Supplier for short number plates

[alecescolme]

Hi, I am close to applying my 5 digit plate to my new car and would like to try the 13x4.4 plates.
Can anybody who has bought one of these short plates, point me to a supplier who meets the following:
-Must have BS details
-Be clear acyclic faced with printed reflected material on back
-Not cost the earth

Cheers!

[renmure]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190900272289?clk_rvr_id=...

[knitware]

Are short plates legal, I have a 3*1 plate?

[GCH]

knitware said:

Are short plates legal, I have a 3*1 plate?

Yes

[laters]

I have a 3+3 plate and buy my smaller/shorter plates from ebay.

[justanother5tar]

knitware said:

Are short plates legal, I have a 3*1 plate?

Yeah, as long as they meet measurement requirements for edge of plate to edge of the numbers/letters.

[sue20]

I don't mean to be facetious but just buy a hacksaw.

[Ray Singh]

I just cut mine with a hacksaw to the appropriate size after marking with a felt pen.

Just keep in line with the information here from the DVLA.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

I used to keep a copy of this in the glove box too, just in case i got a tug from a trigger happy copper. Never did though.

Happy days!

[anonymous-user]

As suggested above, look on eBay. I buy all my plates off eBay these days, they arrive in a couple of days and are to any shape, size, spacing you want and I have never had any of less than perfect quality.

Don't bother with a hacksaw.

Even if you do a really tidy job with a hacksaw at cutting the ends off to shorten it, you will still have to use a file to round off all the 4 corners of each plate into smooth curves and there is the potential to make a botch up of any part of this... Is it worth it to save £18 for a pair?

[alecescolme]

Thanks for the suggestions. I thought about trimming with a hacksaw, I am quite capable with tools, just was concerned about cutting off the BS markings.

[KarlMac]

Craigsplates.com

[renmure]

Crikey. As above, the proper legal item, brand new with rounded edges, proper spacing, kite marks, manufacturers details etc is less than a tenner delivered to your door and you are considering using a hacksaw to butcher one that you already have? Hey ho.

[alecescolme]

Right well I went with the DIY Hacksaw option- Very pleased and only cost me £12 for both plates .
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After:

[V8forweekends]

alecescolme said:

Right well I went with the DIY Hacksaw option- Very pleased and only cost me £12 for both plates .
Before:


After:

That's a bleeding clever hacksaw - it changed the reg number at the same time!

[alecescolme]

V8forweekends said:

That's a bleeding clever hacksaw - it changed the reg number at the same time!

Yep, that's because that was the previous owners plate which has been transferred off, and mine put on

[Sump]

Rear looks silly on that Jag.

[Captain Muppet]

renmure said:

Crikey. As above, the proper legal item, brand new with rounded edges, proper spacing, kite marks, manufacturers details etc is less than a tenner delivered to your door and you are considering using a hacksaw to butcher one that you already have? Hey ho.

How sensible it is depends hugely on your skill level with hand tools. It takes me a few minutes to chop down a plate, round the corners and file a nice neat chamfer on it to make it entirely legal but smaller. My brother would take over an hour to utterly destroy a plate trying to do the same thing.

[Plug Life]

...by a shill?