replaced my front number plate

[john_o]

Ok first off , turned up this morning at a local retail park to find another ED30.
 white DSG with rear parking camera in the number plate .
Sweet car and couldnt resist a sad ED30 pic ..........



anyway onto the real story...

Small 3/4 sized front number plate bought from www.fancyplates.com
Proceeded to remove my existing plate
(which was easy as I had made the dealer stick them on)

At which point I realise theres a problem......

a) Theres a plinth !
b) There are 4 big fixings holding the plinth on!
c) the fixings are blind ended
(the ones where you need to punch the middle out to release them)

undaunted I wanted the plinth off as its grey and not black.
(wish I had told dealer to not put front plate on at all )
Try as I might I couldnt get those f***ing clips to release !!!
In the end I had to resort to drilling the centres out (thats 4 new clips on order now LOL)

Car 4 days old and ive got the drill out ......

Anyway , long story short the plate is on , no plinth , and 4 damn great holes.
I like it , but need a good solution to plug the holes , on a black car its certainly hidden.
I have enhanced the contrast on the second pic so you can see one of the holes
(to left of no. plate)

Heres the std plate and 3/4 plate in comparison.





Heres a possible (but expensive solution)

www.bumperplugs.com

i have seen some useful possibilities in B&Q 

obviously its a compromise , but for a small plate I'm willing to see past the 'plugs' lol
Its a personal choice which Im sure many of you wont like!

oh and no its not legal , but I do run a normal rear plate.

Car now at 170 miles and running great.

JohnO

JohnO

[aahgolf]

"It's not legal" - so why do it then?!

[SteveS]

i wanted to do it, but decided not to bother cuz of the number plate holder thing and the police! lol

looks nice tho!

[TeddyKGB]

why not keep the plinth?

[Smythe1981]

why bother??

[Dec]

"It's not legal" - so why do it then?!

I know quite a few people who have different front number plates. Someone i know had a plastic black plate with silver writing on the front and back and only got a £30 fine. fine can be anything upto a crushing i belive

[SteveS]

why bother??

well my thoughts on why i wanted to do it, was to increase the "black" centre of the bumper, the bumper looks much better without a number plate so reducing the size of it would look better than the big one which takes up most of middle section

[Dec]

why bother??

well my thoughts on why i wanted to do it, was to increase the "black" centre of the bumper, the bumper looks much better without a number plate so reducing the size of it would look better than the big one which takes up most of middle section

better than having chavs wave at you for having it in the window lol

[Manu_R32]

I think it looks quite nice...might be getting some black plates for my self as i got myself a private number plate 

[john_o]

wow , talk about strong opinions !

Legality , well we all differ on our opinions.
tbh I have my own viewpoint and would not run black and silver plates as thats just obviously taking the p*ss.

why bother ? because I like the visual look. And I like to make my car a bit more individual
I have done it on a few of my previous cars and I like the balance it gives back to the front end 'visuals'

Could have kept plinth but it looks odd with a smaller plate. And the fixings show as they are on the outer edges of the plinth.

All I have tried to do is share my experience.  , if you dont like or dont see the point then fair enough thats what a car forum is for. 

JohnO