Corradobrit
I don't disagree at all. All I'm saying is that any manufacture that isn't providing this info indelibly marked on the casting is to be avoided. The legit brands including aftermarket ones do this.The issue is not that the wheels have no formal load rating, (although this is where the op has found out about the issue, when doing the right thing by contacting thier insurer, to advise of the modification)
as had been mentioned aftermarket wheels do not require and testing or certification To be sold in the U.K. (unlike wheels supplied with a new car! )
the issue is that the seller falsely claims in the sales blurb that the wheels are load rated, which they are not and cannot be claimed to be load rated without appropriate certification.
This claim and certification would require testing and certification of conformity.
the seller is unable to provided the certification and therefore is unable to substantiate the claim made in the sales literature. (despite specific claims the wheels are load rated, implying they have been tested and certified )
The Original poster may have made his decision to purchase the wheels based on the Seller ver specific false claim / advertising :
” these fully load-rated alloy wheels are built to handle heavy-duty tasks, with a weight capacity of up to 1250KG per wheel.”
along with other claims on their sales site, advising all the products sold are fully complaint for U.K. insurance, which they clearly are not.
this practice is deceptive and deliberately misleading As defined by Consumer Law U.K.
Therefore a customer would naturally assume the Seller could substantiate the claims they have specified in the sales literature, which obviously they cannot!