Hi peoples,

Would the below style plate be legal (domed lettering)






Keep getting different replies (legal and illegal)
 TDV8 HST STORNOWAY ON A 58
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Anything bar the UK Legal lettering is illegal.

However you will probably be left alone providing it is legible.

I have a small 5 digit plate on my M3 and never get any bother. If you are going for them keep your old ones for the MOT

I've just bought them in the carbon fibre finish for my new plates and was assured that they were UK road legal,it is in fact now an offence to produce anything that isn't so I hope they are !!!
They look absolutely stunning just need a car to put them on now. MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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It would seem as long as the font and size is in with the uk legal standard then all is well.

See below:

Number plates must now use one specific, mandatory typeface - a very simple sans serif typeface intended to make the numbers easy to read by both humans and automatic recognition systems, which are increasingly being used by the police and other agencies. All hard-to-read variants, such as multiple stroke and italic fonts, are now prohibited. The one decorative variation still permitted is a 3D effect version of the mandatory typeface.

The size and spacing of number plate characters is specified in the regulations, as follows:

Each character must be 79mm high and 50mm wide (except the number 1 or the letter I). The width of each character stroke must be 14mm. There must be a space of 11mm between characters within the same group, and character groups must be 33mm apart. For the purposes of measurement, each character (again, excepting the number 1 or the letter I), regardless of its shape, is treated as a rectangular block of dimensions 79mm x 50mm

Optionally, number plates may display one of the following national emblems: British Union Flag with “GB”, English Flag (St George Cross) with “ENG”, Scottish Flag (St Andrew Cross) with “SCO”, Welsh Flag (green dragon on green/white field) with “Wales” and “Cymru” or Euro Flag (circle of stars) with “GB”. If the Euro/GB configuration is displayed, then the bearer vehicle need not display a separate “GB” emblem when driving within the EU.

The colours and reflectivity of number plates are also specified in the regulations, and there is a British Standard (BS AU 145d) which describes the physical characteristics of number plates, including: visibility, strength and reflectivity. Front plates must have black characters on a white background, while rear plates must have black characters on a yellow background. The British Standard also requires that a number plate must be marked with the following information: the British Standard Number, the name, trade mark, or other means of identification of the manufacturer or component supplier, the name and postcode of the supplying outlet. A non-reflective border is optional. There may be no other markings or material contained on the number plate.

SUMMARY: What is required and permitted on UK road-legal number plates
Required:
White front plate (to British Standard BS AU 145d)
Yellow rear plate (to British Standard BS AU 145d)
The registration number of the bearer vehicle in the mandatory font (black ‘Charles Wright 2001’)
Spacing of characters and character groups in accordance with the measurements specified in the regulations. Variation is not permitted
Permitted but not required:
3D variation of the mandatory ‘Charles Wright 2001’ font
Coloured, non-reflective border
National emblem: English St George Cross with “ENG” legend, Scottish St Andrew Cross with “SCO” legend, Welsh Dragon with “WALES” and “CYMRU” legend, British Union Flag with “GB” legend) or Euro Stars symbol with “GB” legend.

No additions or variations are permitted.

Common illegal variations are:

Fancy or decorative typefaces
Bolts placed in such a way as to alter the appearance of characters
Adjusted spacing between characters or character groups
Altered characters
Additional logos or symbols, such as sporting emblems and religious symbols.
There are concessions for older and vintage cars. “Historic vehicles”, i.e. those built prior to 1973, are permitted to bear the old-style black plates of either plastic or traditional metal construction.

To quote the DVLA: "Vehicles constructed before 1.1.73 may display traditional style ‘black and white’ plates i.e. white, silver or grey characters on a black plate."

Last edited by chris mc on Sun Dec 12 2010 6:24pm. Edited 1 time in total

This is mine,from being at college in the early 70's my nickname has been SeePee from my initials CP.
The letters are acrylic with a carbon fibre effect looks amazing.

Click image to enlarge

I was told by a copper that my plates on my BMW must have the BS standard number on them. But could find anything on this on the dvla website....

They were made by a motor factors and I just cut them to the desired size, with the regulation space around the letters....

Hi Alex
These have you can just see it in the top rhs corner if you zoom in. MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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Blind as a bat!!!

Looking nice in carbon

It is a requirement to have BS number and the post code of company who made them from what I was lead to believe, and obviously the correct size and spacing

Still dont know what to do

Might just go to the cop shop and ask them if i can speak to a traffic cop, se what his reply is. Even if i dont get a proper answer it will still mean one less copper on the road for a while not harrassing with their so called routine stop and searches

Oh well lets see what happens tommorow. TDV8 HST STORNOWAY ON A 58
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Have you talked to Demon?
I really don't think they would sell you an illegal plate.
ATB
Chris MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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I logged onto Demon and had a look at these i was shocked at the £53 price tag for them!!

TBH im not so sure on them as i feel they may make the car look a bit tacky, just my personal opinion though.

Do you have a pic of them fitted to your RR?

Hi Chris,
No not yet, my current car is due back after Christmas so I haven't put them on it,waiting for my next one.
The plates look really good in the flesh and really worth the extra few quid.
Regards,
Chris MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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they are known as pressed plates, ive been running them on my show cars for years, perfectly leagal if done right.

azizbbu,look on the vosa web site,i purchased some plates just like chrisp's for the wifes car.people told me they were illegal but vosa has updated the mot sheets june 2010 and pass the plates so long as they can be read from so many metres.
quote is as follows
section 6.3 information column ,page 1- three dimensional characters may use grey edging or a chequered, carbon fibre effect. these and some other style characters are permissible provided the font style is adhered to and when viewed from approximately 20 metres the characters appear predominantly black.