CelicaBabe Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi all Would the car pass an MOT with different size wheels on the front, for example, my 18s on the back and then two matching 17s on the front? Obviously all with legal tred but would the wheel size being different fail? Im running with one gen 7 GT wheel on the drivers side, my alloy has been fixed but I can't afford a new tyre till after my MOT is due so I was thinking of trying to get hold of another matching gen 7 GT wheel or another pair of wheels to put on front to get it through the MOT or lend a full set for a few days if anyone has a spare set they can lend. Thanks Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Should be fine Dawn As far as I'm aware it would only fail if sizes were mixed as an axle set, plus it wouldn't do the diff much good mixing sizes on the drive axle but front to back is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 as long as you have the same size on each axle then yes it will pass. Only thing is if the overall radius is significantly different for a pair it will put the ABS light on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Also put the wider tyres on the back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelicaBabe Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I don't have ABS so that won't matter. Now I need to find someone with a gen7 GT near me that I can put on the front to match the one I have. Or find someone with a spare full set of wheels to lend me for a day while car goes through MOT as at the moment I have 3 of my 18s on and one gen7 gt 17' Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow750 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I don't have ABS so that won't matter. Now I need to find someone with a gen7 GT near me that I can put on the front to match the one I have. Or find someone with a spare full set of wheels to lend me for a day while car goes through MOT as at the moment I have 3 of my 18s on and one gen7 gt 17' Thanks all this will get you an mot but it wont be legal if you mx them after the mot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelicaBabe Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I won't be keeping it like that, it will literally be for the MOT as already said above. Im getting new a new tyre for the repaired alloy but wont have the cash until a few days later which is no good for the MOT. I think Andy might be lending me a full set of alloys for the MOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstring Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 as long as you have the same size on each axle then yes it will pass. Only thing is if the overall radius is significantly different for a pair it will put the ABS light on What he said....... I had a mate get a puncture on the way to an MOT, put the space-saver on........ no go then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Boy 1 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Shouldn't be a problem. The cars we produce at work have different size wheels fronts to rears. 16" fronts & 17" rears on the Elise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelicaBabe Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wicked Thanks all, much appreciated D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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