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All dealers' plates I've ever had have eventually delaminated(some quickly-within first year and replaced for free) which is why I went to Framptons
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Dealers only do plates supplied by Hills or Jepsons or other similar ones; no different to any other car shop/factor.
Best way is to look at plates on other cars that you like (after they have aged a bit) and look at the makers name on the plate. Then find a supplier of that make !
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What are the changes in the law as of 1 november?
Businesses can no longer supply anything classed as show plates with actual registration numbers on; only names, pictures, logos etc. Any plate with a UK reg no. must be in the correct form only.
The legal loophole sprouted is that some places sell the custom "show" plate with a blank space, and then separately sell stick on letter/numbers in the style that you wish; obviously with the disclaimer that if you use the plate on the road then it will lead to trouble. Dealers can therefore still cooperate with the law but it still doesn't stop someone putting illegal plates on if they go to just a little more trouble than before.
Edited by Devolution on 08/11/2008 at 22:17
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If they went about this properly, MoT centres would the only ones allowed to sell - proper tamperproof/theft proof plates at a fixed price and of a fixed quality. Vehicle seizure would be the sanction. Lets get serious about this.
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Errr... what's this thread all about?
What's wrong exactly with paying the man in the motor factors his £8.50 and being done with it?
Why do people get worked up about the 'advertising', a tiny line of text along the bottom of the plate, anyway? The damn thing is only there to avoid being stopped by the police, it adds nothing to the look of the car.
What next? Personalised tax discs?
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Why do people get worked up about the 'advertising' a tiny line of text along the bottom of the plate anyway?
If I was paid for the "advert" then no problem. It's the same with dealer stickers, the first thing I do when getting a new car is remove it.
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Fair point.....the first thing my father used to do when he bought a car was remove the dealer stickers "they've had their pound of flesh" he'd say. I'm off to pull all the badges off my car..... ;-)
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I've always done that. Can't say why really. Just an "ocd" I suppose to refer back to an old thread. Can't bear dealer adverts in my window or dealer logo tax disc holders and such. They have to come off. It would really annoy me if a dealer put their logo on the boot lid as some certainly used to. Bit sad like that I'm afraid. Can't do much about the ones on the number plates but they irritate me too. If I could be bothered, I'd take all the brand and model badges off my cars too. Not to try to make my car look like a "better"" model, couldn't care less about that, just don't like badges on things. Wouldn't bother me enough to actually do it though.
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Main dealer - had thought of that and not a bad idea for the OE look.
Pressed alu - not personally keen, it reminds me of the raised letter plates that died out around the early 80s.
Errr... what's this thread all about? What's wrong exactly with paying the man in the motor factors his £8.50 and being done with it?
Is that really all it costs for a good pair of plates that will last more than a year? The internet sellers asking £20+ per pair must be making a killing, even though much cheaper than Halfords.
I wish I knew a decent motor factors. As with many similar places, they're generally shut when I'm not at work. What ole cruiser had was ideally what I'm after.
I've no issues with a tiny line of text on the bottom of a number plate, provided it is discreet. Bigger writing for a dealer isn't too bad. I'm happy with the dealer tax disc in the windscreen. What I wouldn't want is the name of the supplier in big writing on the plate when legally it doesn't need to be that size. With mail order/internet, you don't always know what that writing will be.
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