Stick on front Number Plate?
Discussion
Am consdidering removing the front no.plate on my 98 Chimaera 500 and replacing it with a "stick on the bonnet type"
a)to aid cooling (although as yet have had no overheating issues)
b)i think it might look good in a sort of classic British Sports Car way!?!?
Question is,are stick on front plates still legal?
Also who supplies them these days?
Ta
a)to aid cooling (although as yet have had no overheating issues)
b)i think it might look good in a sort of classic British Sports Car way!?!?
Question is,are stick on front plates still legal?
Also who supplies them these days?
Ta
If I remember rightly, pre-1972 cars can have virtually any type of numberplate. Post '72 the number plate must be of the reflective white/yellow with black letters/numbers and must be vertical and of the correct size/spacing etc. New cars must now have correct font/spacing etc as well. Therefore a stick-on number plate on the bonnet would be illegal on a Chimaera.
Maybe somebody here knows better though
Maybe somebody here knows better though
Legality aside, I know someone who has done so and finds that the car runs a little cool 
on M'ways!
Could end in too much of a good thing! Shows off the grill shape beautifully, though - you can see where "Assed-In More-Tons" pinched the idea ....
www.fotango.com/p/eba00175610f00000004.jpg sorry, hardly does it justice......
>> Edited by beano1197 on Tuesday 2nd April 12:27
on M'ways! Could end in too much of a good thing! Shows off the grill shape beautifully, though - you can see where "Assed-In More-Tons" pinched the idea ....
www.fotango.com/p/eba00175610f00000004.jpg sorry, hardly does it justice......
>> Edited by beano1197 on Tuesday 2nd April 12:27
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so I might go unnoticed 
I know a Griff owner who removed his numberplate completely and apparently nobody noticed. I suppose if Plod caught you, you could apologise profusely and say it must have fallen off. Seems to be asking for trouble though, and there's enough of that on the roads, what with coppers behind every bush.
quote:
My front plate was stolen by a pheasant (or it could have been a peasant, difficult to tell at 110mph!) over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
Not had so much as a raised eyebrow from the numerous boys in blue I have passed since.
Matt.
You mean they haven't caught the little beggar wot stole it???? I dunno the state of public services today!
Would have hung him......
.....for a week or so, then, when his head had come off, plucked and roasted him to be served up with.......
[wakes up again] Sorry, which thread was this?
I removed my front number plate from the car last summer and got away with it all season. Until the end when I got a £40 fine from the traffic warden for failure to show licience plate.
I also was considering a stick on plate which I sure plod would be fine over. However I think on the bonnet they look silly, but how about putting one below the grill. Here's what it might look like.
www.fotango.com/p/eba00192888f00000006.jpg
I keep seeing a lot of high performance cars with small plates under the grills. Are people getting away with these. I've not had problem with the bikes small plates over the years.
I also was considering a stick on plate which I sure plod would be fine over. However I think on the bonnet they look silly, but how about putting one below the grill. Here's what it might look like.
www.fotango.com/p/eba00192888f00000006.jpg
I keep seeing a lot of high performance cars with small plates under the grills. Are people getting away with these. I've not had problem with the bikes small plates over the years.
I have a 13"x3" ish plate on my chim, I must pass traffic plod almost every day.
No problems so far, I think the small frontal area of a chim/griff makes them look the right proportions until you are side by side with one the correct size.
Or maybe they just have better things to look for ?? I wish !!
No problems so far, I think the small frontal area of a chim/griff makes them look the right proportions until you are side by side with one the correct size.
Or maybe they just have better things to look for ?? I wish !!
Am I the only person who thinks that stick on plates look worse than normal ones?
I know normal ones aren't exactly subtle, but when they're removed they normally leave a flat blank space, similar in size to a number plate!
Whenever I see a car with a stick-on plate, the plate is the first thing I notice - I think it detracts from the car.
Just my opinion!
I know normal ones aren't exactly subtle, but when they're removed they normally leave a flat blank space, similar in size to a number plate!
Whenever I see a car with a stick-on plate, the plate is the first thing I notice - I think it detracts from the car.
Just my opinion!
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