Hi Guys
I need your advice,i keep getting drawn towards german style number plates(same as the vw boys use)What do you guys reckon
My car is going to be slightly eurostyle,german wheels,delocked tailgate,audi flush door handles and lengthened bonnet
Cheers
Adrian

as you know buddy im all for euro and been thinking about this too imo its an ace idea

Surely they are illegal?

The Negotiator said:

Surely they are illegal?

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I'm not 100% sure TBH. I was thinking it may be legal due to cars being brought over not needing to have UK style plates, but I haven't got a clue if it'll pass an MOT or anything.

Hi
They are illegal but are very close to uk number plates so people seem to get away with it
Cheers
Adrian

Hmm, that doesn't make it ok though does it?!

My next door neighbour is a big VW fan and some of his friends have them, I agree with chaos; German plates on an Italian-English car would be slightly odd.

No true but most modifying is illegal if you look closely enough,badboy bonnets,de cat pipes etc even upgrading to brighter headlight bulbs can be deemed as illegal,
Cheers
Adrian

But again...how does that make it ok?! lol

True!!!
Find me some italian style plates for sale

the dub boys use them for shows mainly and they do look swish

its the same with black plates and silver numbers/letters

My mate has some on his everyday-use VW Derby and never gets pulled by the cops.

Looks quality too.

www.germanplates.co.uk are good, dubweiser are not!

black and silver plates ARE legal, but only if your vehicle was made before 1973 and is tax exempt, as that was the year they changed them over.

Jon+Em

project-cinqy said:

black and silver plates ARE legal, but only if your vehicle was made before 1973 and is tax exempt, as that was the year they changed them over.

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So ILLEGAL on a Cinq then

yup, but the post didn't say black and silver plates are illegal on a cinq, just that they were the same as foreign plates on uk cars. which they aren't.

Jon+Em

german plates have a white background with black embossed lettering,with a kanton tag and registration date tag in circles in the middle. I believe you can still get metal plates made up in the UK, and so long as they're reflective enough they should be legal (so long as you're not using a front white one on the back and the front).

EDIT: NINO_1975 down in the barchetta section has got italian style plates on his car, which are metal plates with the italian font and with an irish reg... had me fooled until he told me!

Pressed aluminium UK reflective plates.

http://www.pl8s.co.uk/page7.htm

And Paul would you stop with the moral guidance stuff, no one needs it, especially a grown married father like Adrian, if he wants to do it, whats it got to do with you? If folk want your advice on the moral issues of life, I'm sure they will ask.

Aaron.

I believe that's up to me, not up to you

I think it is a good idea.

If they are illegal id be tempted to carry your original plates in the boot, that way if you do get stopped, you can say you are changing them back when you get home and you have evidence to boot i agree with Jay, would look sweet at a show