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Offline jeynesey

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Pressed plates??
« on: 28 March 2010, 08:59 »
Pressed plates or not? Opinions?? German font? Standard British?


Anyone have a photos of a mk5 with them on?  :wink:

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Offline snakehips

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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #1 on: 28 March 2010, 09:37 »
IMHO any font other than standard just looks silly. Draws attention from the car itself.
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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2010, 15:19 »
Pressed plates are retro, so are ok for retro cars (mk1-mk2),  but look wrong on anything newer.

German fonts are illegal afaik aswell.
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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #3 on: 28 March 2010, 16:32 »
ANY non-standard font, or spacing is illegal and an mot fail.

People can and do run them without issue, but IMO it's not 'if' but it's 'when' you get the fine....
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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2010, 16:43 »
You can get the metal pressed ones in uk font that are 100% road legal

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/webshop/uk-legal-plates/uk-legal-plates/
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #5 on: 28 March 2010, 16:48 »
They look ok with the correct / legal font.
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Offline jeynesey

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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #6 on: 28 March 2010, 17:25 »
I havent been able to find many pics of mk5s with them on tbh.

I need to order some new plates as still have the crappy dealer sponsored ones on it! So I need to decide what to go for  :undecided:
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Offline Saint Steve

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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #7 on: 28 March 2010, 17:48 »
I have them on My Car, pressed and perfectly legal.German Font ones are Illegal.

Dubmeister.co.uk :smiley:

One photo ive found since, not close up but you may get the idea.

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Offline Jimp

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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #8 on: 28 March 2010, 18:11 »
I have German font pressed plates on my mk5 but they are legal here, unlike the UK.
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Re: Pressed plates??
« Reply #9 on: 28 March 2010, 20:09 »
Quote from: Saint Steve on 28 March 2010, 17:48
I have them on My Car, pressed and perfectly legal.German Font ones are Illegal.

Dubmeister.co.uk :smiley:

One photo ive found since, not close up but you may get the idea.



The font here is not German but UK legal, dubmeister do a really good job, got a set of these on my mk2.
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