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Mark Allanson - 4/5/04 at 10:10 PM

What is the latest on wheels being comlpiant for SVA?

I have a set of 1300GT steels, a set of RS's and the chance of a set of 13" Capri 2.8 Pepperpots, all of which have radii of less than 2.5mm, especially the rims of the steels

I can only see a danger if I jack the backend up and run it in gear and invite passers-by to stick their fingers in!!


Anyone enlighten me?


Dusty - 4/5/04 at 10:53 PM

I believe that wheels fitted on axles are exempt from the radius rules, apart from any spinners fitted. However the same wheel fitted as a spare on the back panel has to comply with radius rules. Crazy or what.


Hellfire - 4/5/04 at 10:58 PM

As long as the wheels and tyres do not protrude from the arches. They can't touch em.

Mr SVA checked the arches on ours with a spirit level vertically across the arches to the ground, checking for tyre sticky-outy - albeit very close he could not touch the wheel/tyre so deemed a pass.

Course I feel Red Baron waiting to shoot me down...


barrie sharp - 5/5/04 at 08:55 AM

Mark when i asked the sva man at exeter the answer was if they have been fitted as standard on other cars they are ok ,no spinners though.
they did say there were a few new aftermarket ones that caused concern.

But i think if you use standard ones well under the arches with no spinners you cant go too wrong.(you know that all test centres are the same !!)


Mark Allanson - 5/5/04 at 06:30 PM

Thanks everyone, I'll stick with the RS's.

Barry, I would have loved to come to your SVA, but work always gets in the way. Take loads of photos and make notes for me


Thanks
Mark