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Has anyone fitted any removable silencers? I'm thinking along the lines of the ACT trackday ones, are these ok for road use? I'm just pre empting the neighbours " Your car is a bit loud at 5a.m" comments. Also paranoid after just getting the " Get that 3/4 plate off your car or else" letter from the BiB
Did Pasco have some fitted or are they permanent cans?
Did Pasco have some fitted or are they permanent cans?
.I think you might need 3" tail pipes though,or maybe he could still do it for the std size
t! Did they really pull you for the 3/4 plate or was there something else (illegal font/spacing)?No illegal spacing or font. It was a one from fancyplates, if that's any help. I just drove past a van, under the speed limit, then got the letter saying £30 fine unless I send a photo of the car with full size plates on. If I get spotted again, anywhere by the looks of it, and it's a £30 fine no questions.
Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
ray_von said:
No illegal spacing or font. It was a one from fancyplates, if that's any help. I just drove past a van, under the speed limit, then got the letter saying £30 fine unless I send a photo of the car with full size plates on. If I get spotted again, anywhere by the looks of it, and it's a £30 fine no questions.
Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
your lucky.. I ended up with a copper sitting outside my house waiting for me to come home..... second offence with same copper ended up in court £100 total of costs n fine ... could have been anyting upto £1000 and plate with held...Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
ray_von said:
No illegal spacing or font. It was a one from fancyplates, if that's any help. I just drove past a van, under the speed limit, then got the letter saying £30 fine unless I send a photo of the car with full size plates on. If I get spotted again, anywhere by the looks of it, and it's a £30 fine no questions.
Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
Sometime ago (>5 years) the DVLA told me that legislation applies only to the font size and spacing - NOT the plate itself (to which obviously material and mounting regualtions apply). I was told there was nothing to stop me cutting a plate down as long as the digits were unaffected. That may have changed of course...Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
griffter said:
ray_von said:
No illegal spacing or font. It was a one from fancyplates, if that's any help. I just drove past a van, under the speed limit, then got the letter saying £30 fine unless I send a photo of the car with full size plates on. If I get spotted again, anywhere by the looks of it, and it's a £30 fine no questions.
Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
Sometime ago (>5 years) the DVLA told me that legislation applies only to the font size and spacing - NOT the plate itself (to which obviously material and mounting regualtions apply). I was told there was nothing to stop me cutting a plate down as long as the digits were unaffected. That may have changed of course...Anyhoo, any more for silencers? Cheers Mike
I've been doing a bit of digging. It seems that there are no size limits on the plate, just font,spacing and size of letters.
It looks as though you can get away with 11mm surrounding the letters. Which looks like what FFG has on his. So a plate with 7 characters without 1's or I's could be 460mm X 101mm, as opposed to standard 520mm X 112mm or my 3/4 plate 390mm X 84mm.
This is just my understanding and could be wrong.
Anymore for silencers?
It looks as though you can get away with 11mm surrounding the letters. Which looks like what FFG has on his. So a plate with 7 characters without 1's or I's could be 460mm X 101mm, as opposed to standard 520mm X 112mm or my 3/4 plate 390mm X 84mm.
This is just my understanding and could be wrong.
Anymore for silencers?
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