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Looking at the back of my recently acquired 97 Griff last night. With the lights on I noticed that the rear number plate did not appear to be illuminated.
I know the car to have the backlighting system (some Chims are the same).
I took the plate off and both lights were present and working so I looked at the plate thinking a previous owner had perhaps changed the plate and used a 'conventional' non 'see through' design by mistake.
The plate had a sparkly white backing layer instead of grey and when I shone a torch through it , it did let a bit more light through than an old plate I had, but it was minimal.
I phoned a national plate maker and they knew nothing about these 'see through' plates.
I reckon a keen MOT tester might fail the car.
How much illumination should there be? and where do we get replacement rear plates from?
Thanks to anyone who knows the answers.
Paul
I know the car to have the backlighting system (some Chims are the same).
I took the plate off and both lights were present and working so I looked at the plate thinking a previous owner had perhaps changed the plate and used a 'conventional' non 'see through' design by mistake.
The plate had a sparkly white backing layer instead of grey and when I shone a torch through it , it did let a bit more light through than an old plate I had, but it was minimal.
I phoned a national plate maker and they knew nothing about these 'see through' plates.
I reckon a keen MOT tester might fail the car.
How much illumination should there be? and where do we get replacement rear plates from?
Thanks to anyone who knows the answers.
Paul
Ask your local TVR dealer or independant. They'll invariably know where to get plates from.
Last time I needed a set of plates for my Chimaera the nice chaps at Hawthorns got them for me and, as a gesture of goodwill over another matter, didn't charge me either. Which was very nice of them.
Edited to add that I seem to have been beaten to it by a couple of minutes.
Should point out that, yes, Hawthorns did add their logo to the plate. I didn't mind as it is a Hawthorns car and has one of their logos on it already.
>> Edited by JonRB on Thursday 17th March 08:57
Last time I needed a set of plates for my Chimaera the nice chaps at Hawthorns got them for me and, as a gesture of goodwill over another matter, didn't charge me either. Which was very nice of them.
Edited to add that I seem to have been beaten to it by a couple of minutes.
Should point out that, yes, Hawthorns did add their logo to the plate. I didn't mind as it is a Hawthorns car and has one of their logos on it already.
>> Edited by JonRB on Thursday 17th March 08:57
If you try [url]www.fancyplates.com[/url] you can choose your logo, border etc yourself.
On the 2nd page theres a drop down box for rear plate size and you can select TVR backlit from there.
On the 2nd page theres a drop down box for rear plate size and you can select TVR backlit from there.
The law states vaguely, that you are OK with the original, but if it needs replacing then the original 'honeycomb' design is illegal (too many bloody pen pushers justifying their very important positions IMHO)- There are companies that supply the honeycomb type - ask for a 'show plate' with the original spec etc - this
won't have any unwanted logo's on it, you may even forget to take it off - though I'd keep a set of legal plates for any over zealous MOT inspectors...
The bulbs are standard 5V, like from HellFords...
This'll get you going
>> Edited by scruffy on Thursday 17th March 09:23
won't have any unwanted logo's on it, you may even forget to take it off - though I'd keep a set of legal plates for any over zealous MOT inspectors...
The bulbs are standard 5V, like from HellFords...
This'll get you going
>> Edited by scruffy on Thursday 17th March 09:23
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