catch_twotwo 0 Posted October 26, 2006 Well... as I thought would be the case I took my car to a tuners to have them put it through a TÜV change for new wheels and new suspension and the TÜV checker just said no... Front wheels i know are fine... suspension i know is fine.... but the 9x16 ET15 rears stick out of the rear arches and that's a no-no. Although there is conflicting info on if it's the law for the whole wheel to be inside the arch, or just the tread of the tyre. Still that's another matter.... So I guess I need toget these arches widened to cover the tyres (205/40/16 for informations sake). Question is, can an early style rear arch be flared enough to cover the whole wheel ???? Anybody got their arches flared on a early style and how much did it set you back ? Did the arches need painting after ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carpy25 0 Posted October 26, 2006 why not bond some plastic arches on for the test then remove them later ,must be boarder line out of the arches ,flaring metal arches will not be cheap and will need painting afterwards this way you have a year to sort it out mk2 golf arches may do the trick no pretty but only for the test rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 26, 2006 if your going to go to the trouble of adding plastic arches, and removing it after the test (so it won't be legal afterwards) the easiest thing is to just change the wheels for the test? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catch_twotwo 0 Posted October 26, 2006 Tests here are different...... else i would have put my old steelies on. I need a test for the wheels so that they're added to the car registration documents. Then I'm legal and if I get pulled over it's all documented. Good thinking with the plastic bits, but in Germany those plastic bits would need a TÜV certificate as well :cry: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carpy25 0 Posted October 26, 2006 and we complain about our MOT glad our test is not that tight my mate would borrow wheels and tyres to get an MOT then put his worn ones back on until pay day ,many years ago i may add things you do when your kids Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60Jet 1 Posted October 26, 2006 European test are fare better than the uk ones, any changes to the body, engine or wheels base need to be documented. in spain rolling the arches mean the car would need to have the width of the car changed too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
