Registration Plates

LukeH

HI all,

Purchased a set of German style reg plates and need to get them on. Currently tthere's standard plastic plates stuck onto the bumpers. Is there an alternative to drilling the plates and the bumper, and also any suggestions for drilling it? Also the plates are aluminium so would they be to heavy for being stuck even if that's possible?
Cheers.

dgt

Some numberplate surrounds bolt onto the bumper and a clip on the bottom holds the plate in situ. Best source out one of these

JoeA3

Yes, you can use double sided adhesive strips. I did this only last week with standard pressed metal plates. I got a roll of number plate / trim adhesive strip in Halfords for about 7 or 8 quid. It's a green coloured roll.
Works a treat, the plates will not budge! Only disadvantage being you'll struggle to get them off again without wrecking the plate.... And with German plates, you may be forced to swap them off...

delthedriver

LukeH wrote: »

HI all,

Purchased a set of German style reg plates and need to get them on. Currently tthere's standard plastic plates stuck onto the bumpers. Is there an alternative to drilling the plates and the bumper, and also any suggestions for drilling it? Also the plates are aluminium so would they be to heavy for being stuck even if that's possible?
Cheers.

Hi there,

Why did you buy German style reg plates?

Are they legal?

Will they make the car go faster? What?

Am I missing out on something?

discodaveirl

delthedriver wrote: »

Hi there,

Why did you buy German style reg plates?

Are they legal?

Will they make the car go faster? What?

Am I missing out on something?

There legal once the have the complete 0 and not the German type... They look nice on some cars, each to there own..

delthedriver

discodaveirl wrote: »

There legal once the have the complete 0 and not the German type... They look nice on some cars, each to there own..

Sure, each to their own.......

Look a bit stupid imho!

As for the legality of the plates, I guess there is something in the Road Traffic Act regarding the style, size of numerals and letters.

Will they pass NCT?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

JoeA3 wrote: »

Yes, you can use double sided adhesive strips. I did this only last week with standard pressed metal plates. I got a roll of number plate / trim adhesive strip in Halfords for about 7 or 8 quid. It's a green coloured roll.
Works a treat, the plates will not budge! Only disadvantage being you'll struggle to get them off again without wrecking the plate.... And with German plates, you may be forced to swap them off...

+1

I used this stuff too recently, good job, would recommend.

Del2005

discodaveirl wrote: »

There legal once the have the complete 0 and not the German type... They look nice on some cars, each to there own..

I've seen loads with D instead of IRL, plates need IRL to be legal.

00833827

Think the OP just whats a bit of info/advise on fitting the plates - not folks opinion of the german style plates or their legality on the public highway -

Cleveland Hot Pocket

delthedriver wrote: »

Sure, each to their own.......

Look a bit stupid imho!

As for the legality of the plates, I guess there is something in the Road Traffic Act regarding the style, size of numerals and letters.

Will they pass NCT?

once they have the IRL, correct dashes and spacing, and the county name, then they will pass the NCT.

I passed the nct on my old golf with legal german font plates.

Red Kev

JoeA3 wrote: »

Yes, you can use double sided adhesive strips. I did this only last week with standard pressed metal plates. I got a roll of number plate / trim adhesive strip in Halfords for about 7 or 8 quid. It's a green coloured roll.
Works a treat, the plates will not budge! Only disadvantage being you'll struggle to get them off again without wrecking the plate.... And with German plates, you may be forced to swap them off...

Handy way to get this off is to get piece of nylon wire/thread or similar (such as thin fishing line, dental floss, thin piano wire, thin guitar string etc.).

Cut off about 1m of this, wrap both ends around your hands a few times (use gloves if you can) and then use the wire/thread as a "saw" behind the plate to cut through the tape. If you pull on it a bit you can keep the thread off the bumper, also getting a mate to pull the plate very very gently at the same time helps. You should be able to get the plate off without damaging the bumper or bending the plate.

You'll be left with some sticky tape residue on the bumper but it's easy to remove with some cleaning materials.

Henry Ford III

If you are using double sided tape make sure the surfaces are really clean first.

Wash and degrease them thoroughly.

MuppetCheck

I have the 5th item down on this page, they are costly for what they do but work very well.

http://eireplates.com/accessoryproducts.asp

delthedriver

00833827 wrote: »

Think the OP just whats a bit of info/advise on fitting the plates - not folks opinion of the german style plates or their legality on the public highway -

Fair comment, however it would be an awful waste of time, effort and expense if the plates do not meet the conditions set out in the Road Traffic Act.:)

MuppetCheck

delthedriver wrote: »

Fair comment, however it would be an awful waste of time, effort and expense if the plates do not meet the conditions set out in the Road Traffic Act.:)

His car, his license, his risk.

delthedriver

MuppetCheck wrote: »

His car, his license, his risk.

Absolutely!:)

djimi

delthedriver wrote: »

Fair comment, however it would be an awful waste of time, effort and expense if the plates do not meet the conditions set out in the Road Traffic Act.:)

Being brutally honest, its only the NCT that are going to have an issue with it, and even then they might not (I passed several NCTs with plates that subsequently turned out to be illegal). From what I can tell, provided the font on the plates is legible and not outrageous, and you havent given the Gardai an excuse to look for issues with your car, then I dont think having German plates is going to be much of an issue in day to day driving.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

djimi wrote: »

Being brutally honest, its only the NCT that are going to have an issue with it, and even then they might not (I passed several NCTs with plates that subsequently turned out to be illegal). From what I can tell, provided the font on the plates is legible and not outrageous, and you havent given the Gardai an excuse to look for issues with your car, then I dont think having German plates is going to be much of an issue in day to day driving.

Even with "illegal" ones it certainly has not proven an issue for me.

LukeH

MuppetCheck wrote: »

I have the 5th item down on this page, they are costly for what they do but work very well.

http://eireplates.com/accessoryproducts.asp

What exactly do they do, or how they work? I tried 6mm sticky pads from Halfords and to be honest they were ****e. The fact there was a slight curve in the bumper meant the plates stuck on just wouldn't work. Turns out there's two existing holes in the bumper that were covered by the old sticky pads. Anyone suggest a way to measure up to have the plates matching. My best guest would be to draw the plate onto the bumper and measure up the holes then onto the plates them selves.