Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Is it true about now having to have a postcode on the bottom of the plate to pass an mot as i have pressed plates on mine and its mot is tomorrow?
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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My car has one without BS markings or postcode on the rear. Passed the last few MOT's. Then again there is nothing special about it.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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I think they'd have to be a picky tester to fail you on that.
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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I use the same garage for my work & mots and they seem fine.
Took my -80 rear springs out yesterday encase there picking with them.
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
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By law it does have to have either the bs stamp or post code on them but as said you would have to get a picky tester, id imagine the fact there pressed plates though they may fail
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Mark.W
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Location: County Durham
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This is them
[Edited on 11-10-2009 by wooly101uk]
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B3KAN
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Location: Inverness, Highland
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Will fail on the font being illigaly spaced 
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Mark.W
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
Will fail on the font being illigaly spaced
How they illgaly spaced?
had police behind before and never been stopped for them 
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
Location: Inverness, Highland
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Mabe its just me  its just the gap between the 7 and the J seems bigger than normal 
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tarmac terrorist
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Registered: 5th Aug 06
Location: middlesbrough
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they are spaced wrong and has to have the kite mark and postcode now, we have just changed all our stock at work cos of this
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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Illegal Mate. The spacing is wrong between the 7 and the J as has already been said. And, correct me if im wrong but i think the font isnt standard either :S Plus no BSnumber or makers Postcode. 
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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I'd put standards on for the MOT at least
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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For the price of getting some knocked up today, it outweighs the retest when it fails on illegal spacing mate.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Your car was built before the new regs so as long as the spacing is ok and the font doesnt take the piss it will be fine.
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Looks like standard plates it is then 
At least its only for 1 day 
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N16K
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Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Belfast, NI Drives: Corsa D SRi, Tuned Cooper S, B
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just bought new legal plates and they have the makers postcode at the bottom. Pair of plates here in NI including fittings is only £12, would not risk it imo.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Pressed plates are illegal anyway arent they.
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bigjim172000
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Location: New Buckenham, Norfolk
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yep pressed plates are illegal full stop unless pre 1973 and black and white.
VOSA are hot on number plates at mo. Had a roadside check around here a few months back and were pulling peoples cars off the road because of them!
Harsh but if they are illegal, dont fit them!
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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quote:
Originally posted by bigjim172000
yep pressed plates are illegal full stop unless pre 1973 and black and white.
VOSA are hot on number plates at mo. Had a roadside check around here a few months back and were pulling peoples cars off the road because of them!
Harsh but if they are illegal, dont fit them!
I went through one of them check points the other day. Thought id get pulled up because i have ENG and the EU stars Which is illegal got past ok though. They had pulled a Golf just ahead of me for having german font pressed plates with D and the Stars
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Mine passed MOT and I have nothing on them
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scotty_f
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Registered: 27th Dec 08
Location: essex
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the postcode on numbers plates need to be there is the car is 2001 51 onwards also need the bsau number on the plate aswel
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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i got pulled for mine hence not having them, prefer my new 1s anyway
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fast-as-u-can
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Registered: 26th Apr 09
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
By law it does have to have either the bs stamp or post code on them but as said you would have to get a picky tester, id imagine the fact there pressed plates though they may fail
This was put into the MOT in April 2008 and was removed again in May as there was some law that stopped it !
Some of the laws have been put back in place such as font size and spacing but postcodes and B/S numbers were not! And the laws that were changed were only on post sept 2001 vehicles.
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fast-as-u-can
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Registered: 26th Apr 09
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Vosa Special Notice
Page 4 and the second square is the ones that will not be put back into the testing guide
[Edited on 11-10-2009 by fast-as-u-can]
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