[futureal33]

Hey,

Just wondering if anyone has fitted or has pics of an R56 with reduced size number plates? I am thinking of ordering some that are about 1/2 as long as standard ones but am unsure how it would look with the factory screw holes....

Thanks
Nick

[ben__allen]

Hey mate!

Long time no see or hear - have you been treating yourself to an R56 then? What you got?

[mab01uk]

I think it would look good / unusual but would it pass the latest MOT standards?
Note: Secondhand Japanese cars imported to the UK have been given special exemption by the DVLA to allow the fitting of plates with smaller digits (a similar size to motorbike plates) because the cars come in with smaller Jap size plate apertures on their bootlids and bumpers.

[Benny No.1]

I have one mine. Have a look at my gallery, I think there as some front facing ones in there.

[adam_Randell]

You could get slapped with a £250 fine for having illegal plates. the police are really cracking down on illegal plates as speed cameras can not erad them.

none the less, they would look niiiiice

[T8MS_X]

Quote: Originally Posted by adam_Randell (original)

You could get slapped with a £250 fine for having illegal plates. the police are really cracking down on illegal plates as speed cameras can not erad them.

none the less, they would look niiiiice

It's £30 fine and VDN (Vehicle defect notice). Which means you would have to have some legal plates put on, take the form they give you to an MOT testing centre and get them to approve your car. I have done this.

In actual fact - they're more likely to give you points these days, which kinda sucks. Yet the penalty for not displaying a front number plate at all is much less. So if it's a cleaner look you're going for - ditch the front plate.

Figure that one out.

[adam_Randell]

Quote: Originally Posted by T8MS_X (original)

It's £30 fine and VDN (Vehicle defect notice). Which means you would have to have some legal plates put on, take the form they give you to an MOT testing centre and get them to approve your car. I have done this.

In actual fact - they're more likely to give you points these days, which kinda sucks. Yet the penalty for not displaying a front number plate at all is much less. So if it's a cleaner look you're going for - ditch the front plate.

Figure that one out.

My mate had some illegal plates on (Pressed aluminium ones) and got hit with a £250 fine.

[T8MS_X]

They must have liked the cut of my jib then.

[airbusA346]

How things are going with fines etc for number plates, in my opinion people have got to be a bit stupid to go around with illegal plates, dodging the law.

[KenL]

Totally agree with you airbus.

People who put on illegal plates (stupid fonts, weird spacing, altering letters and numbers, illegally placed screws etc.) are nothing but small-minded fools!

Long may the clamp down continue

[KenL]

Here are the rules: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/v796.pdf

[airbusA346]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Here are the rules: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/v796.pdf

The following (below) stood out to me:

Quote:

The British Standard also requires each number plate to be permanently and legibly marked with the
following information:-............... ............2. The name, trade mark or other means of identification of the manufacturer or component supplier
3. Name and postcode of the supplying outlet

Because I have seen quote a few plates with the cars owners name on, websites (I think I have seen a pic of one on here with the ECMC URL) etc.

[adam_Randell]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

are nothing but small-minded fools!

bit harsh? i think some plates look really cool. for example, the euro styled pressed aluminium and the black/silver pressed aluminium. they are another touch to the cars individuality. fair enough they are illegal but as for small-minded fools...im not so sure

[Tigger, Eeyore & Roo]

Don't give the law an excuse to stop you. It's very likely that they will check every aspect of your MINI to try and find a few more things just to make the "pull" worthwhile. Why give them the satisfaction?

[adam_Randell]

im a 19 year old lad, driving a MINI Cooper that isnt even a year old.....they dont need any thing to pull me, apart from 'we were just checking it wasnt stolen' which is what one officer said to me when he pulled me on a country lane. I was doing 45/50 in a national speed limit and had the audacity to tell me i was going a bit fast?! then when i said 'national speed limit isnt it??' he then moved on to ask me if i had stolen the car! the cheek!

[M111 CGC]

At the same time as getting the new front number plate you might as well get some 100% tints and fit some large stickers saying 'Pull me over Mr Copper" across your car!!

[I love MINI, Laura]

Quote: Originally Posted by adam_Randell (original)

bit harsh? i think some plates look really cool. for example, the euro styled pressed aluminium and the black/silver pressed aluminium. they are another touch to the cars individuality. fair enough they are illegal but as for small-minded fools...im not so sure

Show plates can be really great looking (get to a place cover your plate with a cool show plate then take off when leaving) but road legal is road legal and I think anything different on the roads is just stupid. Also Black heritage style number plates that match your car's colour schemes etc and these can look brill but these are also illegal. What about wheels and tyres that are so offset they protude from your wheel arches they look "cool" too! (Illegal but "cool")

Like Chris or Helen (Hi!) say you might as well get the front limo tints to go with and just waste the money cos you'll have to get them removed eventually, when the police will stop you.

Being Road legal is a massive part of being a responsible road user. That I respect.

[Serby]

I had a play with some standard plates on my old car.. I removed the number plate mount, filled in the screw holes and stuck the cut down plates on. I thought it looked pretty good. In terms of spacing, the plates were legal, they just didn't have the BS standard something or other on them..



As good as it looked..I'm using standard size plates now

[T8MS_X]

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Totally agree with you airbus.

People who put on illegal plates (stupid fonts, weird spacing, altering letters and numbers, illegally placed screws etc.) are nothing but small-minded fools!

Long may the clamp down continue

Oh, and for you to make such a bold statement as that, obviously makes you a vastly intelligent person.

I do agree that altered fonts and such do look a bit daft - but personally see nothing wrong with spacing or the like, as long as the plate can be clearly read, then I don't see the problem.

Quite how that makes me a small-minded fool, i'm not entirely sure. Perhaps if something so trivial bothers you so much, it is you who is the fool with a small mind?

[minicabrio]

Okay folks, can we please stop the personal insults... It's not welcome on here, and if it continues we will close the thread.