Important! : Group buy: REAL carbon fibre number plates

1. Hodgins91 Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 South Wales Posts: 1051 '52 Saxo VTS

   #1 15th April 2009, 12:42

   ive been talking to streamline and carbonmods.co.uk and both will be able to offer us a group buy
   
   firstly streamline carbon
   
   standard price is £49.99 a pair excluding postage
   
   been offered £42 delivered if 10 people are genuinley interested
   pics:
   
   (currently in discusson to see if the standard GB plate font would be available to people who want it)
   
   
   
   borrowed danny gti's image
   
   
   second carbonmods
   
   product page here
   
   standard price is £45 excluding shipping
   
   been offered 20% off for 10 people and 25% for 20 people
   
   the reason i went to these also is because they do the number plates in the standard GB font and size etc (although they are not road legal) because with the police around here an illegal font wont last 10 minutes so personally i want to make it look standard as possible but this is just my preference
   
   (im waiting for an email with 'real' images on)
   
   
   
   
   just want to see what interest (if any) there is lol
2. user_26132 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2008 Notts Posts: 917 Saxo VTS

   #2 15th April 2009, 18:25

   I'd be interested in a plate with the proper font
   
   Any chance of getting a cut down numberplate though as my one only has 4 digits XD?
3. evans1089 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2007 Chesterfield Posts: 8935 Ibiza Cupra 204bhp

   #3 15th April 2009, 18:26

   any of them road legal?
4. gav1513 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Cosby, Leicester Posts: 1345 1971 Mini clubman saloon 2003 Citroen Saxo VTR

   #4 15th April 2009, 18:28

   if you find any that are road legal im in
5. RichM Established Member Joined: Oct 2007 Plymouth Posts: 1871 Saxo VTR MK2 '01 Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch '60

   #5 15th April 2009, 18:33

   Although the size, lettering and reflective backing used in these plates match the official specification, the carbon fibre backing plate makes them not strictly road-legal and therefore they are sold for show use only.
6. RichM Established Member Joined: Oct 2007 Plymouth Posts: 1871 Saxo VTR MK2 '01 Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch '60

   #6 15th April 2009, 18:34

   ^^^ as stated on that website
7. gav1513 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Cosby, Leicester Posts: 1345 1971 Mini clubman saloon 2003 Citroen Saxo VTR

   #7 15th April 2009, 18:36

   so its impossible to get 1 road legal because of the weave? how annoying
8. rushy_23 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Aug 2004 West Mids Posts: 15392 '98 EK9 N1

   #8 15th April 2009, 18:38

   Danny's car always make me want to eat Sage and Onion. No idea why, never ever tried it tbh lol.
9. evans1089 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2007 Chesterfield Posts: 8935 Ibiza Cupra 204bhp

   #9 15th April 2009, 18:41

   thats shit then
10. gav1513 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Cosby, Leicester Posts: 1345 1971 Mini clubman saloon 2003 Citroen Saxo VTR

    #10 15th April 2009, 18:44

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by evans1089 thats shit then

    what that they aint road legal or that dannys car makes rushy wanna eat sage and onion lol iJoke
    
    those plates would look awesome aswell
11. Hodgins91 Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 South Wales Posts: 1051 '52 Saxo VTS

    #11 15th April 2009, 19:23

    thats why i wanted to go for the standard font. it looks legal and i dont think an everyday MOT garage would be able to notice lol (unless they are very strict)
    
    most places offer fake carbon road legal plates
    
    if theres no interest ill just go ahead with my own purchase lol
12. dannygti Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 dudley United Kingdom (England) Posts: 6790 106 gti/ SEAT LCR

    #12 15th April 2009, 19:27

    they look awesome peeps
13. gav1513 Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Cosby, Leicester Posts: 1345 1971 Mini clubman saloon 2003 Citroen Saxo VTR

    #13 15th April 2009, 23:50

    im really interested in them, but if they arent road legal and i could get pulled for em then its just gonna be a pain in the arse
14. blackvtrt Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Newcastle/ Billingham Posts: 1873 02 Gold Cleaned OEM+ VTR

    #14 16th April 2009, 00:02

    they need the manufacture on and postcode aswell to be legal, but doubt the police would notice that unless they where behind u in traffic at lights etc
15. Hodgins91 Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 South Wales Posts: 1051 '52 Saxo VTS

    #15 16th April 2009, 13:29

    
    
    demonplates.co.uk only offer road legal fonts etc. they offer 3D raised fake carbon for over £50 yes they have a postcode etc but how many coppers are gonna pull you for not having a postcode on your number plate. most older car's (road legal) number plates that were created before the new laws don't have the postcode and BS mark on them. police dont go around pulling these people. aslong as they have correct font and spacing its considered legal although technically it isnt :-S
    
    all im saying is that its going to take one very stupidly picky officer to pull you for a plate that doesnt have a postcode on it. the font, spacing and reflection is all the same on the carbon mods ones its jsut that its not fully acryllic that makes it ever so slightly illegal
16. user_28873 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2008 Derby Posts: 3619 Mk2 VTS

    #16 16th April 2009, 13:31

    Carbon 3D looks shit.
    
    Its just carbon look is it not!
17. Hodgins91 Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 South Wales Posts: 1051 '52 Saxo VTS

    #17 16th April 2009, 13:35

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Jorge- Carbon 3D looks shit. Its just carbon look is it not!

    yeah, thats why id rather have real carbon that sits normally on the plate lol
18. user_26132 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2008 Notts Posts: 917 Saxo VTS

    #18 16th April 2009, 18:03

    Just while were on this subject ratehr than creating a enw topic wheres the best place to get a cut down numberplate?
    
    Legal Font / Spacing But intead of...
    
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    Thanks in advance
    
    Ollie
19. Jim-Bob Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 5704 Looking for a 205...

    #19 16th April 2009, 19:37

    If they were made using legal text and font i doubt anyone would ever question them, especially the ones in the second picture they look almost standard.
    
    My plates have all sorts of crap on them thats technically not supposed to be there like pictures up the sides, text underneath the reg and no postcode and never had ne problems.
    
    So i wouldn't worry about the legal side too much unless you live in an area with uber strict cops or MOT centres.
    
    James
20. dannygti Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 dudley United Kingdom (England) Posts: 6790 106 gti/ SEAT LCR

    #20 16th April 2009, 19:41

    i dont want to put a downer on the thread peeps but i got pulled for mine and had to get them changed and get the mot place to stamp my ticket, then i had to send it off.. it was a ball ache..