Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: maddyaddy on September 23, 2007, 07:01:46 PM
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: maddyaddy on September 23, 2007, 07:01:46 PM
All you boys with an aftermarket front bumper, where do you put your reg plates to, mine is currently stuck on the dash board because i dont want to ruin the front of the car with an ugly reg plate.
Where should i stick it!! nice answers please:)
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: John_Hudson on September 23, 2007, 07:05:04 PM
mine is a sticky and plastered on the bumper, got minimum size from our jono good plate and quick turn around :King
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Bulla on September 23, 2007, 08:19:28 PM
I dont bother with one, havent been pulled yet in 2 years with it off but keep it in the back just in case.
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Post by: allstaruk on September 23, 2007, 08:34:06 PM
Same as bulla, haven\'t had one on in years never been pulled yet.
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Lum on September 23, 2007, 09:27:29 PM
Me niether!
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: gsb876 on September 23, 2007, 09:59:49 PM
Quote from: BullaI dont bother with one, havent been pulled yet in 2 years with it off but keep it in the back just in case.
Watch you get pulled tomorrow now for saying that !!! touch wood quickly kid :Nono!
Also mine too is in the front window on the dash but looking to get a sticky plate made up.
On a seperate note, the last Japshow at pod there was a police presence outside stopping cars with no plates on display so just a word of warning which goes for me too obviously :rolleyes:
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Rixio on September 23, 2007, 10:03:43 PM
Windscreen or not have one at the front...been to court over it already and pleaded the engine rebuild, so they said as long as its always visible :)
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: gsb876 on September 23, 2007, 10:13:19 PM
Quote from: RixioWindscreen or not have one at the front...been to court over it already and pleaded the engine rebuild, so they said as long as its always visible :)
So its ok in the windscreen ?
Also while we are here whats the legal stuff over having a black platenumber with silver lettering ? seen a few cars with that type of plate and would look rather awesome on mine but is it legal ???? :Hammer
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: maddyaddy on September 23, 2007, 10:17:45 PM
tbh, do you really need a front plate, if a copper is gonna read ur reg plate hes gonna be behind you anyway. And if your parked up im sure its not too much trouble for them to walk around the back and have a peek. Bikes dont have to have em, whys that? I think i will just leave it in the window then
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Post by: Jin Kazama on September 23, 2007, 10:23:26 PM
Quote from: maddyaddytbh, do you really need a front plate, if a copper is gonna read ur reg plate hes gonna be behind you anyway. And if your parked up im sure its not too much trouble for them to walk around the back and have a peek. Bikes dont have to have em, whys that? I think i will just leave it in the window then
Bikes don\'t have them because there is nowhere on the front a reg plate could feasibly go :)
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Jin Kazama on September 23, 2007, 10:34:06 PM
I used to have a legal sized sticky plate on the front and got the attention of an unmarked car at a roundabout, who felt it neccesary to pull me over and give me a lecture about how difficult it was for them to read my adhesive no plate, because of the angle of the plate ie. not facing front. I got a fixed penalty (£30 fine) for that. Now I don\'t bother with a plate at all. I keep a perspex legal sized one handy to pop in the windscreen if I know there about.
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Post by: gsb876 on September 23, 2007, 10:45:41 PM
TBH i\'ve never had an issue with the police,
I remember talking to a copper a while back and he was saying when a new performance car appears in the area the cops usually have the plate number and a pic of it on their network just so they know about it.
Derby is small enough that most people know each car and who drives them, my last RX had a smaller than legal sticky plate and never got stopped the new rx has the plate on the dash as not fixed on yet as tbh not got round to it ;)
Only time i ever got stopped was in the Escort Cosworth and the copper told me it was because he had not seen the car in the area before so was checking it out to make sure it was legit, reason he had not seen it was because it was always covered up on the drive and i drove it once every 2 weeks or so :Giggle copper was really nice so no issues :Giggle
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Post by: Rixio on September 23, 2007, 11:04:15 PM
As long as its "Visible" at the front of the vehicle its legal ;)
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Post by: Hayward North on September 23, 2007, 11:55:25 PM
Quote from: gsb876So its ok in the windscreen ?
