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Number plate smashed by other driver

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  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
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    ... You'd be surprised what a simple push to a bumper can do! Bumpers are lovely and bendy and pop right back out to where they were!

    Too right! At least the shells are. Sadly the same can't usually be said for the energy absorbing foam behind them. A new bumper alone could be expensive, even without any structural damage.

    OP - even if you can't see any obvious damage, and assuming you are not a bodywork expert yourself, I'd pop the car along to a body shop to get their expert opinion.
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  • LandyAndy
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    You don't need to drill holes in the plate to mount it. Just ask for adhesive mounting pads and stick it on.

    I'm willing to bet that Halford's opening hours are longer than your daughter's working hours so no excuse for the sake of a few quid.
  • LandyAndy
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    Premier wrote: »
    Too right! At least the shells are. Sadly the same can't usually be said for the energy absorbing foam behind them. A new bumper alone could be expensive, even without any structural damage.

    OP - even if you can't see any obvious damage, and assuming you are not a bodywork expert yourself, I'd pop the car along to a body shop to get their expert opinion.

    I wouldn't. It's going to be scrapped in the next couple of weeks. If it still drives Ok I would live with it.

    Some idiot ran into the back of my Peugeot (at 2mph in a line of traffic) about a week before it went for scrappage. I checked that the towbar wasn't affected (we were on holiday) and that the tailgate still opened and closed and left it that.
  • molerat wrote: »
    NI and Scotland now require the same docs as England and Wales wef 1 Nov 2008


    You got a link for that? I got plates done a few weeks ago with no problem.
  • You got a link for that? I got plates done a few weeks ago with no problem.

    Online or over the counter?
    And do they have the makers name and postcode on?
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  • You got a link for that? I got plates done a few weeks ago with no problem.

    i was going to ask the same question.
    ...work permit granted!
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
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    molerat wrote: »
    NI and Scotland now require the same docs as England and Wales wef 1 Nov 2008
    You got a link for that? I got plates done a few weeks ago with no problem.
    i was going to ask the same question.


    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=buying+number+plates+documents+scotland
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