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Post by braceuself on Oct 27, 2008 23:21:28 GMT 1
wanna put wider wheels on my car.wanna keep my stainless arches tho.are the mot guys really fussy on how much your wheels stick out of the arches?
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Post by braceuself on Oct 27, 2008 23:30:32 GMT 1
yes thats what i was thinking of doin.i'll ask paddy if i can try one of his deep dish wheels on to see how far out they'll be
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Post by ljonez on Oct 27, 2008 23:39:46 GMT 1
legally your not allowed to have any tread showing when you view the wheel from above, so 5" wide maybe 5.5 is the limit with standard arches.
also it doesn't really come under the MOT but if you have a picky tester they can make things harder for you.
Its the police you want to watch out for as you can have a fresh MOT with sticking out wheels but they will still give you 3 points per wheel, which means your license is gone in one go.
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Post by biker on Oct 28, 2008 0:02:43 GMT 1
i got the 5.5" 13s on my mini with the woodandpicket style arches wich i think are pretty much the same width as the standard ones and mine dont stick out (well may be a couple of mm) and mine recently gone through mot no problem i do seem to remember there being a limit as to how much your tyre was allowed to stick out without having to fit larger arches.
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Post by ljonez on Oct 28, 2008 0:12:48 GMT 1
W&P are wider not by much (1/4 posibly 1/2" )but they are wider. as i said its not a problem for the MOT its the police who take objection to it.
the rules used to be you could have 1/2" of tread showing but that changed recently and now your not allowed any tread to show. you can have the bulge of the tyre wall stick out but thats as much as they allow
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Post by biker on Oct 28, 2008 0:23:27 GMT 1
oic. i knew there was some sort of limit but been so long since having to worry bout it. nice to know what the regs are these days thanks  |
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Post by braceuself on Oct 28, 2008 21:17:39 GMT 1
what width are the standard spi cooper minilites?
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Post by taffy1967 on Oct 28, 2008 21:20:43 GMT 1
what width are the standard spi cooper minilites? 4.5" I believe. |
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Post by braceuself on Oct 28, 2008 21:23:27 GMT 1
thanks.
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Post by leighton on Oct 29, 2008 20:41:43 GMT 1
Why not put wider arches on to match the wheels? Or does that defeat the object? Also, I'm sure I have seen cars with tyres wider than arches - modded cars that have been dropped, got dolly body kits and pointless back boxes on them - Like Nova's!! You know the ones? Of course you do.
If they can pass an MOT, sure my mini shell could!
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Post by ljonez on Oct 29, 2008 20:51:11 GMT 1
Why not put wider arches on to match the wheels? If they can pass an MOT, sure my mini shell could! wanna put wider wheels on my car.wanna keep my stainless arches tho.  as said, they wont fail an MOT for them |
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Post by timsmini on Oct 29, 2008 22:39:20 GMT 1
My MOT station always argues with me about this. According to them VOSA have issued them with new guidlines that no part of the wheel or tyre may protrude outside of the bodywork (MOT failure).
I always tell them them that I could quite easily go home change the wheels to standard steels and take it back for MOT, and then replace them when I get the car back home, that soon shuts them up.
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