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Offline john_o

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #10 on: 24 February 2008, 17:34 »
I have to say I have bought lots of plates from www.fancyplates.com
The quality has been really good , however they dont carry postcode or require docs to be sent so strictly not legal any more.
They do a very nice 2/3rds front plate tho  :cool:
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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #11 on: 28 February 2008, 13:53 »
I have to say I have bought lots of plates from www.fancyplates.com
The quality has been really good , however they dont carry postcode or require docs to be sent so strictly not legal any more.
They do a very nice 2/3rds front plate tho  :cool:

john_o,
I’ve heard that the police take a dim view of shortened no plates! Any probs yourself?

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #12 on: 28 February 2008, 14:21 »
just orderd some metal pressed plates because they look cool. also they may be illegal but my friends have them on their dubs and have never been pulled over for years with them on. to be honest if i got pulled over id just swap back to std plates for a few weeks and then puit them back on, also just swap over for MOT etc. should be here within 1 week  :smiley:


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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #13 on: 28 February 2008, 15:36 »
Passed 3 MOTS with my pressed plates on and it's a strict MOT place as well :)

Probably got lost in the "Great Crash of 08

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #14 on: 28 February 2008, 18:08 »
just orderd some metal pressed plates because they look cool. also they may be illegal but my friends have them on their dubs and have never been pulled over for years with them on. to be honest if i got pulled over id just swap back to std plates for a few weeks and then puit them back on, also just swap over for MOT etc. should be here within 1 week  :smiley:

Hi Joe,

Did you use Dubmeister?
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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #15 on: 28 February 2008, 18:15 »
just orderd some metal pressed plates because they look cool. also they may be illegal but my friends have them on their dubs and have never been pulled over for years with them on. to be honest if i got pulled over id just swap back to std plates for a few weeks and then puit them back on, also just swap over for MOT etc. should be here within 1 week  :smiley:

Joe hi again,

Looking on Dubmeister site it seems you can get 3 different fonts... German FE, German Din & UK font.
I like the look of German FE... which variant did you choose?

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #16 on: 28 February 2008, 18:17 »
I have to say I have bought lots of plates from www.fancyplates.com
The quality has been really good , however they dont carry postcode or require docs to be sent so strictly not legal any more.
They do a very nice 2/3rds front plate tho  :cool:
they did a good job of the plates I got made up too.

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #17 on: 28 February 2008, 18:30 »
Hotrod,

I was in the same situation as you when it came to my plates. I eventually gave up and used a graphic design company to make mine.
Heres what mine look like:



They are on honeycomb background which you cant see during the day but at night its noticable because it reacts to artificial light (street lamps, headlights etc)

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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #18 on: 28 February 2008, 22:07 »
....Those are very cool plates, maxamus :smiley: :cool:

If you drive in Europe, as I do, it's a good idea to get the blue side strip GB version plates.


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Re: Quality Acrylic number plates
« Reply #19 on: 28 February 2008, 22:24 »
i ordered them from the plate man above, delivery is 1 week and they are pressed in germany, i got YD05-CUK with the - in the middle, 35pounds for item including delivery. i also got the GB down the side in blue as Robin pointed out. pics when i get them :smiley:


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