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Title: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Mew on 03 January 2007, 12:16
I've just won a set of German plates pretty cheap and i'm not too sure whether to get them with the D band or not? What do you guys rekon?

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Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: rubjonny on 03 January 2007, 12:21
Defo D band :)
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: bsting on 03 January 2007, 12:22
Without the D mate. Just plain europlate.

In New Zealand we can also use the black background plates, front and rear.

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Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: keefusg60 on 03 January 2007, 14:10
Def D band, I keep meaning to order a set myself.
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: takethefifth on 03 January 2007, 14:27
D band =  :cool:
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Mr Blue on 03 January 2007, 14:52
highly illegal. those plates wont be soo cheap when you get pulled over and fined  :tongue:


D band  :cool:
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: monzablue16v on 03 January 2007, 19:14
Can't fine you for German plates iirc Black and silver however unless your a foreigner you will get stiffed for I ran round with them on for about 5 months before chatting to a police officer of the law in the Asda car park one night :D  we had a mass debate about it at some point can't be ringed searching Slick will tell me off for not searching won't he!
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Ktuludays on 03 January 2007, 19:33
with d band looks miles better
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: rubjonny on 03 January 2007, 23:27
Can't fine you for German plates iirc Black and silver however unless your a foreigner you will get stiffed for I ran round with them on for about 5 months before chatting to a police officer of the law in the Asda car park one night :D  we had a mass debate about it at some point can't be ringed searching Slick will tell me off for not searching won't he!

They can and they most likly will, the font, spacing & colour must be correct in order to be road legal :)
Spacing it as per the UK plate and using the right colours makes it less obvious, but the German plate font is still illegal ;)
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Lewy on 03 January 2007, 23:40
^ How true that man. My MOT tester keeps on going on at me for the smoked ones on my Mk4, and the German ones on the Mk2, but he rides a Ducati with the LOUDEST pipes ever, and he calls me illegal........

Dubmeister do pressed (UK font and type setting) for a good price, and I think they'll overtake the German plates in 07'.
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Mew on 04 January 2007, 00:16

Dubmeister do pressed (UK font and type setting) for a good price, and I think they'll overtake the German plates in 07'.

I did see them actually and thought they looked pretty smart, but they're twice the price of these german ones i've got so i'll see how i get on with them!
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 04 January 2007, 01:05

Dubmeister do pressed (UK font and type setting) for a good price, and I think they'll overtake the German plates in 07'.

I did see them actually and thought they looked pretty smart, but they're twice the price of these german ones i've got so i'll see how i get on with them!

Had also seen these and dubmeister ain't far from me, but it's a cost I don't need and I ain't really a car to show off, but i'm proud of it in my own 'special' way  :grin:

Although yeah, I must admit the pressed british style plates are quite nice. I've only ever seen one car with german plates in bristol, was quite a nice modded black GTI with clubgti stickers in the window and a very very nice VW motorsort gearknob i'm now craving..
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: Chris-White on 04 January 2007, 02:18
D band. I reckon you should get some stadt badges while your at it.
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: the rokus P.G.A on 05 January 2007, 23:09
are they realy illegal has anyone actually been fined for them! i ran around with white d plates front and back all summer and only got told to change the back one once!no mention of the front one! no fines no nothing!
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: mase on 05 January 2007, 23:27
Dubmeister do pressed (UK font and type setting) for a good price, and I think they'll overtake the German plates in 07'.

the font ive got on my current plates is illegal and im thinkin of gettin a set of the UK font pressed plates, but im also really feeling some german ones with the stadt stickers  :undecided:

however, id go without the D band, IMO a plain europlate would draw less un-wanted attention from the 5-0 compared to a banded one, and would equally as cool to those in the know.
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: rubjonny on 06 January 2007, 09:16
are they realy illegal has anyone actually been fined for them! i ran around with white d plates front and back all summer and only got told to change the back one once!no mention of the front one! no fines no nothing!

They are definitly illegal front or back.  You may or may not get away with it, depending on the coppers in your local area!  Best thing is to keep the old plates in the boot then you can say you forgot to swap em after a show.  May get you out of a fine ;)
Title: Re: German plates: do i go for D band or no band?
Post by: knobby on 06 January 2007, 10:43
D Band Defo!  Get a nice set of frames too!  :cool:

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