Translucent Numberplate

[greenhulk]

Greetings gents,
I dont have a rear lamp on my chimaera (not sure whether this is standard or not) but the rear number plate is backlit.. Im just wondering where i can get hold of a replacement?
Also the front number plate is literally in the grill blocking a good chunk of it, I would like to move it down lower to allow more air to pass through & possibly make it abit smaller (not legal i know :rolleyes).. Has anyone done this to theres? Any info, where you got yours made etc would be appreciated

Steve

[phillpot]

Search and thou shall find...



As for small front plates I have no idea why people would deliberately want to attract the attention of the law, plenty of cars running full size plates without boiling up!

Edited by phillpot on Saturday 24th December 14:38

[miniman]

Backlit plate standard on the pre-facelift Chim. Craigsplates can supply them:

https://www.craigsplates.com/tvr-backlit-plate

[greenhulk]

phillpot said:

Search and thou shall find...

As for small front plates I have no idea why people would deliberately want to attract the attention of the law, plenty of cars running full size plates without boiling up!

miniman said:

Backlit plate standard on the pre-facelift Chim. Craigsplates can supply them:

https://www.craigsplates.com/tvr-backlit-plate

Nice one chaps, will get them ordered. your right mike, i recon just move the plate down lower then, surely it blocks alot of air cooling where its positioned?

[CHIMV8 500]

greenhulk said:

Greetings gents,
I dont have a rear lamp on my chimaera (not sure whether this is standard or not) but the rear number plate is backlit.. Im just wondering where i can get hold of a replacement?
Also the front number plate is literally in the grill blocking a good chunk of it, I would like to move it down lower to allow more air to pass through & possibly make it abit smaller (not legal i know :rolleyes).. Has anyone done this to theres? Any info, where you got yours made etc would be appreciated

Steve

Here you go,airflow and temps work more efficiently in my opinion,and the grill looks better for the smaller plate

[greenhulk]

CHIMV8 500 said:

Here you go,airflow and temps work more efficiently in my opinion,and the grill looks better for the smaller plate

Looks the dogs! (got the clear indicators to put on mine too)
Any issues with the ol police or can they not catch up to even query it

[CHIMV8 500]

greenhulk said:

CHIMV8 500 said:

Here you go,airflow and temps work more efficiently in my opinion,and the grill looks better for the smaller plate

Looks the dogs! (got the clear indicators to put on mine too)
Any issues with the ol police or can they not catch up to even query it

Dont forget the clear side repeaters also

[greenhulk]

CHIMV8 500 said:

Dont forget the clear side repeaters also

You sir are clearly a man of impeccable taste, i got them already from racetech & probably paid twice the price £25!

[jtrinder]

Moved my front plate down better airflow and better on the eye I think
Jay

[greenhulk]

jtrinder said:

Moved my front plate down better airflow and better on the eye I think
Jay

Thats exactly what i was thinking, thank you. Will get some new ones ordered up for new year & relocate the front one.

Steve

[Bassfiendnoideawhathp]

greenhulk said:

CHIMV8 500 said:

Here you go,airflow and temps work more efficiently in my opinion,and the grill looks better for the smaller plate

Looks the dogs! (got the clear indicators to put on mine too)
Any issues with the ol police or can they not catch up to even query it

I ran mine for nearly five years with no front plate at all ... it got put on for the MOT once a year - the rest of the time it was in the boot with some non-sticky pads on the back for an "I came back to it and it had fallen off" plea in case I ever got pulled...

I didn't even get told off for it when I got stopped for driving without a seatbelt!

Phil

[wuckfitracing]

Just mount it low as you can.

[nick_mcuk]

miniman said:

Backlit plate standard on the pre-facelift Chim. Craigsplates can supply them:

https://www.craigsplates.com/tvr-backlit-plate

Yep the rear plate is good but the normal plates are pretty crap quality and at a premium price tag too.

As I say the translucent rear ones are good, but then again they are pretty impossible to find as there is not much call for them now.

[m4ckg]

I used Jepsons and Co at Sheffield for my translucent plates, convenient as I pass it every day ;-)

[greenhulk]

cheers gents, will contact them both see who's cheaper then

[seeby]

3/4 size plate .;)

[N7GTX]

From this when I bought it:



to this as it is now (no legal issues.....yet)

[Brithunter]

After reading this a thought came to me or a question if you will ................................. how do owners in Europe, France, Germany, Italy, for example get their rear plates for the early cars with back light rear plates?

[johnmiller]

Thing about the front is having a bigger grill area won't let any more air in at all, as it is controlled by the air that can get out having passed through... you're actually likely to make it worse...

[Johnny 89]

Brithunter said:

After reading this a thought came to me or a question if you will ................................. how do owners in Europe, France, Germany, Italy, for example get their rear plates for the early cars with back light rear plates?

Good question and one I would like to know the answer to. I have my early Chim in Ireland and have been on the lookout for the correct plate.. Any ideas appreciated?

I guess my first option should be to call one of the U.K. Companies that makes them.