Halfords - metal number plates

[anonymous-user]

For as long as I've owned cars most number plates have been some form of transparent plastic with a printed, reflective background onto which the numbers are printed.

Today I needed to buy a new set of number plates and nipped into the local Halfords expecting more of the same.

Anyway, what they supplied was a pair of number plates which are some sort of bendy aluminium about 1.5mm thick (much thinner then plastic plates) with the letters/numbers printed on the front. Never seen these before.

They are absolutely ideal for anyone who has a curved bumper because they're bendable and then stay where you've put them. Anyone who's tried getting a plastic plate to stick to a curved bumper will recognise what I'm saying.....

[journeymanpro]

When did you last buy number plates.

[Cold]

journeymanpro said:

When did you last buy number plates.

This afternoon, by the sound of things.

[anonymous-user]

journeymanpro said:

When did you last buy number plates.

Well, the previous set were white on the front and yellow on the back so, all things considered, rather "modern".

[Every day a journey]

Cold said:

journeymanpro said:

When did you last buy number plates.

This afternoon, by the sound of things.

Brilliant.

[V8 Stang]

I have these, as i needed a set of legal plates in a rush.

I can remember them being astronomically expensive!

[Blakewater]

The cars in Ford's promo photos in the 90s would always have pressed metal plates.

Where I used to go to work there was a dumped metal plate from an Audi that was metal.

"4D" plastic number plates with raised lettering are the fashion now.

https://easy-plates.com/products/5mm-4d-number-pla...

[gizlaroc]

Cold said:

journeymanpro said:

When did you last buy number plates.

This afternoon, by the sound of things.

Superb!

[anonymous-user]

V8 Stang said:

I have these, as i needed a set of legal plates in a rush. I can remember them being astronomically expensive!

Mine were £32 made instantly with no fuss. 5 min's in and out. Seemed like a good deal to me.

[Btcc_Dan]

i bought a new front plate for my civic 2yrs ago from halfords as the MOT was coming up and my original front plate was knackered.

i too was surprised when the guy handed it over and it was metal. thought to myself what great value aswel.

what wasn't great value was the sticky numberplate pads i also bought from halfords. cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol so it was nice and clean. but a month later i came out to find the left side of the plate flapping. was quite annoyed as the pads was quite expensive for what they was.

didn't fancy drilling holes in my new plate as i have a habit of ballsing everything i do up.

[Gilhooligan]

Bought plates from Halfords at the end of 2019. The woman who made up the plates said they’d stopped using the plastic ones to try and reduce plastic usage.

[Back2theFuji]

Has anyone tried these recently? If so, are they easy enough to drill? Don't really want to hand them a tenner to do it for me. Plus it's a bit embarrassing

[NFT]

Back2theFuji said:

Has anyone tried these recently? If so, are they easy enough to drill? Don't really want to hand them a tenner to do it for me. Plus it's a bit embarrassing

Have one on mine, I didn't drill them myself as came with car, but looks like an easy bit of pressure to pop it though in nearly an instant job,
Found they don't shatter when a tow bar backs into them either, just bend & can be worked back into form too with mot Tester giving them a pass.