What's legal and what's not?

Can i have a stick on, on the bonnet?

 

Officially NO

 

78mm high lettering and proper spacing too, not sure how many mm it is tho.

And you cant have small motorbike plates either as they will get confiscated, i know

but it doesnt say if you can have the backing made smaller and still keep the legal lettering - as that is what i have done, will let you know if i get away with it (currently waiting to get pulled for the 3rd time by the same coppers )

oh and dont think you can have stick on your car bonnet as the angle would be incorrect too

 

I spoke to a copper yesterday who said it should be ok, doesn't have to be facing directly forward, just has to be on the front basically.

I've got the same problem as you RAN, got done last week

 

Im surprised you got done mate the speed that thing goes now

 

Pull rallycars up all the time - its down to the forward facing angle.

 

im waiting to get my plates back then im gonna put em back on

i have never done in my local area before its just where i work there are these two wankers who now keep an eye for me everytime

Should be ok when i get my runaround back on the round then i con go into work undercover

 

I havent had any problems with mine ( touch wood )


But then its a mini and they probably just laugh

 

The thing is my old chap was a copper 9 yrs ago, and the bloke who had me was one of his so called pig bastard mates

 

grass him up to your old man

 

Jon, I got stopped for this earlier in the week its 3/4 size so can't complain.


I've done this on the back though which is the correct size and spacings,



but I've chopped the excess blank plate down. I've chopped it doen the same space as the gap between top of letter and top of plate(16mm) and he didn't know what to say. It wouldn't stop a camera picking it up so I'm doing the same to the front now.

 

paul i have chopped my front plate down. its 90mm shorter and and 100mm high with all legal lettering and spacing. The rear is 100% standard.

 

If the lettering and spacing is correct I cannot see how they can complain about being wrong. We shall see.

 

It's not like it's a 'MAX POWER' mod, i just want air into the front

The new plate blocks off half the intake, may as well have a standard intercooler

 

You can chop your plate down as long as you leave a certain amount round the letters, not sure on what it is though

They brought out those plates a few months ago that are shaped to the letters, coppers went mad but they leave the exact amount of colour round the letters so they can't do shit, look quite trick too

 

Wes them plates look cack

 

dont want to sound thick

but didnt the wrc cars have there regs on there sun strips with the corect spacing

sure i seen it on the blue and white wrc escort

but you should be able to have a stcik on plate as long as the lettering is legal

 

got my front one at 100mm high so it doesnt block that much air.

 

Well I've only seen them on an Evo and they looked ok, I'm sticking with my standard boring ones though, can't be doing with the plod over here hassling me all the time

 

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20010561.htm#6



2) Except as provided in paragraph (5), a registration plate must be fixed on the front of the vehicle in the manner required by paragraph (3).

(3) This paragraph requires the plate to be fixed -



(a) vertically or, where that is not reasonably practicable, in a position as close to the vertical as is reasonably practicable,

(b) in such a position that in normal daylight the characters of the registration mark are easily distinguishable from every part of a relevant area having the diagonal length specified in paragraph (4).


if you want the law look here ...

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/

 

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...0/IMG_0295.jpg
i have done this and am hoping for the best,Do you think i will get enough air into that baby.

 

fuck me

 

it will suck people up with that amount of air

edited to correct damn spelling mistake

 

 

i was waiting for someone to edit that

 

Seen it spaced out slightly and put on a hinge on some rallycars

The faster you go the more it hinges up to let more air through. Then when you come to a stop with blue lights behind it automatically hinges back down vertical and p155es them off

 

tony - thats a cracking idea - especially if you want to enjoy pictures been taken by a truvello or mobile camera van

 

Group buy on hinged number plates coming up

I went with boring normal plates after one of my admitidly piss taking plates landed me in court and I ended up I think it was £150 out of pocket with the fine and costs

 

If you cut the plate down whilst keeping the letters a legal size you HAVE to have a reflective border of at least 11mm around the outside.

Chris

 

remember where you read it first

 

a border of 11mm - thats cool as my front plate is fine then.

78mm lettering on a backing of 100mm