whats the best style no. platepicsplease

[makavelli]

i need new plates doin but dont know what type to get, i did have my personal no. in 3d with a border nd a st georges flag on the left but wondering if any1 can show me pics of theirs so i can see if there are any other styles that look good!

ps. dont want anything doin that looks really obvious that its illegal if you know wat i mean! ie . letter spacings etc

cheers guys hopefully some of yours will inspire me!

 

[Bezza4]

Slightly italic. Doesnt stand out loads so that you get pulled over, but stands out enough so that people notice you have a private plate.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/bezza4/DSCF0080.jpghttp://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/bezza4/DSCF0080.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/bezza4/DSCF0079.jpghttp://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/bezza4/DSCF0079.jpg

 

[Mike-bham]

imo i like the 3d ones maybe with a slight background, but simple ones look good

 

[james24]

Im gonna be boring but I honestly think the standard typeface looks the best!

 

[cat171]

im with the standard crew as well, none of my cars have had non standard plates.

 

[J6OWEN]

As above standard is best

 

[fUbAr]

standard plate design, non standard spacing.

http://www.fubarnet.com/images/gallery1/3.jpg

 

[Sport182]

I have a carbon effect one bought from http://www.gtgrafix.com/http://www.gtgrafix.com/ looks really good in the flesh and 100% legal.

Will put some pics of it up tomorrow.

 

[Brian]

Did have different style font on me old plate but decided to go for standard font/ non-standard spacing and a lot less cluttered imo

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Brian172/100_0622.jpg

 

[leeds_182]

I got a little tiny bit chav with mine......................

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/leeds_182/IMG_3761.jpg

 

[Thomss]

I like that one leeds_182 Looks cool.

 

[patty]

i got one that leeds 182 has and got pulled 6 times in a week!!

 

[Zorba_the_greek]

Quote: Originally posted by Brian on 02 August 2005


Did have different style font on me old plate but decided to go for standard font/ non-standard spacing and a lot less cluttered imo

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Brian172/100_0622.jpg







now that SIR is a very cool number plate!

 

[badinvincible]

Legal ones are always nice.

 

[Clarkie172]

get normal lettering on a blank plate if u can. ie no writing on the bottom from where u got it from! may have to look hard for some tho in mags or internet!this looks the best

 

[makavelli]

thought that was illegal now though? havnt u got 2 hav where u got it from on the bottom of the plate?

 

[LOOOONY]

I just have a blue border and a silver shadow on the font which is only noticeable at night time.



http://images1.fotopic


http://images1.fotopic.net/?iid=y7nqed&outx=800&quality=70

 

[LOOOONY]

sorry here is the link - i cant seem to post pics

http://gallery136900.fotopic.net/p12912565.htmlhttp://gallery136900.fotopic.net/p12912565.html

 

[Bezza4]

Quote: Originally posted by makavelli on 03 August 2005


thought that was illegal now though? havnt u got 2 hav where u got it from on the bottom of the plate?

Yeah you do. I think there is also a little code in the bottom right hand corner of the plate that only comes on legal plates. Therefore making it easy for the coppers if they feel like earning some more revenue.

 

[mattrt]

even on an old car like mine? im sure if you have to replace them if they break the code wont be there anyway.



and i dont fancy have Northen Radiators on mine..... lol thats where its from apparently

 

[White16valver]

fancyplates supply ones with no markings other than the letters.

Dont forget, you dont have to have the makers information on the plate if it was made before the regulations came in, officer

You could just get a plain one but get it cut down to the legal 11mm border round the edges? I was gonna get a cut-out one like gtgrafix used to supply where all the letters were properly cut round but theyve stopped doing them! :-(

 

[mattrt]

damn, they were cool

 

[White16valver]

I know!

I might ask fancyplates to see if they can do them actually - they were quite expensive from what I remember, but worth it for old-bill-annoyance value LoL

 

[White16valver]

This is my new cut-down one against my old one that melted on my dashboard in the 31degree heat we had lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/RSTurboPaul/CIMG2641.jpg

 

[Clarkie172]

yes the name under the plate is only on new plates! say u had them for a few yrs b4 the new rules came out!

