Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:08 AM |
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min legal wheel coverage
Bit of a strange question this but anyway.
Forgetting about the SVA, does anyone know what the minimum tyre coverage with a mud guard a car in the UK needs to be legal? I’m thinking of tall
skinny cross plys with tiny cycle wings btw and its not a 7 and only for an MOT
cheers
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m8kwr
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:14 AM |
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unsure if this is any help, but for the new IVA the wheel guards need to be the following- front can't be more then 30 degress off centre, and
rear 50 degress.
Whether the MOT follow suit, who knows!!!
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JeffHs
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:15 AM |
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I think you must cover all of the tyre's width when viewed from above and behind, and the forward edge of the front of the wing must be no
further back than the wheel rim. I don't know how far back the wing must cover.
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Davey D
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:16 AM |
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i believe it needs to cover the width of the tyre looking from the top, and looking from the side it needs to extand down the back so its level with a
centre line coming horizontaly from the centre of the wheel, and as far forward as if you have a centre line going vertically from the centre of the
wheel
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:17 AM |
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I was trying to avoid any SVA/IVA noncense by using an old chassis and some spare running gear to build an ugly little hot rod. Just don't want
to get pulled over with bare wheels
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Davey D
i believe it needs to cover the width of the tyre looking from the top, and looking from the side it needs to extand down the back so its level with a
centre line coming horizontaly from the centre of the wheel, and as far forward as if you have a centre line going vertically from the centre of the
wheel
thanks for that 
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m8kwr
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:20 AM |
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Sorry to ask another question on this post, but is there any reason you can not use an old tyre as a guard - so it seems to blend in with the actual
tyre.
If you re-enforced the back with some fibre glass, or something. I just remember seeing a car on Top Gear that had guards that looked like tyres -
unsure how they made them
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by m8kwr
Sorry to ask another question on this post, but is there any reason you can not use an old tyre as a guard - so it seems to blend in with the actual
tyre.
If you re-enforced the back with some fibre glass, or something. I just remember seeing a car on Top Gear that had guards that looked like tyres -
unsure how they made them
Never considered that idea tbh, if it’s stiffened up at bit then it would be no worse than a plastic mud guard. Good suggestion
[Edited on 19/11/08 by Mr Whippy]
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m8kwr
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:28 AM |
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If you go that route, then please post a picture, i would be very interested to know how it looks - and the overall weight compared to a standard
fibre glass one.
Depending on what tyres you are using, i'm sure someone on here would have some old R888 that are not longer legal which would probably look the
best.
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Humbug
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:33 AM |
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Here you go:
Based on my experiments with using bits of old tyre as mudflaps, I would say:
a) they will need a bit of stiffening
b) they will be considerably heavier than fibreglass.
However, it would look good as an "open wheel" look.
Simon
Edit... or how about making a mould from a tyre then creating fibreglass arches from the mould? You would get the look without the weight, even more
so if you sprayed it with that matt black chipguard stuff
[Edited on 19.11.2008 by Humbug]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 10:59 AM |
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looks not too bad really
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Dickyboy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 11:26 AM |
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The Scamp has been MOTed for 6 years with about 30mm of front tyre visible beyond the chassis widthways, maybe depends on the MOT man
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MikeR
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 12:22 PM |
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If you made a fake tyre you could make it go almost all the way round & get the areo improvement from it without the ugly looks!
(and if your cycle wing brackets ever broke, you've got a fraction more chance of having some grip  )
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 02:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
If you made a fake tyre you could make it go almost all the way round & get the areo improvement from it without the ugly looks!
(and if your cycle wing brackets ever broke, you've got a fraction more chance of having some grip )
stationary wheels when moving along would look weird
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AndyGT
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| posted on 19/11/08 at 06:06 PM |
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maybe fit some wheel trims that remain still too....
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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bigshotsquid
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| posted on 27/11/08 at 12:18 AM |
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just completely cover the wheels it would look cool but then you would have totake it off when you wash it is it possible to pu tthe front ones close
to the front and put some fins on to improve the aerodynamics
Going to McDonalds for a salad is like going to a crackhouse for vitamins
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