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Sidewall

355/65R21

355 mm across the tread, a sidewall 65% of that — 231 mm — on a 21-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 39.2 inches tall.

231 mm sidewall995 mm · 39.2"
Sidewall
9.08"
231 mm
Overall
39.2"
994.9 mm
Circumference
123.1"
3.126 m
Revs per mile
515
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 39.2×14.0R21 — 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
345/65R2138.7" -1.3 %-6.5 mm59.2 mphside by side
335/65R2138.1" -2.6 %-13.0 mm58.4 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.


335/65R22218 mm sidewall — 6% less
355/60R22213 mm sidewall — 8% less
345/65R22224 mm sidewall — 3% less
325/65R22211 mm sidewall — 8% less
345/60R23207 mm sidewall — 10% less
335/60R23201 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
345/65R2129.6 mph49.3 mph69.1 mph9,869
335/65R2129.2 mph48.7 mph68.2 mph9,739