Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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smaller & cut down plates front and rear cant make up my mind 
Thoughts on this people for my below car? I've been inspired by Matty G's pics and also recent post 
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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It would look well just doesn't go down too well with the nice police people. I managed to keep mine for about 6 months before i got pulled 
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bradford_SRi
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Registered: 22nd Jul 06
Location: Allerton, West Yorkshire
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go for it mate  they look 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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personally, i think your back lights look shite. they need swapped for the std ones (and those sold to me)
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Yes get a 3/4 size front one like me. I have standard rear as I think its pushing it a bit having a small plate on the back if the police were behind you.
I've had mine on since the start of June and not been pulled for it. Only time I have had anything mentioned was when I went to the police station to report something and they mentioned about it but said they would leave it up to me to change them.
The only time the police see them is when they are going the opposite way to me so they dont bother turning round to stop me.
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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should i was thinking about if i do to keep the style of the tx the same as the rear as i think standard txt fromat may look odd
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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If you keep the letter size and spacing the same and cut down the actual plate size should be ok.....It's not the size of plate but the size and spacing of letters that will get you into trouble surely...
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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not a big fan of smaller plates tbh...They dont look right with a massive recess around them IMO
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Looks shit IMO, you still have a big fuckin recess round the outside. You'll want one of those gay plates that is cut round the letter next.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
If you keep the letter size and spacing the same and cut down the actual plate size should be ok.....It's not the size of plate but the size and spacing of letters that will get you into trouble surely...
I'm pretty sure there has to be a minimum size around the edge of the letters.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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Yeah letters have to be a certain size and also a certain size border around the edges.
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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Im off to get my new plates today
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Dave A
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so what is the definative answer on the legal side of things?
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mwg
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they are illegal
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Marc
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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If they're not standard then they're illegal. It's quite simple once you get your head around it.
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Dave A
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Number Plates Fitted After 1st September 2001
Number plates fitted after 1 September 2001 must display characters that meet the dimensions shown below.
Characters Group 1
Height 79mm
Width (except Number 1 or letter I) 50mm
Stroke 14mm
Space between characters 11mm
Space between groups 33mm
Top bottom and side margins (minimum) 11mm
Space between vertical lines 19mm
Number Plates Fitted Before 1st September 2001
[Edited on 21-11-2006 by Dave A]
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Dave A
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so a standard plate is:
525mm wide
110mm high
cut down legal plate size is:
440mm wide
101mm high
but it also depends on the letters and numbers in the plate.
the above example is based on: AB21 ABC
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