question about stretch tyres

[Jimble]

Just because some of us have stretched tyres doesn't mean the rim protrudes the arch there for no mot failure.
It seems this argument is based of people running crazy stretch just because I have a very slight stretch downs make me the same as all the people running stupid stretch with stupid camber.

Unless something has changed i think you might be buggered come MOT time?


http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=260636.0

[Lewy]

This is sooooo funny.

I'm 38, nearly 39 and run 215/35's on 9.5's.

Never been pulled, passes an MOT every year, and couldn't give 2 hoots what anyone thinks, or think they know what they are talking about or quote from the web.

[dom]

I run 205/35 on 8J which gives a bit of stretch, I do so purely to get the car sitting better when it's aired out. Lots of mates also run stretched tyres for looks, and none of us have had any issues with mots or the police.

If I drove my car like a race car then I'd stick wider tyres on it that aren't nankangs, but at the end of the day it's a mk4 golf and all my driving is on public roads so the car is hardly driven to its limits.

[andy_k]

Just because it's passed the MoT doesn't make it legal - it means that in the opinion of the tester, on the day of the test it complied with his interpretation of the rules.

As for the insurance thing....

How many people running stretch tyres have a, declared them and b, actually said I have tyres fitted to my car that do not comply to the manufacturers recommendations?

[Lewy]

I have. 

And it affected my premium by f**k all.

Manufacturers Recommendations also mean f**k all.  After all, I recommend that all middle lane hoggers shoot themselves in the face, but getting that recommendation to stand in a court of law ain't gonna happen.

[tdi_blu]

  Well said Lewy......

[Shizzle]

Finally some sense and proof that still will not be believed and probably all luck your LEGALLY on the road and not all in prison for it.

[Lewy]

Manufacturers recommendation....

Says it all...

[dom]

Just because it's passed the MoT doesn't make it legal - it means that in the opinion of the tester, on the day of the test it complied with his interpretation of the rules.

As for the insurance thing....

How many people running stretch tyres have a, declared them and b, actually said I have tyres fitted to my car that do not comply to the manufacturers recommendations?

I have, my insurers (greenlight) have even put pictures of my car on their Facebook page, complete with stretched tyres

[Shizzle]

Manufacturers recommendation....

Says it all...

Well all that tells me is the size of rim not the width.
Also you say recommendation that's no law.