Square Plate

[rickster]

should i put a square plate on the front with my TTE splitter, im in two minds about it! anybody here done it?

[Yaris SR Kid]

Woody has, i was going to but my private plate doesnt look good spaced like a square plate would!

[DaveSR]

I would say have a look at the pics of woodys car ....... however being wonky it's not going to give a good impression :P ;)

[rickster]

i like it, just a case of getting it the right size now! and when i get my private plate ill go back to normal as it wont lookk good spaced, but that wont be for a while as its gay to get them over here in NI

[Yaris SR Kid]

LOL he still not straightened that up?!

[Woody27]

Shurrup you! :P Will be straightened soon! :P And yeah it looks good as looks more jap and wicked hanging over the lower grill as makes it look deeper :D

[Red Yaris 54]

Shurrup you! :P Will be straightened soon! :P And yeah it looks good as looks more jap and wicked hanging over the lower grill as makes it look deeper :D

You are right Woody....................yours is good and makes it look deeper

ON ONE SIDE............... ;)...............Straighten it up :shutit:

[forde]

get a square plate, but a bit smaller than the one in woodys avatar, ill throw up a pic of mine so you can see if i get a chance

[rickster]

yeh that would be good thanks, any hassle from the police?

[Al J]

yeh that would be good thanks, any hassle from the police?

Well, they look great IMO but they are illegal so it's in the lap of the gods.

[Yaris_Tsport]

i have a 12x6 plate on the front of mine. no problems so far

[Woody27]

Square aint illegal if it's the right size for a car i thought? As you get them on all the imports? Illegal if you go smaller hence i stayed legal!

[RossP]

Yeh i understand they're only legal on imports

[Woody27]

Wow never realised that it was illegal! Does that mean it would fail an MOT with the square plate on?

[Al J]

Well, I didn't mean to scare you, Woody mate but I'm pretty sure that the front plate has to be the standard rectangular shape and size. Funnily enough, since the DVLA revamped their site, I can't find the info on the size of plates. May just be me and my Googling skills going off (they said that'd happen as I got older! ) but I can't find the info which used to include the size of the small motorcycle rear plates and everything.

I did find this on Wiki clicky

Perhaps someone else can point us to the official info?

Imports can have a square front plate but I think you take your chances otherwise.

Of course, you could ask the police but don't take the car!

[Woody27]

Meh may just carry my rectangle one in back just incase as hardly any hassle as can sit below the boot liner Cheers for the headsup anyway! Tbh i doubt the police round here know any better as loadsa imports aroud and they may even think mine imported on face value? Also i driven past LOADS of police and not been stopped yet (touch wood) so seems all well!

[Yaris SR Kid]

I have driven for a year with illegal plates and not even a mention and i have been followed fair few times to!

[Moffmo]

Never had trouble with my sqaure plate and that had a border too iirc

[forde]

Square plates arent illegal as long as font, spacing, size of letters etc are ok.

Anyway, if you look on your bumper you'll see that the sticky-out number plate mounting place is slightly less than the width of a legal square plate, so you could say its the right plate for your motor.

Mine's a wee touch smaller than legal, but it is spaced right and in a normal lookin font (metro) so its still easy to read never had any bother from the fuzz

[seveer unaek]

Get an Evo-size plate. Mine's an Evo VII size with red border and TTE logo. Looks the dog's danglies. Much better than plain square one. Think Kimi's got one too, so have a goose at her's for a pic!

[Woody27]

I quite like mine plain tbh as didn't want one too busy hence no border etc but each to their own :) Looks good on your motor