Unusual licence plate request

PrettyBoy

Wondering if anyone can advise me on this particular request.

I want to get new pressed metal plates made up, but where there is normally a dash ( - ) between the county and the numbers, I want something like the below picture - more like a bullet point symbol ( • ) ? No idea what the correct term for it is.





I haven't seen the option for this on the Eire Plates website. Does anyone know a place in Dublin that can do this?

J.R.

PrettyBoy wrote: »

I haven't seen the option for this on the Eire Plates website.

There are samples here of what you require

http://www.eireplates.com/samples.asp

PrettyBoy

J.R. wrote: »

There are samples here of what you require

http://www.eireplates.com/samples.asp

Thanks, missed those pictures but couldn't find any possible way to do it on their configurator so sent them an email, hopefully they'll get back to me.

JoeA3

Eire plates are very good in my experience. Send him the photos and the same description you posted above and he’ll do it for you no bother.

Wouldn’t recommend spacing like on the 911 though, that’s asking for trouble!

colm_mcm

Dunno if it bothers you, but that won’t meet the legal requirements

( d ) the index mark shall be separated from adjoining figures on each side of the index mark by a hyhen with a stroke width of 10 millimetres which shall extend horizontally for a distance of 22 millimetres; the distances between each hyphen and the nearest part of any adjoining letter or figure shall be uniform and shall not be less than 10 millimetres

PrettyBoy

colm_mcm wrote: »

Dunno if it bothers you, but that won’t meet the legal requirements

It doesn't Eire plates got back to me very quickly tonight and confirmed they could do it so I ordered a set

Wishbone Ash

PrettyBoy wrote: »

It doesn't Eire plates got back to me very quickly tonight and confirmed they could do it so I ordered a set

They won't pass an NCT (or a vigilant Garda).

endacl

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

They won't pass an NCT (or a vigilant Garda).

Hang on to the old plates for the NCT? They’d be non-standard plates re the guard, but not ‘stupid’ non-standard plates. And you’d want to meet a stickler of a guard having a very bad day, I’d imagine.

PrettyBoy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

They won't pass an NCT (or a vigilant Garda).

Not concerned about the guards opinion on them to be honest and I'll keep the standard plates to use for NCT dates.

MrMusician18

Never understood why anyone would want to fit non standard plates to their car.

Lol...... "not concerned" with his opinion.....

Make sure you say that to him when asked.

PrettyBoy

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Never understood why anyone would want to fit non standard plates to their car.

I simply prefer the look of the plates on the Range Rover pictured! I thought the minimal changes (no pointless Irish county name and the use of small hyphens instead of big ones) made it look much neater and easier on the eye. The changes are so minor that 99% of people wouldn't notice the difference compared to standard plates unless you pointed it out to them. I'm well aware that most people couldn't care less about reg plates - or keeping their car in any sort of decent condition for that matter - but I'm a fussy git when it comes to how my car looks and this is just something I feel improves it's appearance

JoeA3

The chances of this giving you grief with the Guards is nil.

There is no set-in-stone standard with Irish reg plates - well, technically there is, but it's only very vaguely adhered to. Look at the reg plates fitted by main dealers to brand new 191's in the last few weeks. Different dealers across the country use slightly different font sets, different spacing, different material (perspex versus pressed), etc, etc... and that's before we get to them even fitting the plates straight, covering digits/hyphens with badly positioned screws, attaching dealer advertising tat onto the bottom of them, etc!

khaldrogo

How much time do you spend looking at your car and or number plates?

PrettyBoy wrote:

I simply prefer the look of the plates on the Range Rover pictured! I thought the minimal changes (no pointless Irish county name and the use of small hyphens instead of big ones) made it look much neater and easier on the eye. The changes are so minor that 99% of people wouldn't notice the difference compared to standard plates unless you pointed it out to them. I'm well aware that most people couldn't care less about reg plates - or keeping their car in any sort of decent condition for that matter - but I'm a fussy git when it comes to how my car looks and this is just something I feel improves it's appearance

Tacitus Kilgore

khaldrogo wrote: »

How much time do you spend looking at your car and or number plates?

Do you not turn around and have a long look at your car every time you walk away from it?

If not, you've got the wrong car.

Kenny Logins

khaldrogo wrote: »

How much time do you spend looking at your car and or number plates?

I only fitted alloys to the driver's side. I never use the passenger side so rarely see the aul steelies.

check_six

I saw a yellow Northern Ireland style plate recently. However, on closer inspection it had a Cavan reg on it in a skinny font. Very odd. Would there be a lot of yellow plates in Cavan that they are looking to blend in with?

For Forks Sake

check_six wrote: »

I saw a yellow Northern Ireland style plate recently. However, on closer inspection it had a Cavan reg on it in a skinny font. Very odd. Would there be a lot of yellow plates in Cavan that they are looking to blend in with?

Yeah you see plenty of that sort of thing up in Donegal/Cavan/Monaghan.

CiniO

Number plate is a functional thing and its purpose is definitely not decorative.
Only purpose of number plates is for easy vehicle identification.

