Number Plates - UK

[Kristian87]

Hi folks,

I have the plastic number plate surrounds fitted to my Stang along with lovely dealer branded, red bordered plates...

As much as I love them, I have decided to replace. My first question is, where is a decent place to get plates made up online? I brought a pair a few years back & they were sh1t - water got between the clear plastic & the plate, don't ask me how! Anyway they looked a mess, they were black at the back rather than what I would have imagined - just a single piece of clear acrylic with the white/yellow backing.

Secondly, I am leaning towards screwing mine on, as I already have holes in the bumper. Means I can be confident they won't fall off & I don't have to worry about removing sticky pads a few years down the line. Easy to swap in a new pair as well. Any way I don't want to screw through the letters obviously so was wondering if anyone out there knew how far apart the holes are? Assuming it's the same front & back but don't know.

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[Eclipsar]

I bought plates of myshowplates and plates4cars around 3 years ago and both sets are still looking good, have ordered a new set of plates from another company for my Mustang and should be with me tomorrow so will let you know what they look like when I see them

 

[Manders Mustang]

Halfords can make up plates, to UK spec (Think they come under warranty too), if you want specific spacing just say they're 'Show plates' for 'Vehicle meets, events, shows and pictures' ;)

 

[NornIron91]

Any way I don't want to screw through the letters obviously so was wondering if anyone out there knew how far apart the holes are? Assuming it's the same front & back but don't know.

When i got new plates for my car, I set the old plates on top of the new and used a marker to mark the holes, so I knew where to drill.

 

[Lone Survivor]

http://www.demonplates.com/. Had all my plates made here, they've got quite a good plate builder ;)

 

[SSC]

Try the aluminum plates, should bend nicely to fit before screwing on

http://www.number1plates.com/aluminium-car-number-plates/

 

[Enoch]

Try the aluminum plates, should bend nicely to fit before screwing on

http://www.number1plates.com/aluminium-car-number-plates/

I got mine from here....bit of a hassle having to prove ID etc but al least they're legal.....
I have a 5 digit plate and asked if they could make a short one for the front....the answer was no:( so I had to cut it down myself....
As long as you have an 11mm border it's within the regs.....

You can see I've also bent the front one to match the shape of the bumber...just a guess but I can always bend it a bit more or straighten it to suit when I fit it:cheers:

You can also see how thin they are in this pic...

 

[twiggy]

Got my ALUM plate from Numberoneplates also, seem to be rather popular, I even got the black line round the edge with Mustang printed at the bottom, think someone else did the same on here and has a pic of it on their car....looks fab!!

 

[Kristian87]

http://www.demonplates.com/. Had all my plates made here, they've got quite a good plate builder ;)

Ah ha! I remember the plate builder on that site - just had a look at it, pretty sure that's where I got them from. I will try to dig them out & take a photo, because they did go funny - had them on the car for a good 5 years or so, car kept outside, maybe that's why?

Think I will try one of the other places!

 

[Manders Mustang]

Ah ha! I remember the plate builder on that site - just had a look at it, pretty sure that's where I got them from. I will try to dig them out & take a photo, because they did go funny - had them on the car for a good 5 years or so, car kept outside, maybe that's why?

Think I will try one of the other places!

5 years before replacing the plate, not too shabby, all things will eventually break/die works out at such a small investment over 5 years too :headbonk:

 

[Kristian87]

5 years before replacing the plate, not too shabby, all things will eventually break/die works out at such a small investment over 5 years too :headbonk:

:lol: when you put it like that it sounds dilly to moan that they didn't last! BUT surely plastic plates should last forever? Unless of course you manage to break them!

 

[Manders Mustang]

:lol: when you put it like that it sounds dilly to moan that they didn't last! BUT surely plastic plates should last forever? Unless of course you manage to break them!

:shrug: Don't think anythings made to last in this day and age Kristian, long gone are the days where something would last a lifetime, now things seem like they're made to break or have a certain longevity/life-span so people end up buying again once it breaks.

 

[Eclipsar]

As you say dealer plates seem to last forever

 

[Kristian87]

As you say dealer plates seem to last forever

True, noticed that the ones I have on at the moment are metal actually. Can't see why they would be better over plastic though?

 

[SSC]

Hi folks,

I have the plastic number plate surrounds fitted to my Stang along with lovely dealer branded, red bordered plates...

As much as I love them, I have decided to replace. My first question is, where is a decent place to get plates made up online? I brought a pair a few years back & they were sh1t - water got between the clear plastic & the plate, don't ask me how! Anyway they looked a mess, they were black at the back rather than what I would have imagined - just a single piece of clear acrylic with the white/yellow backing.

Secondly, I am leaning towards screwing mine on, as I already have holes in the bumper. Means I can be confident they won't fall off & I don't have to worry about removing sticky pads a few years down the line. Easy to swap in a new pair as well. Any way I don't want to screw through the letters obviously so was wondering if anyone out there knew how far apart the holes are? Assuming it's the same front & back but don't know.

Original hole locations, but not sure if extra holes made when they fitted the brackets.

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