Back-Lit Number Plates? Did they send the wrong one?
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Greetings friends!
I just got my shipment from fancyplates.com and I did order the 'back-lit TVR' plate, but what I have appears to be identical to the front plate-- a white opaque layer on the back that won't let light through. I tried to email them and got a bounce back-- email inbox full.
If you have a backlit plate, is it translucent? Does it have a white layer on the back?
I just got my shipment from fancyplates.com and I did order the 'back-lit TVR' plate, but what I have appears to be identical to the front plate-- a white opaque layer on the back that won't let light through. I tried to email them and got a bounce back-- email inbox full.
If you have a backlit plate, is it translucent? Does it have a white layer on the back?
Edited by mick-chim on Friday 12th August 07:46
I too used plates for cars and the plates were perfect. BUT please note, the honeycomb plates are no longer legal and I replaced my rear number plate using one just like the one you have bought as follows although mine is a Griffith and I am not sure if there is any difference.
1. I bought 4 LED strip lights from ebay (although 2 will do as the result with 4 was too bright)
2. I made up a perspex plate in place of the original number plate lights with a hole in the middle and added a grommet to pass the wires through.
3. I made up 2 perspex plates and attached them with double sided tape to the back of the number plate recess
4. I attached the LED strips to the perspex with double sided tape.
5. The wires of course are plugged in to the original connectors for the festoon bulbs
1. I bought 4 LED strip lights from ebay (although 2 will do as the result with 4 was too bright)
2. I made up a perspex plate in place of the original number plate lights with a hole in the middle and added a grommet to pass the wires through.
3. I made up 2 perspex plates and attached them with double sided tape to the back of the number plate recess
4. I attached the LED strips to the perspex with double sided tape.
5. The wires of course are plugged in to the original connectors for the festoon bulbs
Honeycomb rear plates ARE legal on cars registered before September 2001. Many cars may still be on original plates from the 1990s and regulation changes are hardly ever backdated in any case.
https://www.bnma.org/advice-centre/key-pieces-of-l...
https://www.bnma.org/advice-centre/key-pieces-of-l...
So i recently ordered from Fancy Plates
Plate was well made and came very fast - however it is not letting any light through at all? I wondered if the silver backing needed removing? Like it says in this thread, no response to emails at all.
Anyone have any ideas? Or am i going down the route of a refund via the credit card company?
Plate was well made and came very fast - however it is not letting any light through at all? I wondered if the silver backing needed removing? Like it says in this thread, no response to emails at all.
Anyone have any ideas? Or am i going down the route of a refund via the credit card company?
You need a refund. They don't make them anymore according to their website. They only sell "show plates" for either the UK, or Ireland, not road legal plates. When you click on "Design & Order" it only takes you to the honeycomb "show plates".
The "show plates" ought to be legal, as the car had them originally. The clearly are the honeycomb ones which the originals had.
https://www.fancyplates.com/main/constructors/info...
The "show plates" ought to be legal, as the car had them originally. The clearly are the honeycomb ones which the originals had.
https://www.fancyplates.com/main/constructors/info...
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