Pressed Number Plates

kelzer

Does anyone know where I can get pressed number plates for my ford focus in Dublin. I know that there are some pressed plates that dont last as long as others. Would any ford dealer have them?

colm_mcm

Why would you want pressed plates? Plastic printed ones last way longer and are easier to keep clean. They also don't bend, and the centres don't fall out of the numbers and letters.

crosstownk

I prefer the plastic ones too.

If you do want pressed ones then maybe Serck Services in Cookstown Industrial Estate can help you.

TomMc

The MSL Dealers in Dublin and Windsor Motors cars along with some others tend to have them fitted as standard. Have a look at car registrations in Dublin and note the dealers on the plate surrounds. I'm sure one of them if contacted would sort you out or point you in the right direction.

Perspex plates are for those who know no better and have poor taste.:rolleyes:

We won't bother explaining it to them, they would not understand.;)

colm_mcm

All pressed ones are sh1te IMHO

When we trade in cars with them on, they always have to be replaced as the black writing goes white, and the centres fall out of the letters.

TomMc

They are the cheap crappy ones with separate bits of metal stuck on.

OP is looking for the proper ones, where the digits are fully pressed from a single piece of metal. No bits to fall off there. And If a car is washed properly, with care and attention, the black text will stay in good shape.

Ireland & the UK are probably the only two countries in the civilised world who put plastic plates on cars. The continental Europeans (been more cultured) know better.

peasant

TomMc wrote:

They are the cheap crappy ones with separate bits of metal stuck on.

OP is looking for the proper ones, where the digits are fully pressed from a single piece of metal. No bits to fall off there. And If a car is washed properly, with care and attention, the black text will stay in good shape.

Ireland & the UK are probably the only two countries in the civilised world who put plastic plates on cars. The continental Europeans (been more cultured) know better.

Well in case of the Germans it's got nothing to do with "culture" ...its just sheer and utter stinginess.

(seenashow you have to change plates there every time you move to a different area or sell the car and the lumimum ones are the cheapest you can get ...plus you don't get to keep the old ones either, instead they are retained by the officials and crushed and recycled ...and plastic just doesn't recycle that well)

Do-more

TomMc wrote:

Ireland & the UK are probably the only two countries in the civilised world who put plastic plates on cars. The continental Europeans (been more cultured) know better.

Not true! Lots of plastic plates used in Sweden...

Lord Nikon

Am i missing something here? Sounds like some people are taking this too seriously.

tensecyclist

neuromancer wrote:

Am i missing something here? Sounds like some people are taking this too seriously.

Oh don't mind it.:D It's just about the plates. I'd go for plastic ones too kelzer.;)

Terrontress

www.customgermanplates.com
www.folksdirect.com

I am thinking of getting some for my Audi A2. Get a D under my EU flag instead of IRL.

CJhaughey

Terrontress wrote:

www.customgermanplates.com
www.folksdirect.com

I am thinking of getting some for my Audi A2. Get a D under my EU flag instead of IRL.

And watch it fail at NCT time as the eagle eyed testers make sure that your plates are all legal.....
Or go to the hassle of rmoving and replacing the plates every time the car is nct'ed

Terrontress

CJhaughey wrote:

And watch it fail at NCT time as the eagle eyed testers make sure that your plates are all legal.....
Or go to the hassle of rmoving and replacing the plates every time the car is nct'ed

I'm willing to do that every two years. I have a lot of time on my hands. I reckon the 5 minutes spent, with a screwdriver, replacing them would be worth it.

I saw a 325 out in Malahide with them on. They look cool. The '0' at the beginning of the year has a white stripe through the top left corner.

Can get some fake stickers too for the two dots.

Hagar

^^^ Sad.

Plates in France are plastic too.

peasant

I've got a genuine German number plate left over (was ...or rather still is affixed to my motorbike carrier)

I'm sensing a money-making opportunity here ....:D

delly

Hagar wrote:

Plates in France are plastic too.

The one that I had to replace on my C class hire car was metal, 'twas so badly twisted when that other car hit me . And whats with riveting them in, makes it a lot harder to cover it up when returning to the rent-a-car office.

Hagar

I ment "too" as in "also" plastic. You see just as many metal ones.

