Rear plate options for 570 and how to display UK?
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First McLaren coming soon… will post more in due course but have an initial question re the rear plate.
Fourdot have been very helpful and I’ve decided on the front plate but can’t decide on the rear. They’ve given me lots of options.
It’s a 6 digit plate. Very pleasantly surprised by the variety of ‘570’ plates that could be purchased from DVLA for £250.
What rear plate do you think suits the car best? Full size? Smallest allowed? What do you do about ‘UK’ display? On the plate or separate UK badge? I’m not putting anything on the paint so no idea where it would go. Do people not bother?
Put up your pics if you’re happy to share. Thanks.
Apologies in advance for the many questions that I will inevitably have about the car once I pick it up.
Fourdot have been very helpful and I’ve decided on the front plate but can’t decide on the rear. They’ve given me lots of options.
It’s a 6 digit plate. Very pleasantly surprised by the variety of ‘570’ plates that could be purchased from DVLA for £250.
What rear plate do you think suits the car best? Full size? Smallest allowed? What do you do about ‘UK’ display? On the plate or separate UK badge? I’m not putting anything on the paint so no idea where it would go. Do people not bother?
Put up your pics if you’re happy to share. Thanks.
Apologies in advance for the many questions that I will inevitably have about the car once I pick it up.
Congratulations, look forward to seeing/hearing more details in due course 
My car (plates done by previous owner):
Full sized Fourdot rear plate, slightly trapezoidal to fill the space
I'd echo 200Plus that a plate which left a noticeably larger gap to the edge of the recess at the sides than the top and bottom would likely look worse.
Separate UK sticker on the black plastic, not the paintwork
I probably think having the UK on the number plates themselves would be neater tbh, but I haven't investigated replacement plate options. My thinking is generally not to offer anything for foreign police to object to, hence not testing the 'don't bother' option.
My car (plates done by previous owner):
Full sized Fourdot rear plate, slightly trapezoidal to fill the space
I'd echo 200Plus that a plate which left a noticeably larger gap to the edge of the recess at the sides than the top and bottom would likely look worse.
Separate UK sticker on the black plastic, not the paintwork
I probably think having the UK on the number plates themselves would be neater tbh, but I haven't investigated replacement plate options. My thinking is generally not to offer anything for foreign police to object to, hence not testing the 'don't bother' option.
samoht said:
Congratulations, look forward to seeing/hearing more details in due course
My car (plates done by previous owner):
Full sized Fourdot rear plate, slightly trapezoidal to fill the space
I'd echo 200Plus that a plate which left a noticeably larger gap to the edge of the recess at the sides than the top and bottom would likely look worse.
Separate UK sticker on the black plastic, not the paintwork
I probably think having the UK on the number plates themselves would be neater tbh, but I haven't investigated replacement plate options. My thinking is generally not to offer anything for foreign police to object to, hence not testing the 'don't bother' option.
Thank you for this. Just to confirm then, you have this one on the rear? Would you put the ‘UK’ to the side or at the bottom?My car (plates done by previous owner):
Full sized Fourdot rear plate, slightly trapezoidal to fill the space
I'd echo 200Plus that a plate which left a noticeably larger gap to the edge of the recess at the sides than the top and bottom would likely look worse.
Separate UK sticker on the black plastic, not the paintwork
I probably think having the UK on the number plates themselves would be neater tbh, but I haven't investigated replacement plate options. My thinking is generally not to offer anything for foreign police to object to, hence not testing the 'don't bother' option.
https://www.fourdotdesignerplates.co.uk/product/mc...
Pretty sure mine are https://www.fourdotdesignerplates.co.uk/product/mc...
Has a 'carbon' background, and the upper corner 'cut offs' are much smaller. (I don't have any real opinion on whether this one is better than the one you linked).
Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean by where to put the "UK". It doesn't look like Fourdot offer the legal UK logo as an add-on on the shaped, 570-specific plates. If it's on the plate it has to go on the left. If you mean the separate UK sticker, I've put it as shown in my second photo above, on the black plastic to the right of the number plate. For a proper, UN-regulation compliant size UK sticker I think that's the only sensible location.
Has a 'carbon' background, and the upper corner 'cut offs' are much smaller. (I don't have any real opinion on whether this one is better than the one you linked).
Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean by where to put the "UK". It doesn't look like Fourdot offer the legal UK logo as an add-on on the shaped, 570-specific plates. If it's on the plate it has to go on the left. If you mean the separate UK sticker, I've put it as shown in my second photo above, on the black plastic to the right of the number plate. For a proper, UN-regulation compliant size UK sticker I think that's the only sensible location.
samoht said:
Pretty sure mine are https://www.fourdotdesignerplates.co.uk/product/mc...
Has a 'carbon' background, and the upper corner 'cut offs' are much smaller. (I don't have any real opinion on whether this one is better than the one you linked).
Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean by where to put the "UK". It doesn't look like Fourdot offer the legal UK logo as an add-on on the shaped, 570-specific plates. If it's on the plate it has to go on the left. If you mean the separate UK sticker, I've put it as shown in my second photo above, on the black plastic to the right of the number plate. For a proper, UN-regulation compliant size UK sticker I think that's the only sensible location.
Cheers. I actually just sent you a pm. Sorry to burden you with my indecision making. I think I’ll order the two I’m considering and see which I like the best. The large ones are like these:Has a 'carbon' background, and the upper corner 'cut offs' are much smaller. (I don't have any real opinion on whether this one is better than the one you linked).
Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean by where to put the "UK". It doesn't look like Fourdot offer the legal UK logo as an add-on on the shaped, 570-specific plates. If it's on the plate it has to go on the left. If you mean the separate UK sticker, I've put it as shown in my second photo above, on the black plastic to the right of the number plate. For a proper, UN-regulation compliant size UK sticker I think that's the only sensible location.
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