illegal or legal?

28th February 2009, 00:52

number plate in front window as apposed to front of car? Seen few like this

28th February 2009, 00:54

illegal must be cleary shown on the front of the car

28th February 2009, 00:56

cheers chief

28th February 2009, 01:47

Just to kind of hijack your thread lol

If i was to smooth the front number plate recess, where would be the best place to then put the number plate??

28th February 2009, 01:52

Very sure it needs to be central on the car mate, so dont do it, recess looks good unless your going euro

evos are an exception to the side as they coem from factory liek that

28th February 2009, 01:55

i'd like to add that obviously its illegal for it to be in the window but for it to be positioned maybe slightly to the left or right ( like an evo etc ) is ok. what i was wondering is the few people i have seen with subaru's whos not got a number plate but there reg number in sticker form stuck to there front bumper. whats the deal with that?

28th February 2009, 09:20

You wont get away with it being positioned in the window in any way.

Skorpion i believe got pulled over with it being there and when he went for an MOT he got a line on the red failure sheet stating 'numberplate not securely attached to the vehicle' his was held onto the windscreen by the little suction cups by the passenger sun visor

28th February 2009, 09:21

Sticker must be reflective. iirc they are now technically illegal, but as long as there is a reflective background and the font, size and spacing conforms with the legal requirements, you should get away with using a sticker

28th February 2009, 09:23

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

Very sure it needs to be central on the car mate, so dont do it, recess looks good unless your going euro

evos are an exception to the side as they coem from factory liek that

I don't think it's an issue where it is placed. As you say evo's have them, as do the alfa 147. Also i've seen pulsars. Has to be on the left hand side so camera's can see them.

28th February 2009, 09:24

Also, don't think the plate has to be central on the car, but it must be clearly visible when looking straight at the front of the vehicle, hense why evo's and alfa's have spacers to adjust the angle at whech the plate sits, even though the plate itself if at either side of the bumper

28th February 2009, 09:25

I reckon a sticker would be the best solution.

28th February 2009, 09:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by willsy

You wont get away with it being positioned in the window in any way.

Skorpion i believe got pulled over with it being there and when he went for an MOT he got a line on the red failure sheet stating 'numberplate not securely attached to the vehicle' his was held onto the windscreen by the little suction cups by the passenger sun visor

Indeedy. Never had any problems from Police with it (Matt I never get pulled)
Took it for MOT and it was a fail for the numberplate.

I did at one stage make some brackets so you can mount the number plate through the slats on the bumper. as I am pretty sure Ash did.

28th February 2009, 11:09

i believe you can have the number plate anywhere infront of the headlights. it has to be vertical though. it cant be laying down or anything stupid.

personally i wouldnt smooth the number plate recess. it looks odd with the plate anywhere else.

not sure what the law is about using stickers. where would you put the stickers anyway?

28th February 2009, 11:15

Might give you an idea...
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...t=30740&page=8

As Skorpion said make up some brackets

28th February 2009, 11:46

im sure its illegal, gota be, although dont you only technically need one by law?

28th February 2009, 11:48

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Originally Posted by saxo_scottish

although dont you only technically need one by law?

no!

maybe in america

you always need 2 in the uk

28th February 2009, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curran

no!

maybe in america

you always need 2 in the uk

thought it was, wasnt sure if it was here aswell. bloody yanks always confuse me

28th February 2009, 11:52

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Originally Posted by Danr

Might give you an idea...
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...t=30740&page=8

As Skorpion said make up some brackets

that is so sexy

28th February 2009, 12:07

ive been pulled countless times for plates on my car and bike...
sticker shouldnt be a problem aslong as its reflective... id jsut get a sticker made up, BUT they will pull you for anything these days.
the plate CAN be sat in your front window, depending how cocky you want to be.

i had mine in there for almost a week, got pulled 4 times... you can state that it was riped off or due to an accident within the last 24 hours, and its ok to be there!... but they can log it, and pull u again 24 hours later, if its still there...well tell you to put it back on the front lol.

if you move it, it has to be facing forwaard, no angles or bends in the plate, basically so cameras and thiere little cameras on the cars can read it properally... ive got washers behind mine so my plate aims towads the floor very slightly.

get an import plate and move to to the size of your car like an EVO or the sticker would be would be action to take! just make sure all spacing, letter size and fonts are of legal requirement, they will fuck ou over for anything these days, and its not worth the 30 quid fine over and over again is it?