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Borvad
31st December 2018, 03:10 PM
I have the private reg D11 VDR on the car.......but its the standard length and I'm sure I can get it narrower, while still being legal, in order to 'bunch up' the letters a bit.

Whats the maximum reduction I can do on the mini plate size, without causing unnecessary attention?

£75 a set from FourDOT??!?!?! Bit pricey!!!


thanks

goggs
31st December 2018, 04:17 PM
I have a set of short plates (5 digit) from my TT days which I’ll get round to fitting at some point, there are a few sellers on eBay, as your plate is 6 digit they are slightly longer than the 5 digit option

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F 202154744575


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EcosseGP
31st December 2018, 07:35 PM
As Ali says you need to have

1. A retro-reflective background
2. The makers name or postcode
3. The BSA standard
4. A gap of 11mm from the edge of the plate to the start of the characters
5. A gap of 33mm between each group of the characters
6. A legal font (standard, 3D or high line) - nothing else is legal.
7. The characters should be 79mm high and each have a stroke width of 11mm

If it doesn’t have all of the above then it’s not legal.


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Sad_Panda
1st January 2019, 01:59 AM
Proplates.com

Think I paid 20 for 2. Made to fit my plate (y2 otm). It's 11mm you need round the outside of the letters plus the proper spacing