Generally adding any unnecessary things, symbols, etc on number plates defeats that purpose.

UK have the best way imo. Number plates area is utilized 100% with up to 7 large easy to read characters. That's all that should be on the plate.

Different EU countries have it better or worse.

Ireland is probably one of the worst in the EU. Small letters and numbers. Unnecessary Irish country names on the top which take up space and cause letters and numbers to be smaller.
And the worst is obviously insane amount of characters on the plates (10 currently max with possibility of being 11 in some cases). What's the point in having so many in such a small country, where UK with over 60 million people living there can do with 7 characters on number plate?

Much easier to tell year of car based on our system.

CiniO

Deleted User wrote: »

Much easier to tell year of car based on our system.

Comparing to UK - just easier. Comparing to most other countries - indeed much easier as majority countries don't include year of the car in registration number.

But what's the point of this information anyway...

Tacitus Kilgore

CiniO wrote: »

Comparing to UK - just easier. Comparing to most other countries - indeed much easier as majority countries don't include year of the car in registration number.

But what's the point of this information anyway...

So the neighbors know you bought a new car

CiniO

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

So the neighbors know you bought a new car

Hahah.
In countries where year of first registration is not engraved into number plate, neighbours know anyway

Gravelly

endacl wrote: »

Hang on to the old plates for the NCT? They’d be non-standard plates re the guard, but not ‘stupid’ non-standard plates. And you’d want to meet a stickler of a guard having a very bad day, I’d imagine.

I haven't had "strictly legit" plates on any car I've owned for years (I usually get the make & model on the plates, and get rid of the dashes.). As long as you don't go too mad, and have standard ones for the NCT there doesn't appear to be an issue. I've been stopped at countless checkpoints in that time and no Garda ever mentioned it. Might be different if you were driving around with no tax, bald tyres etc.

morritty

CiniO wrote: »

But what's the point of this information anyway...

So it looks like you have a bigger d1ck than everyone else. "Look at that pleb in his 182 pffft what a sad miserable life they have"

rex-x

JoeA3 wrote: »

The chances of this giving you grief with the Guards is nil.

There is no set-in-stone standard with Irish reg plates - well, technically there is, but it's only very vaguely adhered to. Look at the reg plates fitted by main dealers to brand new 191's in the last few weeks. Different dealers across the country use slightly different font sets, different spacing, different material (perspex versus pressed), etc, etc... and that's before we get to them even fitting the plates straight, covering digits/hyphens with badly positioned screws, attaching dealer advertising tat onto the bottom of them, etc!

I got brought to court for it a few years ago so I wouldn't say nil....bought a car with slightly different plates on, was 50 fine on the day, still have the papers somewhere. There was no fixed penalty it was direct to court

Gravelly

rex-x wrote: »

I got brought to court for it a few years ago so I wouldn't say nil....bought a car with slightly different plates on, was 50 fine on the day, still have the papers somewhere. There was no fixed penalty it was direct to court

Was it only the plates you were caught for, or was there something else (no tax, speeding etc.) that you got caught for?

rex-x

Gravelly wrote: »

Was it only the plates you were caught for, or was there something else (no tax, speeding etc.) that you got caught for?

Just plates, I'll see can I did out the papers

Gravelly

rex-x wrote: »

Just plates, I'll see can I did out the papers

Must have met a grumpy one!

rex-x

Gravelly wrote: »

Must have met a grumpy one!

It wasn't even a checkpoint, they actively chased and stopped, and they weren't even bad, had Irish count name etc just was a slightly different font and font size

JoeA3

You definitely got a grumpy one or they had the hump with you about something else.

As I said in my post earlier, there isn't even consistency on how they're done among the main dealers!

rex-x

JoeA3 wrote: »

You definitely got a grumpy one or they had the hump with you about something else.

As I said in my post earlier, there isn't even consistency on how they're done among the main dealers!

I had never had any dealings with him before but maybe he was just grumpy, point is its not impossible to get hassle about the number plates.

They gave me a sheet with the standards on it, they don't need to all be the same or consistent but their is a specification as to whats acceptable. Boils down to Eu flag, Irish county and specific layout of the digits with specific heights and thickness of the lettering and there was a couple of overall plate sizes acceptable iirc

Lord Nikon

People complain about the German font plates, but I don't see why as they are perfectly legible. Once what's on the plate is readable, then there should be no problem. I've been driving for years, had German font plates on most of my cars, never had a problem with NCT or at checkpoints.

josip

If size/font/spacing were enforced, there wouldn't be a car on the road in Donegal.

colm_mcm

Lord Nikon wrote: »

People complain about the German font plates, but I don't see why as they are perfectly legible. Once what's on the plate is readable, then there should be no problem. I've been driving for years, had German font plates on most of my cars, never had a problem with NCT or at checkpoints.

German font is legal here as far as I know as it meets the size requirements, it’s the lack of county name at the top or hyphens along with the addition of fake registration seals and test stickers that’ll get you in bother.