Car Insurance charges for modifications,

MarkyMarkD

You can check the standard tyre size (which therefore tells you the size of the wheels) on Kwikfit's website by entering your registration. http://www.kwik-fit.com/tyre-search.asp

It certainly works perfectly for my wife's (1999) car.

It's fairly academic though - the insurers aren't saying that they are bigger, or worth more, merely that they are non-standard.

Lou_Lou_kia

Thank you for your help. I will look at the site because the insurers have said that it could make a difference if the wheels are the same size ones that should be on the car anyway, and they seem to think the wheels should be 15's so it's worth a check anyway. As I said though, I have paid this now because I've got enough on my plate at the moment having to act as Miss Marple to help the insurance company and police, but would like to just say that I understand that Raskazz works within the Insurance industry, but would like to say to him that not everyone is dishonest, and people do make honest mistakes. I will definitely hold my hands up and pay a reasonable cost, but £140 on top of my premium works out approx 30% increase on my original quote for wheels which if stolen they would replace at a cost of £400, when if the Peugeot wheels were on there, would cost the insurance company more than that amount to replace, as looking at the cost of Peugeot alloy wheels today would be £170 per wheel. But I can see everyone's point of view. I think that Raskazz, as an insurance person, has become quite synical and tars all with the same brush maybe. But there are still some honest mistakes made.

The other point is of course that the insurance company have suggested the car could even be a write off now due to cost of repairs. Just a thought, but I wonder if I will be entitled to more for my car with it having the "non-standard" alloy wheels on it that have cost me more to insure. I doubt it very much, and I'm still waiting for a conclusion, but I would imagine they will now say that as the wheels are only worth £400 the car is worth less than I paid for it less than 6 months ago. We'll see. Maybe I'm being synical now!

MarkyMarkD wrote: »

You can check the standard tyre size (which therefore tells you the size of the wheels) on Kwikfit's website by entering your registration. http://www.kwik-fit.com/tyre-search.asp

It certainly works perfectly for my wife's (1999) car.

It's fairly academic though - the insurers aren't saying that they are bigger, or worth more, merely that they are non-standard.

Lou_Lou_kia

Thank you for your replies. I'm even more confused about wheel size though. Kwik Fit link says 15", Peugeot dealers say 16" or 17". Oh well. God knows how I'm supposed to get this information completely accurate. They don't have a Peugeot logo on them, but that never crossed my mind before. Something else I will be looking out for in future. Just to throw another spanner in the works, Peugeot have said the wheels could have been requested as an optional extra at the manufacturing stage. Ahhhhhh. I think I'll get a push bike!!! Thank you again to everyone who has replied to this though. It's been an interesting 1st forum. It has made me see the other side of the argument. (Still feel ripped off though!).