french plates?

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 York Posts: 269 Saxo VTR
    #1
    hi im just wondering where i can buy metal pressed french plates which are legal? ive seen them on cars around
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2008 Belfast Posts: 225 Peugeot 307 1.4 8v
    #2
    Cant have legal French ones unless the car is registered in france.
    The legal ones will say GB instead of F

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  3. Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 York Posts: 269 Saxo VTR
    #3
    ok cheers matey
  4. Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Le Mans, France Posts: 976 VTS, Hawkeye WRX, Def90 & Freelander HSE (ex-VTR)
    #4
    Hope they're better quality than the real French plates as the pressed plates over here are a nightmare- the metal gets caught easily (usually between the letters and often in the elbow of the number "2" for example) and ends up bending and looks naff - I've changed all my French pressed metal plates to Acrylic ones attached with double-sided tape.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #5
    yo don't have to have the GB on at all if you don't want can just have it plain.
    but the letters must be solid black and u.k regulation font and size and the backing colour must be reflective and white at front and yellow at the back. as far as i know there are only 2 company's in the u.k that can make then that are fully u.k legal and one is dubmeister. you also have to send your full log book off to them before they will make them up for you.