James Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm sick of the police giving me hassle for having an import plate on the rear of my car (13"x6.5"). I changed it to a UK square plate at 11"x8" as that was all that Halfords had at hand when I went. It is too narrow so exposes the cut out on the J-Spec rear bumper. Not to worry I thought, can just get a 13"x8" made... The problem here (and with the 11x8) is that the 8" is too tall and you have to squeeze it into the recess to make it 'fit'. This scratches the paint on the recess. It therefore DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY. The police up here (Aberdeen) don't want to hear about why I'm therefore fully within my rights to use a standard Japanese import plate. The reason being is that they state their measurements to the minimum values (border dimensions, letter dimensions and divisions etc.) which DOES comply with the recess size. HOWEVER, to include the details of the plate provider at the bottom, the plate has to increase in height and - to date - I haven't found a company that will issue a completely legal plate which meets the constraints of the recess AND complies with all of the minimum sizing requirements of a UK square plate. The police are so arsey about it here that the officers I spoke to stated that if I have issues with the square rear that I should then just use an oblong plate at the rear. Understandably I don't want to do this as the cut out on the J-Spec bumper is big and rectangular so will be greatly exposed. My argument I wished to present was that the numberplate surrounds were a factory option and having a UK oblong plate wide enough would foul the space that these FACTORY OPTIONS would fit to. Due to all this rubbish, I'm on the hunt for a UK spec rear bumper so that I avoid the hole at the rear. This will also get rid of the foglight on the bumper and I can just re-wire the foglight into my rear clusters. Alternatively, a J-Spec that has had the hole filled would do I guess! Anyone have anything? Preferably white 040! For reference, I will use a UK oblong plate cut down to meet the minimum width (as my plate is only 5 characters) whilst maintaining the standard UK oblong height. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Unlucky matey, my J-spec rear just passed two MOT's even though they failed the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Why not just measure the size of the plate needed to fit in the gap, that's what i did it cost me about £18 to have a large number plate made that fitted perfectly there's a place near me that makes a number plate any size you want, http://www.tipper-signs.co.uk give them a ring a lot easier than swapping bumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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