Number plates - dealer addresses

Ebe_Scrooge

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

They'll need the BS mark and at least the postcode of the person who made them.

Nothing to stop you buying them elsewhere but they won't be legal.

You've got me worried now !

A couple of months back, I had a front plate made up because the existing one was starting to peel. Went to Halfords ( because it's open on a Sunday ), asked for the bog-standard cheapest plate. They asked for ID etc., as expected. But the plate is completely plain, no BS kitemark, no postcode of their store. I know Halfords are not the best, but they're a large enough company that they're not going to muck about with stuff like this. Is my front plate illegal, then, as it's completely plain apart from the correctly spaced and sized lettering ?

gilbert_and_sullivan

Have plates made up online on two of our cars, legal colours and spacings, not a mention at MOT time.

With the destruction of the very fabric of the country, led from the top, well underway does anyone really think that a missing postcode on an otherwise clean and readable number plate is going to turn you into public enemy number one.

The nice thing about online plates is that you can have the union flag on the plate without that animal farm style roundel of stars being anywhere in sight.

force_ten

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

You've got me worried now !

A couple of months back, I had a front plate made up because the existing one was starting to peel. Went to Halfords ( because it's open on a Sunday ), asked for the bog-standard cheapest plate. They asked for ID etc., as expected. But the plate is completely plain, no BS kitemark, no postcode of their store. I know Halfords are not the best, but they're a large enough company that they're not going to muck about with stuff like this. Is my front plate illegal, then, as it's completely plain apart from the correctly spaced and sized lettering ?

go and have a look at it in the daylight you may find the info is on there

I bought a rear plate from halfords last year and the legal info is printed in yellow on the yellow rear plate

you can see it but it is very discreet

Gloomendoom

I got issued with a new number for one of my cars so I just painted it on over the old embossed number.

No problems so far.

stator

I wouldn't normally recommend Halfords but last year I had to have one made up there, and although it was expensive, the BS Kite mark and the Manufacturer name/address was printed on the numberplate in white, so you can't normally see it. You have to get up close to see it. I think it looks pretty smart. This was a rear numberplate, I don't know if it's the same for the front one, which is already white background.

Retrogamer

I went for pressed alloy plates for my car.
The manufacturers name / postcode and BS mark are laser etched into them so although you can see them it's not as obvious.

stator

I won't start the argument but I'll just point out that metal plates are of dubious legallity on UK cars in the UK

Retrogamer

stator wrote: »

I won't start the argument but I'll just point out that metal plates are of dubious legallity on UK cars in the UK

I know the part you're thinking of "Plates must be made from a retro reflective material"

Regular number plates are made from a retro reflective material and then mated with clear plastic to support & protect them.

Likewise with the alloy plates, the number plate itself is compromised of retro reflective paint and is then mated to an alloy material.

As long as it conforms to the rest of the regulations the material the plate is mounted to doesn't matter. If it did, it wouldn't be allowed to carry the BS marker.

Car_54

Can someone explain why anyone would care whether their number plate has a maker's mark & postcode?

Retrogamer

Car_54 wrote: »

Can someone explain why anyone would care whether their number plate has a maker's mark & postcode?

Because if the number plate was manufactured after a certain date in 2001 they must carry these details to be legal. Otherwise you're committing an offense.
The likely hood of being fined for it is low, but it still exists and people still get fined for it.