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Post by Dweenimus on Oct 7, 2017 20:14:37 GMT
Hello!
Anybody got a definitive *This is the smallest legal front plate size* for an import?
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Post by melx5 on Oct 8, 2017 9:15:35 GMT
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Post by melx5 on Oct 8, 2017 9:23:01 GMT
Taken from the above website
Display Of Vehicle Registration Marks On Imported Vehicles
(which have a restricted space for a standard sized number plate)
Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display number plates with smaller characters if the vehicle does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval AND the vehicle's construction/design cannot accommodate standard size number plates
Characters
Group 1
Height
64mm
Width
44mm
Stroke
10mm
Space between characters
10mm
Think you'd have to be careful running this size plate as the police could argue that you do not have a restricted space for the plate (front)
Catch the law on a bad day and it could be £90 to find out the hard way
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Post by wannabe on Oct 8, 2017 10:18:10 GMT
IIRC standard size text cut down to an 11mm border should see you fine and still look smaller.
I recall FancyPlates at one stage did plates with the characters and the white bit cut down to an outline 11mm round the characters, so it wasn't actually square at all lol. I think that stretched things too far!
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Post by melx5 on Oct 8, 2017 10:41:40 GMT
Ideally you want a reg number with three ones in it, my reg starts L"11 which spaced correctly is the same or very similar width the the last three letters, I could have a pretty small plate but tbh I'd sooner have either stock size in its present location or remove it all together.
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Post by atlex on Oct 8, 2017 15:10:12 GMT
how to achieve a nice cut around the edges I wonder. 11mm isn't that much.
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Post by wannabe on Oct 8, 2017 21:58:51 GMT
how to achieve a nice cut around the edges I wonder. 11mm isn't that much. Fancyplates can basically do whatever you want, and as they're EIRE based, you don't have to faff with sending all your documentation off IIRC. |
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Post by Rickster on Oct 11, 2017 7:20:04 GMT
I ran an "illegal" plate on my 1.6 mk1 and my Focus ST for 2 years - went through mot and never had any problems. Chatting to a traffic cop - he said, officially we might ask for you to get it changed, unofficially as long as ANPR can read it, then they don't care! If you are obviously and deliberately trying to obscure your reg then you're in trouble.
I wrote a whole thread on the legal requirements of number plates on the ST owners site (with diagrams) for positioning because we like stick on plates on the side that curve round the bumper under the headlight, also on the small gap between upper and lower grille, loads of people do it but it's not legal! I've even seen people shove them on top of the dash wedged under the windscreen😄
The number plate discussion is a bit like the decat thing - amazing how many people get away with it!
so to answer your question, do what you like until someone tells you you can't 👍😁
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Post by Dweenimus on Oct 11, 2017 9:13:10 GMT
Might just cut my current one down a bit then!
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le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT
le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT