Anyone got shorter but still legal plates on their Porsche?

[sootyvrs]

I have a private plate (6 charachters) and always thought that a shorter plate would look better than full width plates where there is a noticable space gap either side of the letters!

I found this plate that make legal plates to a certain size depending on number of letters

https://www.craigsplates.com/black-and-silver-acry...

I was inspired when I saw this picure posted on here but shame there was no picture posted of the front where normally there's a required number plate bracket for the curved Porsche front to attach the plate.. I wonder if you can get short ones for shorter plates?

|http://thumbsnap.com/YdJvfzy6[/url]

[edc]

I've got a shorter plate with standard lettering and spacing from fancyplates. Mine technically doesn't confirm as it doesn't have the BS mark and has a small Porsche crest in the border.

[sootyvrs]

edc said:

I've got a shorter plate with standard lettering and spacing from fancyplates. Mine technically doesn't confirm as it doesn't have the BS mark and has a small Porsche crest in the border.

Did your shorter plate fit the std. Porsche front number plate holder where the black plastic doesn't show on the edges?

[edc]

I had it made to the size of the plinth.

[sootyvrs]

edc said:

I had it made to the size of the plinth.

Looking at this image of a Cayman.. the number plate holder is the same size of the full size plate


I wonder if you can get shorter ones?

[Tycho1]

I "modified" a plinth by chopping out a section in the middle to fit my short (legal) plate.

[edc]

Go to fancyplates and just specify the length of plate you want.

My standard plate was longer than the plinth.

Edited by edc on Sunday 2nd November 15:47

[Nurburgsingh]

A 6 digit number isn't going to save you a massive amount of plate length is it?

[rog007]

edc said:

Go to fancyplates and just specify the length of plate you want.

My standard plate was longer than the plinth.

Edited by edc on Sunday 2nd November 15:47

To be road legal, you can't specify the length; that is specified in law: "The margins at the top, bottom and side of the plate
must be 11mm". https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa... (p.9)

[m8rky]

rog007 said:

To be road legal, you can't specify the length; that is specified in law: "The margins at the top, bottom and side of the plate
must be 11mm". https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa... (p.9)

Reading that it verifies something I was told a while a go, if you read the spec, margins, borders,font size etc are specified but no actual overall size of the plate. Therefore my understanding is that if you have a low digit plate as long you adhere to the border, margin and font specs the length can be adjusted.

[Magic919]

Nurburgsingh said:

A 6 digit number isn't going to save you a massive amount of plate length is it?

It can if it contains the digit 1.

[sootyvrs]

Magic919 said:

It can if it contains the digit 1.

Yes it does

[Ozzy997]

Here's a few short number plates
The Gt2 plate holder is off a 996 as they have shorter holders, the rest are just taped on or screwed onto plate holder tabs .

[Ozzy997]

Here's a few short number plates
The Gt2 plate holder is off a 996 as they have shorter holders, the rest are just taped on or screwed onto plate holder tabs .