General Stick-on front number plate?

[gar074]

I need to replace my B's front number-plate for the MOT, as the old one has started to delaminate and there's crud showing through (it was an advisory at the last MOT). The number-plate bracket is so crude that I'm tempted to remove it and attach a stick-on number-plate directly to the bumper. Has anyone done this, and do you reckon it would meet the UK regulations? I know that the rules are less strict for pre-73 classics (hence all those E-Types, Elans, etc, with plates on the bonnet), but I see lots of Mk 1 MX5s with stick-on front plates, so presumably they're not a complete no-no, provided the size and spacing is OK, and they are reflective?

 

[chris3234]

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Number plate design specification
Vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1973 must display
number plates:
•
made of a reflective material
•
with a white background at the front of the vehicle
and a yellow background at the back of the vehicle
•
with black letters and numbers.
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with the standard font



that what the regs say about them so id imangine they be legal as long as there on a flat part of the body work so viewable at distance

 

[Barchetta Bloke 440]

I saw a Barchetta once with a square front plate placed to the left side of the bumper.

Didn't like that look....

 

[gar074]

I saw a Barchetta once with a square front plate placed to the left side of the bumper.

Didn't like that look....

Alfa wannabe?

 

[KC3]

Hiya ,

A great alternative which fits perfectly is to get a plate holder of the porsche 996
It looks so much better.

 

[gar074]

Ooh, that's much neater. Bet they cost an arm and a leg, though...

Edit: just checked, and the price isn't too bad. Did you have to drill fresh holes in the bumper to mount it?

 

[KC3]

Hiya , yes I believe it was under 20 euros and just a couple of holes will not hurt the B. If i remember a little work with a file perfected how it curved and fitted to the bumper.