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AndyCorsaSport
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19th Sep 13 at 13:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What's the crack, am I likely to get pulled.

Standard plates are 20.5in x 4.5in

Mine are 13in x 4in

It's standard legal letters legally spaced. But just cut down the excess plate that's unused. There's about 10/15mm from the edge of the letters to edge of the plate.
corsajay88
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19th Sep 13 at 13:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine have been cut down on my c and never had any problems
DaveyLC
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19th Sep 13 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The rules only stipulate character size and that there needs to be the thickness of a '1' character between each character, between the edge of each character and the border and the width of two '1' characters between each group of characters.

Damn that sounds complicated

I'm pretty sure it was Jamiroquai a few years back who got so sick of being pulled for his private plates he had one made up that literally just had the yellow as a thin border around the characters so it was EXACTLY to spec
AndyCorsaSport
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19th Sep 13 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So what's my chances then?
kennySRi
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19th Sep 13 at 14:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks like the sizing is legal. I've done the same with mine and have had them on for years. You should have the code and whatever shown but you'll be very unlucky to get pulled for that.
Kyle T
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19th Sep 13 at 14:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If lettering is legal you just need an 11mm border all around.

I've got the same on my front.

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AndyCorsaSport
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19th Sep 13 at 14:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah lettering is legal. I'll have to measure border!
Stuart H
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19th Sep 13 at 14:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've never had any hassle.

big eck
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19th Sep 13 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine are 100% legal and can be bought from halfords.
AndyCorsaSport
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19th Sep 13 at 15:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers Stuart. Looks great too!!

Any pics Eck?
p
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19th Sep 13 at 15:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hate plates smaller than what they're supposed to be, dunno why
Welsh Dan
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19th Sep 13 at 15:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No issue at all with size. As long as lettering and spacing is legal, they're ok. I have cut down plates on mine, no issues.
big eck
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19th Sep 13 at 16:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Cheers Stuart. Looks great too!!

Any pics Eck?


I thought I posted one lol
AndyCorsaSport
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19th Sep 13 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look about same as mine so should be fine eh
karisma_corsa
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19th Sep 13 at 16:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep 11mm border around the outside, 11mm between each letter and 33mm gap between the groups of letters.
Corsa_Sport21
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19th Sep 13 at 16:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hate number plates where they are cut all the way around the digits so there's no border. Looks hideous.

 
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