GB stickers

[duncan m]

Taking my Chimaera over to Le Mans this year and was pondering the need to have a GB plate. Now, I have not got one of those natty number plates with a blue stripe, a little circle of stars and the letters G & B proudly emblazoned there in, nor am I likely to get one. Neither do I want to drill hols in the car and attach a chromed version. So that leaves me with the self-adhesive version…so how do I stick one of these the my cars fine rump and then get it off again without taking half the paintwork with it?

[PetrolTed]

I never bother these days.

[olly]

We usually stick it to the rear window....

Not sure how this would work on a plastic window though...

In fact won't work very well at all if you put the roof down !

Olly (& Cerbie)

[gilesn]

I've just been to France. I got a sticker that goes in the back window from Halfords. No adhesive required and it can be reused. No Euro stars either.

[sybaseian]

If you can only get a sticky GB sticker - put vaseline on the car first, then the sticker over it. It should come off with no problems.

[JMorgan]

I thought it was no longer required but french plod forgot, now that we are all part of Euro land.

[simpo one]

I'd like a sticker that says (in blue with little stars) 'Bollox to Europe'. Would le gendarmes throw me in jail?

[trefor]

I've never bothered, but you could stick it to the ally roof strut - of course it would not be visible with the roof down, but at least you're displaying one if they get upset just lift the rear section.

T/.

>> Edited by trefor on Tuesday 14th May 11:51

[woodster]

I went to Le Mans for the first time last year and had the same conversation with my mates. In the end I got one of the little GB plates from Halfords.
In my experience, some people had plates, some had nothing at all. Thing was, at the campsite there was only one non-british registered car anywhere near us, and it turned out it was a french hire car because these 2 blokes vintage Aston had broken down en-ruote.

[richb]

Get a small plasitc one from Halfords and stick it in the corner of your number plate, won't damage anything that way.

[tone]

I managed to source stick-on chromed letters as I wanted a 'classic' look rather than one of these 'orrible jobs but didn't want to drill through.

They work pretty well and although the curvature doesn't match the boot lid terribly well they're still attached after almost a year.

I got them from a classic restoration company in Worcester. I don't have the details with me but can get them if you want.