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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: avengedslayer on 28 July 2009, 14:09

Title: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 28 July 2009, 14:09
Hmmm I want these for 30 quid a pair but which look best! the Pressed Plates with GB or without? Opinions please as im possibly gonna order them today :smiley:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Adam on 28 July 2009, 14:14
Without for me......looks cleaner for some reason.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: AlanD on 28 July 2009, 14:16
What he said, I got mine without, looks Muuuuch cleaner and tidier

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Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 28 July 2009, 14:21
OK im setting off now after looking at yours alan haha :smiley:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Wayne on 28 July 2009, 15:06
Without ftw.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 28 July 2009, 19:12
went today and ordered them! Should be picking them up thurs or fri  :smiley:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: boneybradley on 28 July 2009, 19:15
British plates are so last year....  :smug:  :grin:

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Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Martz on 28 July 2009, 19:18
^bloody foreigners! :D

I have mine with and like them. They look more complete.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 28 July 2009, 19:28
lol :smiley:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: omex_uk on 28 July 2009, 23:12
to be honest its the difference between getting pulled and not.

if you dont mind and can blag it, get without. if you cant be bothered with the hassle get with
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 28 July 2009, 23:35
UK Metal pressed plates are 100% legal, there is no need to blag anything and the police can't do a thing to you for having them.


Avengedslayer, your car is DG like mine, so the blue side wouldn't look right, however on a blue car, or even a white car, it would look okay, but without FTW with DG :)
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Wayne on 28 July 2009, 23:37
to be honest its the difference between getting pulled and not.

if you dont mind and can blag it, get without. if you cant be bothered with the hassle get with

Not sure why you say that, as long as they are uk type face you should be ok, german type face will get you pulled or fined 100% however.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 29 July 2009, 10:02
Well dubmeister website says they are 100% legal, so far as Im concerned I shouldnt have any problems!, Do you get any certification tho with the plates to say they have been done to uk spec?
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: AlanD on 29 July 2009, 10:13
There will be a stamp on the plate.

Can anyone find a link or know where it says somewhere either from the DVLA or the Police that states these plates are legal? Guy at work says they are illegal because they dont have a reflective surface and I cant find anything to shut him up.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: avengedslayer on 29 July 2009, 13:36
Bet the Guy at your work is Jealous! You have a nice motor there  :smiley:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Adam on 29 July 2009, 13:37
All legal numberplates in the uk have to have a "BS" number on the front.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 29 July 2009, 16:49
There will be a stamp on the plate.

Can anyone find a link or know where it says somewhere either from the DVLA or the Police that states these plates are legal? Guy at work says they are illegal because they dont have a reflective surface and I cant find anything to shut him up.

Tell him to take a photo of your car with a camera that has a flash, watch it reflect lol!
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: stu 88 on 29 July 2009, 23:02
DG like mine,

What's DG??
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Adam on 29 July 2009, 23:21
Dragon Green
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: stu 88 on 29 July 2009, 23:40
O right :embarassed:

I've seen a few VW's about with a DG sticker with a little star between D and G, haven't got a clue what it stands for??
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: Adam on 29 July 2009, 23:45
Might have said DC, as in DC shoes?
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: stu 88 on 29 July 2009, 23:53
That's what the wife said it was a logo for, don't understand the revelance? Seen the sticker on 3 VW's now?? :undecided:
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: omex_uk on 30 July 2009, 10:40
UK Metal pressed plates are 100% legal, there is no need to blag anything and the police can't do a thing to you for having them.


Avengedslayer, your car is DG like mine, so the blue side wouldn't look right, however on a blue car, or even a white car, it would look okay, but without FTW with DG :)

for a pressed plate to be "100% legal" they need to have a dealer and a post code at the bottom, a GB flag on it, the correct spacing, the correct font and reflectiveness. as far as im aware dubmister are the only people who do properly legal pressed plates.

sorry mate but now all pressed plates with some letters and numbers are 100% legal. doesnt mean the fuzz will mind though. ive got theoretical illegal pressed plates because they dont have the post code at the bottom but in the 9 months ive been running them i havnt been pulled.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: AlanD on 30 July 2009, 10:47
a GB flag on it

Not true, you don't HAVE to have it on, you can simply put a GB sticker on your car when / if you go abroad.
Title: Re: Metal Pressed Plates!!
Post by: omex_uk on 30 July 2009, 10:59
a GB flag on it

Not true, you don't HAVE to have it on, you can simply put a GB sticker on your car when / if you go abroad.

touche, i didnt know that.