Whats the Law with wheels?
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Hey guys I'm touring through google and having no luck at all :(

Is the legal on a car? (This car is not driving round like this it was just a test)


Yes No maybe whats the teapot on this?

Thanks
Stephen

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no. arch has to cover tread, i got a dig off the traffics when i was running 215 wide tyres for a while as they were a good inch of tread outside the arch.

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Denis O'Brien.

no the arches have to cover at the minimum all the tread on the tire looking down on it
pah 5 secs too slow

Edited by Brett on 25th Jul, 2012.

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You'll need some arches on those.

EDIT: even slower!!

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 25th Jul, 2012.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

actually the arch has to cover all the wheel, not just the tread,

hold a straight edgevertically against the wheel and it should touch the arch before the wheel/ tyre at the top.

Some forums are saying its fine to run them out some aren't

Hot rods run no arches at all?

otherwise sherif John Bunnel will be round to rape you

Rather not have him come round and rape me! Ill flintstone my Mini away ;D

I think I read on a copper forum there is about a 20mm leeway between legal and illegal. To be fair most of the cops were unaware of the law or could not agree either. I think yours is beyond doubt though

Well the wheels have a -7 off set 10 x 6 Minirator wheels Kinda awful I don't like em I'm gonna run banded steelies

Itll pass an MOT. Im sure theirs nothing in the manual about that. Like everyone above has said its a transport legilation thing. I think its due to kicking up spray / stones etc..

Yeah but you can kick stones and spray up going round a corner, I just haven't found a set of arches that look nice to be honest

i got pulled for this some years back and have posted details on this before but i wanted to double check so i have been searching online and from what i can find we are all correct, but joe is the most correct

For an mot test, it SHOULD pass there is no reason listed to fail it on this.... but it is still at the testers discretion if he deems it un safe or not

even though it is not a fail on an mot it is still not legal what Joe posted is the legal requirement ( or there abouts) it falls in the construction and use section

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/contents/made
scroll down to point 63..

even then it is open to interpretation

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So really its a grey Area hmm I wasn't sure so many Myths and rubbish floating around Like streached rubber

Edit: Double post.

Edited by Chalkie on 26th Jul, 2012.

On my car the wheel just! Protub 10mm, by law they should not, never got a tug.

Fit the arches

The place to look is the type approval manual/SVA manual, its quite clearly stated in there,

theres a bit more to it than what I said, as the wheel need to be covered for x degree's...

essentialy the reasoing behind the rule is, if you drive into a pedestrian at low speed the arch should protect them from the rotating wheel.

that said, if you have a little sticking out your likly to get away with it as only vosa/trafic cops will know the details, certainly its not part of the MOT,

Personnally I say fuck the law - if it looks good drive it. My wheels stick out about an inch

I seriously doubt it!

If landrover sell cars with big wheels poking out the arch by atleast and inch then its fine, my old mini ran 1.5" roughly out the arch on the rear never got pulled or flagged up in the mot.

Could always put a little bit of plastic over the top for road and take off for shows ect

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I always thought it was tread that had to be covered when looking down? I know lots who run massively stretched tyres and neg. Camber to get around this?

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On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Stretched tyres are shit. Dont bring that one up again

I seriously doubt it!

Not bringing nothing up, nor did I say they were any good, I said I know people who run them.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

i love stretched tyres, they are the bets.

i'm just off to fit some 145 tyres to me new 9" wide wheels,lol

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Carl your a few years behind, 10" wide is the new craze

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble