Wheels for ITV - Page 2

So I ask the same question as before, what is wrong with them that you want to borrow wheels to get the car through the ITV ?

There too big and I didn't specifically ask to borrow! I also asked to buy a set.

Can you help or not? If not stop asking questions and posting unhelpful comments as it's catching

Yes..... You'll find that on forums! 💬😤 Good luck. Villas

Don't wish to appear unhelpful (perish the thought admin), but perhaps you could help me?

I don't understand, you have the standard wheels and they are on the car, but they are too big. 

Surely if they are standard they are the correct size. Only if they are non-standard would they be the wrong size....or am I missing something?

I had same problem with my partners MX5 - we changed the alloys to non-standard, that are a little bigger than the standard ones. Running radius still the same as lower profile than the originals, so safer and no issues with clearance of the arch and of course the ITV centre kicks up a fuss everytime - if we take it to one 'friendly' ITV centre, we can seemingly sneak it through - as long as our guy is there ;-)

In Spain, if you change something minor wheels, exhaust etc - it can have an impact with the ITV - and this is not the first car or time i've had this problem either.

I suspect some people on here do not or have not changed wheels on their Hyundai i10's so are perplexed as to why others would do so. 

If you want to keep the alloys you have on the car, without this issue every time you have an ITV - you can get a certified engineers certificate, which you present with the ITV. I believe it costs around €200, though you would need to speak to a local garage and they would probably know someone you can use. Every time you change something, in order to go through the ITV, you would need this type of 'engineering report'. Why you need to one to swap a set of wheels is a bit of a joke, but it is what it is.....

Paul

Technology, I for one, am au-fait with the ITV requirements.  However, the OP states that the standard wheels are on the car but that they are too big, this is what I do not understand. 

Fully appreciate that anyone who has changed the specification of their car without matriculating it, thereby rendering it unroadworthy, will encounter problems of their own making. 

Theoretically, that can't be correct - as if the standard wheels are on, this should be specified in the paperwork somewhere, which they can cross-reference. I would assume there is also a manufacturers database they can check this.

I've had the issue with another car, an old BMW, which I have changed the wheels and pushed my luck to the last MM of clearance from the wheel arches & i've seen those in the ITV centre out with the tape measure, checking and re-checking and that's a 20-year-old car, so they must have the information of the standard spec wheels, I thought it was on the paperwork somewhere, but don't have the car to hand to check.

I think perhaps the issue you are having is with that specific ITV centre - unless you purchased the car 2nd hand and the wheels had been changed? If they are factory spec, you should be able to prove or argue the case - perhaps try another ITV centre?

No, I don't have the problem, I'm not the OP.

I can't understand the problem that the OP is having and it would seem that he doesn't want to explain it.

Watching the comments on this with interest.  I had a Honda Accord Tourer purchased directly from Honda Swindon (with full EU certification) which had 17” alloys fitted.  This vehicle had no problem going through a UK MoT when I was in the UK but initially failed Spanish matriculation in Alicante when they insisted on 16” wheels.  I had the option of buying a full set of 16” wheels and tyres (and potentially changing them at every ITV) or exchanging my 17” set for a 16” set and tyres with similar tread wear as per the original 17” set which I opted to do to prevent any future ITV hassle.  Therefore it is highly probable that the OP has a similar situation but wants to retain his original wheels. In my opinion the 17” wheels looked better on the Honda, although not enough personally to go through the annual wheel swap process, so I can fully understand why he would consider doing this. Even the company who managed the matriculation process for me were gobsmacked, they had never come across a similar situation some ten years ago.