Also while we are here whats the legal stuff over having a black platenumber with silver lettering ? seen a few cars with that type of plate and would look rather awesome on mine but is it legal ???? :Hammer
Front number plate has to be white with black lettering and rear has to be yellow with black lettering there is only aceptions when it comes to older clasic cars where the car was released before numerplae legislation came into play.
Minimum letter size is 64mm as i remember but only for imports.
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Alex T on September 24, 2007, 07:51:56 AM
mine is currently in my windscreen, but once I\'m back on the road, its going tobe attached the the underside of the passenger sun-visor.. Normally just have it folded up and out of site, then once I see police, or something, just flick it down.. VOILA!
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Post by: dboy on September 24, 2007, 11:02:17 AM
must be someone out there that does hydraulic fold down plates front and rear ? I have seen them on a few bikes in my time, bit pricey but I am "sure" they have their uses !!!
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Post by: Bobfish on September 24, 2007, 11:09:29 AM
I dont have a front plate, no issues; and i\'ve been driving behind the plod plenty of times.
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Matt_K on September 24, 2007, 11:30:05 AM
It\'ll probably be down to the local police force.
Not in a FD, but the last time I ran with a front plate in the window, I got stopped. :( He wasn\'t bitchy about it, just told me to put one on. Altho he did leave with the a "we\'ll not be so friendly next time" remark.
We\'ll see how the FD goes.. *touch wood* altho knowing my luck the same thing will happen.
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: Kevin on September 24, 2007, 02:41:32 PM
Over the years i\'ve probably had the front licence plate in about 20 different places on my cars. From not having one, to having one so small that it wasnt worth putting it on.
My favourite place used to be on the back of the passenger sun visor, so when it was down you could quite clearly see it and when it was up you could have some high speed action on motorways.
Anyway i\'ve probably been pulled for every position that it\'s been in aswell, i cant be bothered with the agro anymore so i have a cusco plate holder on my front bumper with legal(ish) sized plate.
The problem with the rx7 is that every bloody bumper hole is needed for something, if you have it offset one side (evo style) your blocking airflow to an oil cooler and if you have it in the middle your blocking airflow to the inter-heater and rad-hotter.....
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Post by: trotter on September 24, 2007, 02:46:31 PM
Mines has been in the windscreen since i got the FD and never been pulled yet. And I have driven past a LOT of plod, (Who, incidentally, have been giving me some FILTHY looks as of late).
Looking forward to getting pulled when they say get it on the front - have a Veilside C2 so there is genuinely no place for it to go! lol
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Post by: Mims on September 24, 2007, 04:23:11 PM
Quote from: gsb876Also while we are here whats the legal stuff over having a black platenumber with silver lettering ? seen a few cars with that type of plate and would look rather awesome on mine but is it legal ???? :Hammer
You are allowed these plates as long as its a dateless plate, pre 1940\'s or somthing like that, glad I\'ve got one :King
Title: Where do you put yours??
Post by: FD3SNuttah on September 24, 2007, 04:52:49 PM
i been pulled over loads of times for having no front plate, but now i have one on the front of the car and i have the bracket set so that the plate is facing the floor and therefore not restricting the air flow or spoiling the front of my car., so everytime i get pulled now its "bolts must have gone loose!" lol
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Post by: goldk28611 on September 26, 2007, 01:31:38 PM
My mate has one of these on his Supra - I\'m getting this done on mine also whilst its in the body shop....
£170 - Modded from Toyota MR2 pop-up lights...
Title: MRC mod
Post by: Eddie on September 26, 2007, 02:09:31 PM
this is like that http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14312&highlight=number+plate+spring, must be a lot cheaper and it shows you how to do it, it wokrs off wind resistance, over a certain speed then it folds go slower then it un folds.
Nice to have it at the flick of a swaitch though, I can just the the officer, I pulled you for not having a plate on the front, please check again officer it was on when I left home:)