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bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:09 pm

https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-pl ... ber-plates Rules

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:16 pm

Crazy will know more about DVLA.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:20 pm

It basically tells you that you can't mess with the character spacing or sizes because it will be illegal.

I think the only legal way of having a non-standard UK plate on a car over here is if the car has been imported and a full size UK plate won't fit. i.e. our JDM Preludes.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:35 pm

TO55 ERS

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:43 pm

IMO if you get a UK front plate and have it trimmed as much as you can it looks much better than the JDM on the front. A bit more subtle and follows the lines better than the square hanging down into the rad air route.

You can't change the letter sizing AFAIK but the UK plate has lots you can trim around the main block of letters, IIRC the min. is something like 11mm from the edge of the letter to the plate edge. Might not be that but it's much less than you're given. Loads you can trim from each end in any case!

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:49 pm

Here, page 9 of the downloadable leaflet at the bottom of the page: https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-pl ... ber-plates

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:21 pm

bb1boy wrote:I think the only legal way of having a non-standard UK plate on a car over here is if the car has been imported and a full size UK plate won't fit. i.e. our JDM Preludes.

That doesn't wash either unfortunately I don't think?
Lettering must remain full size to be legal, so that dictates min plate size (full size lettering doesn't fit on smaller plate sizes).

Not that I've tried to get a JDM sized plate on a lude before, of course

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:32 pm

Have a look at this http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002 ... 687_en.pdf, it says certain imports can run smaller plates.. which makes sense really, I don't think I could get 'UK standard' lettering and spacing on my square JDM plate.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:50 pm

UK spec square plates do fit the back of a JDM lude.
This is a UK spec square plate yu can just see in the back of our JDM lude.

I think yours also has a UK spec square plate as far as I can see?

This is JDM size rear (show) plate in the back of our JDM lude;

See the extra gap around the plate.

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:25 pm

Looks that way to me, easiest way is to just measure the letter height. If it's 79mm it's UK spec lettering, if it's 64mm it's import spec lettering.

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