Rear Number plate fixing?
Discussion
Does it damage the rear mesh?
Hope someone can help, thinking of buying a private plate and legally it can be smaller seeing as there are only 5 prefixes. In other words it doesn't have to be the same length plate, hence exposing more rear mesh. My only problem is the retaining screws which already fit my existing plate would be outside the new plate.
Now would anyone know if holes would have been drilled into the mesh or do the existing screws by-pass through the mesh and just secure themselves on the other side without damaging the mesh?
Hope someone can help, thinking of buying a private plate and legally it can be smaller seeing as there are only 5 prefixes. In other words it doesn't have to be the same length plate, hence exposing more rear mesh. My only problem is the retaining screws which already fit my existing plate would be outside the new plate.
Now would anyone know if holes would have been drilled into the mesh or do the existing screws by-pass through the mesh and just secure themselves on the other side without damaging the mesh?
TONY3R said:
Does it damage the rear mesh?
Hope someone can help, thinking of buying a private plate and legally it can be smaller seeing as there are only 5 prefixes. In other words it doesn't have to be the same length plate, hence exposing more rear mesh. My only problem is the retaining screws which already fit my existing plate would be outside the new plate.
Now would anyone know if holes would have been drilled into the mesh or do the existing screws by-pass through the mesh and just secure themselves on the other side without damaging the mesh?
Mine were drilled right through the mesh - over time this elongates the holes so the plate needs retightening from time to time. If your new one is going to be shorter than the standard hole width then, unfortunately, you'll see them!
My plate is narrower but used same holes as the original...but actually it didn't...if you get my drift...the screws just go through the mesh!
...I added to the strength of the binding with some double sided tape for number plates (available from halfords and a bit stronger than your blue peter stuff) which I cut up and placed across various points of the plate.
works a treat.
...I added to the strength of the binding with some double sided tape for number plates (available from halfords and a bit stronger than your blue peter stuff) which I cut up and placed across various points of the plate.
works a treat.
N1 GJT said:
The number plate size cannot legally be altered I believe; but who cares anyway?
It can...and people care because its all about aesthetics...not nice to have a few letters and numbers lost in a sea of yellow.
The legal width is determined by the conditions that dictate the size of each letter, and the spacing between the letters and from the first and last letters to the edge of the plate...thus if you have fewer letters/numbers or thinner letters/numbers (compare 1 with 8) then you can have a perfectly legal narrower plate.
The regs are here
www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm
Consequently, as long as you meet the spacing and margins, you're plate is legal.
"A1" could therefore be displayed on a plate 133mm x 101mm.
J
www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm
Consequently, as long as you meet the spacing and margins, you're plate is legal.
"A1" could therefore be displayed on a plate 133mm x 101mm.
J
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