is it illegal to have the wheels out the arches??

[adb]

yeah so love the look, but im not to sure of the leagallity? can anyone shed some light?

 

[SeancupraR]

Yea I agree looks great but it is illegal.

I say do it just don't get court

 

[adb]

do you know what you get? a caustion or a fine or something? probly depends on the gavver though

 

[Mike R]

The rim can stick out a little but the treads not allowed to.. hence why people stretch there tires

 

[m0rk]

Prohibition notice & your car gets towed away......

You can't have wheel poking out. It's an MOT fail therefore cannot be driven on the road

 

[three_cross]

A Corrado down my road got pulled with this and got away with a caution and warned that if he was caught again it will be a more serious matter. However he only had the car about a week and told this to the officer thus I think only a caution was given. I wouldn't risk it.

 

[Slimy]

You could always flare the arches?

 

[B3nhm]

It's a straight mot fail!

 

[andycupra]

ive understood it to be the treaded part of the tyres that cannot protrude out of the arch.

from a personal point of view i think it looks pants anyway!

 

[suj]

It is not illegal for wheels to protrude past the arch.
If it protrudes more than 30mm, then it is illegal.
But at the same time all tyre must be under the arch.

Why people stretch tyres, to get a bit of poke, but still be legal (but then some people go mental and stretch to the point of stupidity and ruin it lol)

I have been pulled, spoken to a traffic cop, he then looked up what I said, and then left me to be, as I was legal...wasn't dangerous, nor catching the arch, so nothing they could really do.
Luckily the stretch was tiny (wheel was 8.5J which is 215mm anyway)

 

[MrIlluminati]

I heard that the rims must not poke out further than the widest part of the body .... excluding door mirrors. Also as above that the top of the tyres must stay inside the arch.

Poke is a joke in my opinion. Over at mk4 net its common for the scene guys to stretch bmx tyres onto 12 inch wide porsche wheels running 1000000000mm spacers .... then they wonder why their mk4's dont handle well.

 

[suj]

Here's the thread from RetroRides: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=usetharch&action=display&thread=51712&page=1

and the Police Forum thread too:
http://www.ukpoliceonline.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24937

Here is the post regarding the poke:
http://www.ukpoliceonline.co.uk/ind...al-or-not/page__st__20__p__267761#entry267761

As you can see, 30mm is the limit

 

[ibiscupradan]

my first car mk4 polo i had 8j -3et wellers the wheel itself stuck out but tyre tread didnt never had any issues with mots or the police

 

[yellonvi-R]

I got stopped once for this offence, got told to get it re m.o.t'd or change them.

 

[Mike R]

Got a feelin ill be getting stopped for it too.. but hey ho, they can blow me

 

[adb]

sure i dont have your car on my wall haha, such a savage colour scheme

 

[m0rk]

Got a feelin ill be getting stopped for it too.. but hey ho, they can blow me

That or put a prohibition notice on your car & get you to walk home while they tow your car

 

[mrbubba]

That or put a prohibition notice on your car & get you to walk home while they tow your car

Plus the 3 points and 60 quid fine

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[Mike R]

Got nothing to worry about as long as there not poking more than 30mm, and no tread is outside the arch as has been said.. another one of these threads that make people worry for no reason.