Number plate

fanadman1

just thought id ask how many of u have the 100% standered nct number plate on your car
im seeing a big pic up in fancy plate so thought id put up this
and any of u ever got hassel over the number plate



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Anan1

I don't understand your post.

fanadman1

well the jist of the post is that im wondering how many people have the standered nct plate on there car and how many do not .
then im wondering if guards gave them much bother just to try and find out what plate the guards have the biggest problem with

Alanstrainor

We're talking number plates here right? 01D123?

fanadman1

Alanstrainor wrote: »

We're talking number plates here right? 01D123?

yes we are

mackeire

Whats an nct plate?

sean1141

Im guessing you mean who has ''fancy'' plates and who has standard ones??

fanadman1

sean1141 wrote: »

Im guessing you mean who has ''fancy'' plates and who has standard ones??

exactly

Anan1

fanadman1 wrote: »

exactly

Having non-standard plates is a bit like having a sign on your car saying 'Please, Garda, pull me, i'm a dope'. If you're not doing anything else wrong you'll probably get away with a bit of verbal from the guards and having to change them at NCT time.

mickdw

Fancy plates will fail the test so you will have to swap them for the test each time. In relation to the gardai, Im sure it depends on the garda and how far out of standard the plates are as to whether you will get hassle.
I have legal plates on my car.

Ninap

From what I read in the NCT manual, there is some latitude regarding plates. The dimensions are clearly set out, but the precise typescript to be used isn't specified (the one shown is presumably for illustrative purposes) So one could use bold letters, for example, or in theory any legible typescript, provided it's black on a white reflective background?

dr.fuzzenstein

Been thinking of switching to pressed metal plates, I prefer them to the cruddy, smeggy plastic items usually found in Ireland, but want to keep the usual font found on them, i.e. I don't want to go for the "German" font (or, god help me, the fake German stickers on the plate).
Anyone got them, anyone have any experience with them?
At the moment I have standard plastic plates (and they are cruddy and smeggy)

veetwin

fanadman1 wrote: »

just thought id ask how many of u have the 100% standered nct number plate on your car
im seeing a big pic up in fancy plate so thought id put up this
and any of u ever got hassel over the number plate

No dude go for it. They are seriously cool:cool:

As well as that it will give the cops a good reason to pull you over and hassle you.

During this time they won't be hassling some poor sod for going 7kmph over the limit.

sean1141

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Been thinking of switching to pressed metal plates, I prefer them to the cruddy, smeggy plastic items usually found in Ireland, but want to keep the usual font found on them, i.e. I don't want to go for the "German" font (or, god help me, the fake German stickers on the plate).
Anyone got them, anyone have any experience with them?
At the moment I have standard plastic plates (and they are cruddy and smeggy)

you can get standard font pressed metal plates from eireplates. way nicer that the plastic crap. will be getting a set for my own car soon

L1011

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Been thinking of switching to pressed metal plates, I prefer them to the cruddy, smeggy plastic items usually found in Ireland, but want to keep the usual font found on them, i.e. I don't want to go for the "German" font (or, god help me, the fake German stickers on the plate).
Anyone got them, anyone have any experience with them?
At the moment I have standard plastic plates (and they are cruddy and smeggy)

Windsor Motors (used to, at least) provide bog-standard font pressed metal plates on their cars. Mother's car from their very short lived Fiat dealer has them. Worth phoning one of their parts departments.

Otherwise, Eireplates does pressed metal (and I notice they now have modified FE-Schrift that has an un-cut 0, which is entirely within the NCT spec I think)

Jammy Donut

Depends on the car you drive..... If you have a traveller Spec VAG or Boyracer Civic etc... You will get done.

I know of a E-Class Merc local with 100% illegal plates, Basic white plate with Black Bold font shadowed by chrome..... No EU logos or anything just the numbers. Been true numerous checkpoints and not a word said. They do get changed for the NCT though.

meoklmrk91

I had fancy plates on my old car, I didn't notice it though until the day my father took it for an NCT and left them in back seat for me, the normals were underneath the fancy ones so all he had to was take um off then put um back on. Current car has legal plates though, I think it's desperate looking on some of the bangers you see on the road.