 

[patty]

whered u get that new plate from white16valver??

 

[Lunner]

KISS - Keep It Stupid Simple

 

[leeds_182]

Ive only ever been pulled once about mine and ive had it on about a year - and they didnt pull me for the plate - they pulled me for speeding..........

Touch wood.

 

[Little Newms]

Mine is slighty diff font..................

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/Little_Newms/DSCF1489.jpg

 

[mattrt]

lol that last one reminds me of the sound of when you do the airoplane to a small child. Niiiiiaaaawwwwwmmmmmmm



lol

 

[Leeshez]

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/157/picture_0022.jpg

 

[Lunner]

How many horses does each of the little silver stick on badges add?

Any do the stickers in the window add more cus they are bigger?

 

[White16valver]

Quote: Originally posted by Lunner on 04 August 2005

How many horses does each of the little silver stick on badges add?

Any do the stickers in the window add more cus they are bigger?

Miaow...



For whoever asked - I got mine from http://www.fancyplates.comwww.fancyplates.com. You have to ask them for a specific size if you want it cut down so I just worked it out using the legal dimensions off of the dvla site.

 

[makavelli]

white16valver did u cut it down to size yourself??

 

[Leeshez]

Quote: Originally posted by Lunner on 04 August 2005

How many horses does each of the little silver stick on badges add?

Any do the stickers in the window add more cus they are bigger?

Im not sure i will ring vauxhall and ask them why do they stick little silver badges on a corsa. The big sticker is promoting my famliy business seeing i don,t have a van i thought the car would be enough.

The number plate has a silver shadow around the letters hard to see in photo.

 

[White16valver]

Quote: Originally posted by makavelli on 04 August 2005

white16valver did u cut it down to size yourself??

Nope!

If you look at http://www.fancyplates.com/step2.php?front=&back=&reflective=no&bothwref=no&slantontext=no&comments=&plate_set=set&frontother=&backother=&registration=YOUR+PLATE&font=font13&shadow=normal&border=no&&side=back&bottomtext=&manufacturer=miscellaneous&logo=nothis page, you can see where you can put in the alternative dimensions to standard. I worked mine out using the rules on the dvla website.

Namely:

Each standard, correct font letter is 50mm wide.

1s and Is are 11mm wide

The height of each letter is 79mm.

There must be 11mm between each side of the letter and the edge of the plate (i.e. an 11mm border round the registration)

The gaps between the letters in the groups is 11mm

The big gap in the middle between the groups of letters is 33mm.



So... a standard registration without any 1s or Is in it is:

11mm border + 50mm letter + 11mm gap + 50mm letter + 11mm gap + 50mm letter + 11mm gap + 50mm letter + 33mm big gap + 50mm letter + 11mm gap + 50mm letter + 11mm gap + 50mm letter + 11mm border Wide

=11+50+11+50+11+50+11+50+33+50+11+50+11+50+11

= 460mm in width

and 11mm border + 79mm letter + 11mm border high

= 11+79+11

= 101mm in height.



So I just asked for 460mm x 101mm in the Other (please specify) box(es).

It might be worth asking for a 461 x 102mm plate actually, as mine has come back 1mm short due to cutting tolerances I imagine - bugger all really but probably enough should a jobsworth bobby decide to get picky...

 

[makavelli]

any chance you could help me work out mine if i pm yer me no.plate??

im a bit crap at maths

 

[White16valver]

Quote: Originally posted by makavelli on 04 August 2005


any chance you could help me work out mine if i pm yer me no.plate??

im a bit crap at maths

Go for it

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Standard plates are best.

Why would you want to draw attention to the number plate (unless its a decent private reg)? The reg is the ugliest thing on a car.

My are absolutely plain font. No 3d going on, no hex background, no border, no makers name. Totally plain. (the ones on my member profile are the old ones so ignore them)

Fancyplates do them totally plain and they send them out with loads of sticky pads and the screw and screw holders (2x black, 2x yellow and 2x white).

 

[makavelli]

im after simple plates and rekon i wud keep the back plate plain and normal size but i like white16valvers smaller front plate! think it wud suit my private plate