Hi looking do get some updated design registration plate, 

What do you think look best? and are they legal?

Standard?

3D?

Gel?

Hi Line?

Pressed metal?

 

Whats the best way to fit them?

 

Cheers

Neil

I got two sets, legal and show. the legal set is done in a carbon effect letters and looks quite smart. Its too wet to take any pics tonight, ill try to upload them tomorrow. I keep them in the back incase the rozzers stop me.

Latest reg standard letters every time.

I always liked GB flag with 3D letters 

Pressed metal for me, attached with these: http://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/adhesives/velcro-giant-black-coins-45mm-x-6 for easy removal 

 

Edited 20 November, 20178 yr by Pittsy

Anything with standard font, spacing, sizing. Postcode + BS AU markings complete the look. Fully legal and doesn't make you stand out for the wrong reasons 

My favourite is absolutely straight and central - not nearly as common as it should be.

 

 

Standard. No stupid fonts. No daft logos (excluding country flags), no ridiculous spacings to make the plate look like something it isn’t. Anything else for me belongs in a McDonalds car park late at night. Trays under the rear wheels optional. 

Edited 20 November, 20178 yr by SC03OTT

39 minutes ago, Pittsy said:

Pressed metal for me, attached with these: http://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/adhesives/velcro-giant-black-coins-45mm-x-6 for easy removal 

 

Hi i like these, are they road legal? where did you get them made?

cheers

9 minutes ago, SC03OTT said:

Standard. No stupid fonts. No daft logos (excluding country flags), no ridiculous spacings to make the plate look like something it isn’t. Anything else for me belongs in a McDonalds car park late at night. Trays under the rear wheels optional. 

Agreed - No point in drawing unnecessary attention to yourself, very unlikely to be to your advantage.

 

Would also say keep them period correct. Plates of a newer or older style than the car they are on never look great, regardless of any legalities.

I've just got a set of aluminium 3d gel with black border no dealers advertising no GB or country flag.

1 hour ago, ahenners said:

Anything with standard font, spacing, sizing. Postcode + BS AU markings complete the look. Fully legal and doesn't make you stand out for the wrong reasons 

 

33 minutes ago, SC03OTT said:

Standard. No stupid fonts. No daft logos (excluding country flags), no ridiculous spacings to make the plate look like something it isn’t. Anything else for me belongs in a McDonalds car park late at night. Trays under the rear wheels optional. 

 

That will be mine then  

 

 

 

Edited 20 November, 20178 yr by Auric Goldfinger

2 hours ago, negaultra7 said:

Pressed metal?

This obviously. The only thing legal, at least where I am.

I prefer bog standard plain plates that do not stand out, or make my car memorable in any way.

All this talk about bog standard, no spaces, plain.... etc? for a moment i thought id stumbled on the Volvo forum... 

 

 

 

Im usually going too hard for anyone to see the plates anyway....

 

 

 

Edited 21 November, 20178 yr by JohnnyType2

I've recently put raised gel plates on mine, the rear being slightly shorter than standard... I think they look better than bog standard and are 100% legal so no issues there

 

nice they almost look like chunky pressed plate. v old skool

6 hours ago, JohnnyType2 said:

All this talk about bog standard, no spaces, plain.... etc? for a moment i thought id stumbled on the Volvo forum... 

 

 

 

Im usually going too hard for anyone to see the plates anyway....

 

 

 

I'm coming from a volvo v40 and most the people on the Volvo v40 club site are far from the typical volvo owner of old, most drive way faster than they should. It seems volvo created something odd with the V40 mines driven like I stole it most of the time. The amount of illegal reg plates on them is unbelievable. 

1 hour ago, jcsphoto69 said:

I'm coming from a volvo v40 and most the people on the Volvo v40 club site are far from the typical volvo owner of old, most drive way faster than they should. 

 

unfortunately Briskoda has its fair share of 'victor meldrews' who think anyone with a private plate is a boy racer... we need a separate vRS forum where we can block the fun police.

Pseudo 3D plates...

 

Some folk being a bit oversensitive, perhaps a slightly raw nerve being touched.

 

My thoughts are each to his or her own, if folk derive enjoyment from their memorable/flashy/novelty/different numberplate - great, but it's not for everyone. It is great that we are not all the same.

 

Each to their own, but the ones that came with the car.  I saved a fortune on personalisation too

 

Yours sincerely Mr DHY239Y

Pressed metal plates for me, got them on both cars 

I never got the GB obsession with having the latest and greatest numberplate to impress the neighbours.

 

NI plates I think are best, as unlike GB and IRL they don't have an associated age, so no-one really knows what age your car is.

 

(Though truth be told mine is still on a Scottish '63' plate (second half of 2013? Registered December) I haven't gotten round to re-registering on NI plates yet)

I have short, pressed metal plates.  Fully road legal.

I just fancied a change.  SWMBO insists on moving our private plate from one car to the next simply because it saves her remembering a new registration.  The chosen reg means nothing to anyone but us.  I never wanted a chavvy plate, just something different.

I've posted elsewhere that I think that the Octy suits a short plate, in my opinion it make the front look wider and increases the aggressive look afforded by the split headlamps on the Mk3 FL.