Wheels and mot...

[ToMeToYou]

Having a right nightmare. Cars been off the road a week now due to mot failure and I'm struggling to get about. Got mot retest booked in tomorrow but have a big problem.

It failed on a cracked wheel.

So I tried calling some places to get it welded but they were too busy to book me in before the retest.

Saturday I travelled 200 miles to pick up an entire new set of wheels to just stick them on temporarily to get me through the mot. I inspected them before buying (albeit in the dark and wheels were filthy)

Now cleaning them up, 2 of them are flipping cracked! And the seller stuck silicone in the crack to disguise it.

Here's my question.

I will stick 2 wheels on so that 2 are different. Same size 18", same tyre sizes. But the alloy itself is totally different in style.

Can I get away with this? Or could I stick just the 1 wheel on? Or how should I do this?

Edited by ToMeToYou on Monday 5th May 18:34

[Truckosaurus]

I'd put 2 of the new wheels on, both on the same axle.

There might be less chance of an advisory that way.

(There is an 'ask an MoT tester' thread that might give you a definitive answer)

[ToMeToYou]

Truckosaurus said:

I'd put 2 of the new wheels on, both on the same axle.

There might be less chance of an advisory that way.

(There is an 'ask an MoT tester' thread that might give you a definitive answer)

That thread is useless. I asked a week ago and no responses.

[stevemcs]

doesn't matter what they look like they just have to be the same size.

[gotoPzero]

That is totally fine, so long as the wheel is the right size and the tyre is the right size and there are no defects you could technically put 4 different wheel designs on a car and its no problem. If you open the drivers door there is normally a sticker with the wheel size and tyre size. If it matches this - you are fine. IMO. IANAMOTT...

[ToMeToYou]

Just to let all know, it passed with 2 different wheels (but same sizes) on the front axel but, the retest wasn't just him looking at the wheel that was cracked.

He checked every wheel. Despite it not being part of the original failure.

[gotoPzero]

That is normal.

May also, at their discretion, check the brakes again if a wheel has been off.

Glad you got it sorted.

[catso]

ToMeToYou said:

It failed on a cracked wheel.

BMW?

Curious because I have a friend who welds/repairs a fair few alloy wheels and he tells me almost all of them are BMW.

[MustangGT]

ToMeToYou said:

Just to let all know, it passed with 2 different wheels (but same sizes) on the front axel but, the retest wasn't just him looking at the wheel that was cracked.

He checked every wheel. Despite it not being part of the original failure.

A partial retest is only applicable if the car stays at the garage and is retested within 10 days. Outside of that a full test should take place.

[Krikkit]

MustangGT said:

ToMeToYou said:

Just to let all know, it passed with 2 different wheels (but same sizes) on the front axel but, the retest wasn't just him looking at the wheel that was cracked.

He checked every wheel. Despite it not being part of the original failure.

You get a partial re-test within 10 working days, either with or without the garage. If you leave it with the garage then it's free.

You can take it for a re-test the next working day for a limited subset of items for free.

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/retests

[Athlon]

ToMeToYou said:

Truckosaurus said:

I'd put 2 of the new wheels on, both on the same axle.

There might be less chance of an advisory that way.

(There is an 'ask an MoT tester' thread that might give you a definitive answer)

That thread is useless. I asked a week ago and no responses.

You asked how a re test is done not about different wheels. Asking if they are prodded, it did not seem to be a serious question.

[ARHarh]

ToMeToYou said:

Just to let all know, it passed with 2 different wheels (but same sizes) on the front axel but, the retest wasn't just him looking at the wheel that was cracked.

He checked every wheel. Despite it not being part of the original failure.

He would have checked every wheel to make sure you didn't just swap the cracked one to a different corner.

[Little Pete]

ToMeToYou said:

Just to let all know, it passed with 2 different wheels (but same sizes) on the front axel but, the retest wasn't just him looking at the wheel that was cracked.

He checked every wheel. Despite it not being part of the original failure.

That’s what he should have done.

[Super Sonic]

ARHarh said:

He would have checked every wheel to make sure you didn't just swap the cracked one to a different corner.

If I could, I would, I swear.