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Sidewall

355/50R21

355 mm across the tread, a sidewall 50% of that — 178 mm — on a 21-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 35.0 inches tall.

178 mm sidewall888 mm · 35.0"
Sidewall
6.99"
178 mm
Overall
35.0"
888.4 mm
Circumference
109.9"
2.791 m
Revs per mile
577
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 10" and 13" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 340 mm across at the narrow end and 370 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 35.0×14.0R21 — 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
345/50R2134.6" -1.1 %-5.0 mm59.3 mphside by side
335/55R2135.5" +1.5 %+6.8 mm60.9 mphside by side
335/50R2134.2" -2.3 %-10.0 mm58.6 mphside by side
345/55R2135.9" +2.8 %+12.3 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.


345/55R20190 mm sidewall — 7% more
325/50R22163 mm sidewall — 8% less
335/50R22168 mm sidewall — 6% less
325/60R20195 mm sidewall — 10% more
355/45R22160 mm sidewall — 10% less
355/55R20195 mm sidewall — 10% 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
345/50R2129.7 mph49.4 mph69.2 mph9,887
335/55R2130.5 mph50.8 mph71.1 mph10,152
335/50R2129.3 mph48.9 mph68.4 mph9,775
345/55R2130.8 mph51.4 mph71.9 mph10,276