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I agree inflate the tires to 38-40 and I bet you get the 3cm clearance then once passed have a satisfying deflate.

tom+4, I agree with others. Before you make expensive changes to the springs, take 65 tires and pump them up good. Any chance you'll have another inspector present at the follow-up?

Try a different MOT station.
Ground clearance can`t be an issue as the car was homolgated like it is.
I have similar discussions with the ecomobile nearly each time. Till now I won them all.

Best one is that the test engineers have to do a test drive with motorbikes and the eco is registered as one.
With the eco the simply can`t;-)

And it is written in the homologation papers that driving on public roads is only allowed after special training.

MOT engineers do not like this part...

Any noticeable difference in handling?
Did you need to recalibrate the speedo?

Too early to say on both counts. I’ve only driven the car back from the the garage that fitted the tyres. About 15 miles in the rain but the handling didn’t seam any different. Haven’t driven the car since for various reasons but hope to get behind the wheel in a week or so.
Bob.

Thanks Bob. Hope you will be able to update in a couple of months. I expect you will be ok with the speedo as it should only represent about 1 mph at 30.
I am sure there will be others who will be interested too.

Tom +4:
Have you checked if your car's rear suspension was fitted with Lowering Blocks?

My 4/4 (2011) had them and after I removed the lowering blocks the car had better ground clearance and got better suspension too (my personal feeling)

we can choose a station , but when you fail at a MOT station in Belgium , you cannot go to another one. They don't like competition ....

and indeed , with "oldtimers" it became more&more difficult , they always find "something" which means stress and $$$ every year. One of the "new" rules is that everything needs to be original. A car that passed MOT last year , can fail now.... just because they "find" something as a not original seat , yellow shock or red spring ... i also believe it's a policy to get those old cars out of the streets.

I have to go MOT with my '89 +4 .... before "summer" use.... and was also already concerned about ride height problems....IF they inspect it .

Where is the minimum ground clearance, front or rear, generaly under the curved cross member of the gearbox? For the front, the SSL kit allows to increase or decrease the front clearance and in the worse case for the MOT you can compress temporarily the lower rebound spring and having more clearance.

Fit 185x70 tyres