hi guys,

i took my car for an mot and it failed. i have got everything sorted except the wheels are rubbing the arches at the front. They are 17" and are on a 1988 escort cab.

What can i do to overcome this problem? I dont have a spare set of 15" wheels with decent tyres sat around unfourtunatly!

Cheers

Jonny

 

Why are they rubbing tho? How low is the car, surely there is a problem with the suspension setup? Ir is it they are catching on lock? If it is all ok then i'd raise the suspension a tad

 

the suspension is lowered 20mm. they are only rubbing on full lock?

 

sounds like a very strict mot station to me i have 16's and lowered 60mm and have rub still passed mot 3wks ago

 

put wheel spacers on the front for the mot
about 5mm should work
take them off after

 

borrow someones 15's for the test! then put your 17's back on after! do it just outside the mot station!

 

yeah i've had this, rubbing on full lock just stick some 15's on for the mot and change em back over later, it's perfectly legal in a way, as soon as you drive out the station ur car is fit whatever hapens after that is ur busines

 

like the sound of the spacer thing. any idea where to get them from?

thanks

jonny

 

i think its the mot tester being ay too strict take it elsewhere!!!

 

the thing is he has let it pass on loads of other things that i know r wrong with it so i would be a fool to take it elsewhere!

 

Your wrong, a car can pass an MOT and be non road worthy the day after.

An MOT is only based on the DAY it was tested

 

I think he means the car is fit its passed the test you can go put your wheels back on and make it (apperantly) unroad worthy

 

got my wheel spacers today so i will see if that works!