Twinspark Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm fully prepared to be slated for this Paperwork not here yet and the local office is now permanently closed, so it'll be a couple of weeks before I can get them on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Have you got a legal, backup pair? Depending on your local plod, there's a good chance you'll get pulled and told to remove them as no postcode and BSAU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I will have. They've ignored the plates on my Alfa 75, though. Which look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I never got any trouble for the 'mini' front plate on my VXT, plenty of people run with no front plate at all - it ruins the front of a 458, 12C, any Lambo etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I think the German style plate cheapens the look of a nice car with a nice numberplate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 They were cheap, so I'll see what they look like on the car. I'll keep the surrounds regardless - it makes changing plates a 2 minute job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I never got any trouble for the 'mini' front plate on my VXT, plenty of people run with no front plate at all - it ruins the front of a 458, 12C, any Lambo etc! What's with the plate being inside the car, on the dash (likely not being photoed by a front on speed camera)? I see dozens a week. With no plate on the mount. But one sitting on the dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I think those front facing cameras get the whole front of the car - including the driver & passenger, so people cannot wriggle out of them. TS - I think the plates on the Alfa make it look like an Italian 'visitor'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I think the German style plate cheapens the look of a nice car with a nice numberplate. This ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 TS, they look crap. Honestly, don't put those on your car, it will spoil it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 What he said ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Each to their own, but i've never understood the metal euro style plates thing? Really I dont get it, the car isn't designed around the plate, the plate recess will vary in size depending on the market it's sold in, so why risk getting pulled for it? Also don't understand the plate surround thing with the name of a garage in a different country you didn't buy the car from? You only ever see it on German marques, what's the point? It spoils the look and clutters up the design, if the designer wanted it, it would be there! And if you run legal plates, you don't need to be able to swap them, just fit and forget . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Each to their own, but i've never understood the metal euro style plates thing? Really I dont get it, the car isn't designed around the plate, the plate recess will vary in size depending on the market it's sold in, so why risk getting pulled for it? Also don't understand the plate surround thing with the name of a garage in a different country you didn't buy the car from? You only ever see it on German marques, what's the point? It spoils the look and clutters up the design, if the designer wanted it, it would be there! . Cos it is so cool, bro. Get wiv it T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'll have it slammed and running a stretch before the end of the month Now.. how to get started with 'sticker bombing'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Neons will look good with those plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've got some standard UK plates coming, too - so I'm going to try both. Tipex - the place recesses for Germany and the UK are the same. In fact, I think only Italy have a concession to smaller sized plates. It's not like US / Jap plates, which are odd sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Plate surrounds ruin (not spoil, but ruin) the lines of a Porsche. Pressed German plates are da euro look veedub boyz. You've bought a nice car and even seem to have scored a cheap plate that will garner a smile from those that know. If you put those surrounds and plates on then it will go from being a tidy older car to a cheap chav box. Stick them on the wall in the garage/study if you must but don't put them on the car!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Fūcking chav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 You've bought a nice car and even seem to have scored a cheap plate that will garner a smile from those that know. If you put those surrounds and plates on then it will go from being a tidy older car to a cheap chav box. Have to agree with this. I think what jarrs with me is the individuality that is being expressed via a well-chosen plate, combined with a very popular go-with-the-herd mod. The plate speaks for itself to those who know; why do you need to draw attention to it? There is some scope for playing in a slightly more individual way - see the plates I picked up for the Caterham after writing off the old ones at Donington last year. Those were just slightly decorated in line with the car's colouring. Legal too, or so I'm told anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 What is the H20 bit all about then? A nod and a wink to it being water cooled? A nod and a wink to it having water in the windscreen washer reservoir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 The bottle of Evian in the front cup holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 What is the H20 bit all about then? A nod and a wink to it being water cooled? A nod and a wink to it having water in the windscreen washer reservoir? As opposed to all those air cooled Boxsters I presume? That might work on the first water cooled 911, but doesn't really work on a Boxster imo, I still maintain it makes the car look older, H reg is 90's, not that far away from the original Boxster production! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Probably a reference to when his roof leaks or a window drops slightly and floods the ECU, that for baffling reasons sits under the passenger seat in a little divot. This being the lowest point of the car for the water to run into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Quite like the actual plate...but the embossed/surrounds look ****...Don't ruin a nice car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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