728 m
Revs per mile
590
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 9.5" and 12.5" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 320 mm across at the narrow end and 350 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 34.2×13.2R21 — 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
325/50R2133.8" -1.2 %-5.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
345/50R2134.6" +1.2 %+5.0 mm60.7 mphside by side
315/55R2134.6" +1.3 %+5.8 mm60.8 mphside by side
355/45R2133.6" -1.8 %-7.8 mm58.9 mphside by side
315/50R2133.4" -2.3 %-10.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
355/50R2135.0" +2.3 %+10.0 mm61.4 mphside by side
325/55R2135.1" +2.6 %+11.3 mm61.6 mphside by side
345/45R2133.2" -2.8 %-12.3 mm58.3 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.


345/45R22155 mm sidewall — 7% less
325/55R20179 mm sidewall — 7% more
305/50R22153 mm sidewall — 9% less
355/50R20178 mm sidewall — 6% more
315/50R22158 mm sidewall — 6% less
305/60R20183 mm sidewall — 9% 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
325/50R2129.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,885
345/50R2130.3 mph50.6 mph70.8 mph10,115
315/55R2130.4 mph50.7 mph70.9 mph10,132
355/45R2129.5 mph49.1 mph68.8 mph9,822
315/50R2129.3 mph48.8 mph68.4 mph9,770