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General => General discussion => Topic started by: carpetmonster on 25 July 2007, 20:03
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Evening
Any ideals where i can get me a set of thoughs nice number plate some of you members have.
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dubmeister :smiley:
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i take it thats a web site,cheers bud i will have a look
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aye - but i didnt want to try and post an adress as i couldnt remember exactly - and im watching top gears polar thing :grin:
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what a web site nice one,there are some nice motors on here.
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There's a few places that sell them these days, Dubmeister are supposed to not exactly be quick at delivery, or they never used to be. If you want my advice, I wouldn't bother (unless you put them on at a show and take them off for example) as the cops are cracking down on non standard plates due to the ever increasing number plate recognition systems that are everywhere these days. If you do get some and put them on for every day use, please don't post a thread moaning that you've just been done for £30 due to having german plates on. :wink:
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An dont buy them from europl8/pl8man incase they get them wrong
try to charge you for the erronous ones which they tell you theyll probably just throw away
then you go to a show 2 months later and see both fornt and rear plates used as examples
to say my amte was screwing aobut it was an understatement :grin:
from sti spring fest to bristol volksfest bought thens een respective lol :rolleyes:
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i got mine from dubmeister at Inters...and i got pulled on Monday night on the way to Leeds and got a fine, i pleaded ignorance but never mind. The coppers were very nice chaps so i wasnt really that bothered. I am still going go keep them on, not been stopped in Preston yet so will wait till i am.
So as gibby says, be careful
I was also told that even if you get pressed plates with UK font they are still illegal due to the reflectivity and other reasons which i forgot!
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I was also told that even if you get pressed plates with UK font they are still illegal due to the reflectivity and other reasons which i forgot!
You see this on many cars up to the late 80's I swear, van's and stuff a fair bit like bedfords.. I tohught this was the way it was done, at least previously?
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I was also told that even if you get pressed plates with UK font they are still illegal due to the reflectivity and other reasons which i forgot!
You see this on many cars up to the late 80's I swear, van's and stuff a fair bit like bedfords.. I tohught this was the way it was done, at least previously?
Yep, I've seen plenty of pressed metal plates (non reflective I might add) on older vans.
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I thought pressed plates were legal on cars made before a certain date, probably mid 70's.
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You can have black and silver plates on cars pre 73/74 (something like that) as that's what I've got on my camper and they're legal.
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i got stopped on tuesday for mine (white on front, yellow on back..) he said he was going to fine me but i said i didnt know and had bought the car like that, so he just gave me a ticket i have to get signed by an MOT station once i have normal plates on and then send that off to avoid court proceedings...
anyhoo, on normal oned you can get them with the blue EU thingy at the side with GB or D etc unde the EU badge.. Are the german versions legal in UK? guessing not...
rob
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Was going to get myself some, i love the way they look but i wont bother now.
Ill get some fancy'ish plates made up in leage UK font on perspex and hope they are ok with the boys in blue!!!!
Even to get the MOT station to check costs money i believe so you loose either way.
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i know a bent MOT geezer so he wont charge me hehe...
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im surprised that nobody has told him to buy them off of eBay, they are loads cheaper than dubmeister and are amazing quality, they look the bee's knee's and havent had any trouble with them, did once get pulled up but the copper didnt say anything bout the plates :) was a traffic cop and seems the computer had no problem reading my plate :)
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with my mk2 i got pulled for a random check and they commented how they finished the cars look, they were really impressed with them! that was in sheffield after id finished work at 3 am!!
Dan
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im surprised that nobody has told him to buy them off of eBay, they are loads cheaper than dubmeister and are amazing quality, they look the bee's knee's and havent had any trouble with them, did once get pulled up but the copper didnt say anything bout the plates :) was a traffic cop and seems the computer had no problem reading my plate :)
these'll be the europl8 ones then
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Mine were german-plates.com never had 1 issue in nearly 2 years.
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just saw my pal dave getting fined on the way out of town! same road captain that collared me too! i had two fines in the same amount of weeks. german plates suck.