kev
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I'm thinking about changing my number plates on the Corsa From the legal pressed and Opel surrounds for some shortened plates? What size plates look good on gsi front bumpers? With out looking to small?
Any pics be great! On gsi front bumper if poss 
Or any other size plates or styles what you's got??
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shaunmods
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3/4 plate on mine Kev
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DansCorsaSXi
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Sean B's old black GSi had a small plate,same as Shaun's I think.
Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread
Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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djgritt
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Trimmed the sides off my old ones - otherwise they were standard size;
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BeetleGav
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ive got a 370mm pressed plate on the front of mine, its also in bike font
I also have 16x4.50 plastic ones. dont like these asmuch but they are legal.
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silvercorsabee
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may osund daft but do you have to notify DVLA if you get a smaller plate?
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by silvercorsabee
may osund daft but do you have to notify DVLA if you get a smaller plate?
There is no legal plate width. Height yes as it's determined by the character height. If you had a plate ' F1' you could legally shorten it right down as long as the spacing was ok and height of letters etc..
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Liam-Wilko
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you have me on facebook kev mate look at my red corsa in my pics that was small but looked mint
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John
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It can't fail the MOT on being too short if you have the correct spacing at the edge.
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LeeM
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standard size, any smaller looks crap in a standard sized gap on the bumper.
ive got standard size and 3/4 font, came with the car and really grew on me so i kept them.
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Liam-Wilko
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
quote:
Originally posted by silvercorsabee
may osund daft but do you have to notify DVLA if you get a smaller plate?
There is no legal plate width. Height yes as it's determined by the character height. If you had a plate ' F1' you could legally shorten it right down as long as the spacing was ok and height of letters etc..
may not be illegal to have it really short but can fail its MOT my old K reg civic faild on reg plaits being to small
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Liam-Wilko
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It can't fail the MOT on being too short if you have the correct spacing at the edge.
well my old K reg civic failed on reg being to small and i got the car with them plaits on they were cut down by the prev owner and still displayed the company name on them as well but apparently they were 2 small had to get 2 new plates made up
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John
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What do you mean by too small?
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Liam-Wilko
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quote:
Originally posted by John
What do you mean by too small?
according to the MOT tester the actual plate was to small as in the size of the plate.
it was a normal plate when put on the car but the lad who had the car before me had cut the plate down
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John
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As long as you've got the correct widths around it it can't be too small, I'm guessing it was something else and not what Allan is talking about.
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LeeM
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was probably cut right up to the edges of the letters john
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Liam-Wilko
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by the sound of things i may have been ripped off the reg plate was cut down maily because it looked stupid with it being K1 GBR or something so had loads of exsses around it lol
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AndyCorsaSport
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My old one:
Although not on a GSi bumper.
Was stopped 3 times and told to change it, but seen as they never gave me paperwork to prove id changed it, I left it on, along with the tints:
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_Allan_
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True 3/4 plates are reduced in height also. However a standard letter height plate can be cut short to just before and after the reg character as long as there is a valid space to the edge. (11m gap I believe)
So 'F1' could be cut to | F1 | legally as opposed to standard | F1 | etc...
[Edited on 15-05-2012 by _Allan_]
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