The plastic ones usually have a "bump" at the bottom with the garage details on them in small letters. They don't seem to use frames over here.
In my local car shop I can buy plates with or without the F. They charge an extra €4 for plates with an F.

kelzer

For me I prefer the pressed plates made from one piece of metal. I've seen the plates from Windsor motors on most Nissan cars around and they are the best ones I've seen. Will probably get them there then.

Terrontress

Hagar wrote:

^^^ Sad.

Plates in France are plastic too.

Well there are obviously plenty of us sad people if there are several websites, all doing business selling German style plates.

I just like the idea of plates that look German on a German car. It is hardly something I think is essential but it is just something I would like.

joemc99

ID models in dun laoghaire do these plates....patrick street.....they'll put anything on the, 'Kiss my ass', etc. 2845711

jaybeeveedub

Radiator Services on Rutland Place (top of o'connell stre just past the gresham) do top quality german style number plates on IRL fully nct compliant, only thing that is different is the font, and you have it with or without the slash through the 0

Jaybee

C_Breeze

Terrontress wrote:

Well there are obviously plenty of us sad people if there are several websites, all doing business selling German style plates.

I just like the idea of plates that look German on a German car. It is hardly something I think is essential but it is just something I would like.

Move to Germany then and buy yourself a pair of Lederhosen while you're at it

666bxg

jaybeeveedub wrote: »

Radiator Services on Rutland Place (top of o'connell stre just past the gresham) do top quality german style number plates on IRL fully nct compliant, only thing that is different is the font, and you have it with or without the slash through the 0

Jaybee

Do you have the phone number for these guys?

drdre

Wheres the cheapest place to get german plates in ireland or online.I have found german plates in ireland for 60 inc postage.that seems abit overpriced?

Earth Worm Jim

The motor factors facing croke park does these @ around 20 quid each, got some last week, made in front of you in 5mins, good quality ones.

Snarler

drdre wrote: »

Wheres the cheapest place to get german plates in ireland or online.I have found german plates in ireland for 60 inc postage.that seems abit overpriced?

Where did you find this? I asked in teh mod. motors forum but didnt get a good reply.

PauloMN

TomMc wrote: »

OP is looking for the proper ones, where the digits are fully pressed from a single piece of metal. No bits to fall off there. And If a car is washed properly, with care and attention, the black text will stay in good shape.

Exactly.

Plastic plates look sh1te IMO, and water eventually gets in between the layers and then makes them look even sh1ter.

Cyrus

C_Breeze wrote: »

Move to Germany then and buy yourself a pair of Lederhosen while you're at it

ah someone jealous of all the german plate fun

german plates for the win

Cyrus

got em here by the way

http://www.german-number-plates.com/?gclid=CPOdnYWdu44CFQESEgodLnnRwA

Snarler

Cyrus wrote: »

got em here by the way

http://www.german-number-plates.com/?gclid=CPOdnYWdu44CFQESEgodLnnRwA

Good site but you can only put 8 characters on the plate and mine just about makes 9. Crap.

Cyrus

yeah thats a prob alright

PauloMN

Are the German style allowed here, will they pass the NCT?

I like the German style characters I must say, although I think the characters are a little too big on those plates, and I'd prefer to have the option of a hyphen between the letters and numbers.

quarryman

wahey i have a bavarian motor with a 7 digit reg plate!

How much is delivery? can't seem to find it on the site. Works out at 40 euro before delivery.

Cyrus

PauloMN wrote: »

Are the German style allowed here, will they pass the NCT?

I like the German style characters I must say, although I think the characters are a little too big on those plates, and I'd prefer to have the option of a hyphen between the letters and numbers.

you have the option, but as was said above there is a character limit and a hyphen is a character

Cyrus

quarryman wrote: »

wahey i have a bavarian motor with a 7 digit reg plate!

How much is delivery? can't seem to find it on the site. Works out at 40 euro before delivery.

not sure, if i recall it cost me 60-70 all in with surrounds

drdre

Snarler wrote: »

Where did you find this? I asked in teh mod. motors forum but didnt get a good reply.

Its vagdrivers.net

colm_mcm

PauloMN wrote: »

Exactly.

Plastic plates look sh1te IMO, and water eventually gets in between the layers and then makes them look even sh1ter.

If they get rolled properly, water won't get in.