Law and homologation

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Sephirot90

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Good morning everyone
I'm moving to UK from Italy in October and I have some modification on my Disco TD5 99
Right now I mount 4 275/85 16 tires (Also 31 inch), a Decat exaust without the catalytic filter and heavy duty front and rear bumpers.
Are they legal there? Here they aren't, so I'm waiting before I buy new tires in March.
Thank's to everyone!
 
No problem with tyres or bumpers other than they need declaring to insurance company.

Decat is a bit of a grey area as I understand it. Technically an MOT fail but not heard of people being failed for it though that could change.
 
One other area that causes a bit of discussion.

Tyre tread being visible from a vertical viewpoint outside of the wheelarch. So if you fit wider tyres then you may need extended wheelarches.

As I understand it ( and I may be wrong), this is not an MOT failure but it does not comply with vehicle construction and build regulations. Which may make an over eager coppers day.

Cheers
 
No problem with tyres or bumpers other than they need declaring to insurance company.

Decat is a bit of a grey area as I understand it. Technically an MOT fail but not heard of people being failed for it though that could change.
Thank you for the answer, so, I can virtually mount every measure of tires?
The last MOT went well here, but I don't know the emission level etc, up there...
Well than you so much for the time spent for me!
 
Thank you for the answer, so, I can virtually mount every measure of tires?
The last MOT went well here, but I don't know the emission level etc, up there...
Well than you so much for the time spent for me!

Tyres should be within wheel arches but wider ones are available and there's some wiggle room depending on the Mot tester anyway
 
No problem with tyres or bumpers other than they need declaring to insurance company.

Decat is a bit of a grey area as I understand it. Technically an MOT fail but not heard of people being failed for it though that could change.

The section which says fail if a cat is not fitted where one was fitted as standard, only applies to those vehicles that require a full cat test. In other words petrol engined cars. So the removal of the cat from a diesel is technically not a fail under the present MOT wording.
 
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