joff16v Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 right im running some 8 x 13s on the rear of my loop, they have an offset of et 1 lol!they stick out the archs a fair bitwill the coppers really feck me or will they just give me a producer???also they have a fair but of strech on them, is strech illegal>>?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Dunno about the legality of stretch, but iirc tyres/wheels protruding from the arches is an MOT failure - thus a car with them would technically be without a valid MOT and as such you're looking at points/fine if Mr Policeman feels like it.Chances are you probably wouldn't get pulled for that alone, but if you were pulled for some other reason (eg driving erratically) and Mr Policeman decided to go looking for something to do you for, that would be a good starting place for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciroccotune Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 (edited) Not to mention that it will invalidate your insurance and such Edited September 4, 2007 by sciroccotune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 See many cars with tyres madley stuck out and they never seem to have a problem with the law from what I ask them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupodave Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) A mate got pulled in his mk1 with 14x9s on the back, traffic copper just said as long as the actual tread of the tyre doesn't protrude the arch then it's kosher.And don't shoot the messenger lol. Edited September 5, 2007 by lupodave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joff16v Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 A mate got pulled in his mk1 with 14x9s on the back, traffic copper just said as long as the actual tread of the tyre doesn't protrude the arch then it's kosher.And don't shoot the messenger lol.mint ill say lupo dave told me its ok so it must me lol:P:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo_gaz Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 thats what i got told by a mot station. that aslong as the tyre tread is inside the arch it doesnt matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 traffic copper just said as long as the actual tread of the tyre doesn't protrude the arch then it's kosher.yup you can have wheels as wide as you like but no part of the top of the tread can be visible from the top of the arch , so if you look straight down onto the wheel and you cant see the tyre at the top of the arch your legal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_W Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 the mot guy at my work said that you can have the wheels and tread out as far as you want for mot purpose but its the discretion of the mot tester to weather he classes it as dangerous.as for the law its as long the tread is with in the arch and they dont class the stretch rim as dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joff16v Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 need to get myself some more serious strech then!lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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