makin smaller no. plate recess

[davidol]

hiya guys and girls,

can anyone tell me if its legal to change the size of ur no. plate recess as Id like to fit a smaller one (mainly width not height) to the back of my 2003 clio dynamique along with a smaller no. plate...im thinkin along the lines that the MOT cant fail ya later on for a smaller plate cos uve got one to fit the recess like jap import cars...

 

[White16valver]

As far as I know, you can have a smaller recess - as long as the plate is still legal spacing and size etc.

Doesnt mean the old bill wont be picky about it though!

 

[CUP80Y]

I think youll find you should have a certain amount of excess plate around the letters as well. So a cut down recess will mean, strictly speaking itll be illegal even if you have got the right size letters with the correct spacing beween them.

In saying that I doubt the police would bother/notice it.

 

[White16valver]

I think you actually only need the 11mm round the edge, the same as the spacing between letters in the 2 groups - check this out for an example of as extreme as you can get but still be legal! (Well, apparently - thats what theyre saying anyway!)

http://www.gtgrafix.com/index%20pages/low_profile.htmlhttp://www.gtgrafix.com/index%20pages/low_profile.html

So I assume that you could still do this to a plate with only 5 digits say.

 

[RS-Steve]

As i understood it the letters and numbers had to be a certain size but there was no law asto the size of the actual plate! ie you can have a huge plate like on the back of some rovers but if your plate is A1 then as long as the lettering is correct they cant do owt.

mite be wrong tho.