Replacement Registration Plates.

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I've seen a couple of places on ebay that will make me up some licence plates and as I have a front one cracked that needs replacing can anyone recommend me somewhere that would make me some up ;)

If I can add something custom to it like text, font (I am looking to add 3D text) that would be a bonus, If it's legal.
 
Halfords ones have halfords written on the bottom though? I need a new front plate as well because stone chips have flaked away some of the edge film. I had the plates printed by my usual dealer so only bears the dealer name and is all plain.

They want £17.50 for a reprint..... I
 
My Halfords ones on my last car had all the writing in yellow, so you had to be less than a foot away and really looking for it to see it at all.

My first set had a tiny big a film on the inside (looked like a 2cm crack on the inside) and then did my a whole set for free on the spot with no receipt.
 
Just googled this:


For a set of number plates displayed on a vehicle to be classed as legal,

It must be supplied by a seller who is a Registered Number Plate Supplier.
The supplier must have an RNPS number.
Must have this printed on it: BSAu 145d
Must have maker’s ID and postcode
Display letters and numbers as defined by the DVLA rules for legal number plates.
 
Interesting - they claim to conform to all BSA requirements.
However you were not asked to send copies of V5 and driving license - which is a requirement.
 
Do MOT testers even go so deep as to check the validity of the printer name/postcode etc or do they just check for the prsence of the BS/Printer markings?

I don't really care if docs are not requested for £7.99 as long as it passes MOT, which it should :p
 
Just googled this:


For a set of number plates displayed on a vehicle to be classed as legal,

It must be supplied by a seller who is a Registered Number Plate Supplier.
The supplier must have an RNPS number.
Must have this printed on it: BSAu 145d
Must have maker’s ID and postcode
Display letters and numbers as defined by the DVLA rules for legal number plates.

Not technically true. You can legally display a set of plates that don't meet those criteria if they were produced before those rules came into force (2001 from memory although I could be wrong). If your car carries a plate issued pre-2001 (ie becuase it's old, or carries a pre-2001 personalised plate) then you don't need the markings and you can theoretically get away with fitting a 'show plate' which doesn't carry them assuming there is no way for an officer to prove that your plate was made after 2001.
 
Not technically true. You can legally display a set of plates that don't meet those criteria if they were produced before those rules came into force (2001 from memory although I could be wrong). If your car carries a plate issued pre-2001 (ie becuase it's old, or carries a pre-2001 personalised plate) then you don't need the markings and you can theoretically get away with fitting a 'show plate' which doesn't carry them assuming there is no way for an officer to prove that your plate was made after 2001.
That's just getting around the law IMO :)
 
My Halfords ones on my last car had all the writing in yellow, so you had to be less than a foot away and really looking for it to see it at all.

Mine have them in semi-translucent white. Almost impossible to see, even up close.

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