Ordering New Plates

Steve · March 17, 2003

Cracked my front number plate.. so went to Halfords to get a new one and you now have to prove your identity and show log book as of the 1st of January...

left me anry coz i had traveled quite a way through traffic and left with nothing.

Mr-Lex · March 17, 2003

lol sorry mate that is funny! better luck next time!

NigeSt · March 17, 2003

I don't know what those new laws are expecting to achieve.

Meanwhile, I'd recommend getting your plates from:

FancyPlates.com

They're fast, cheap and far better than Halfords IMO, though your mileage may vary (I guess it already has since you had a wasted trip to Halfords :) ).

Cheers,

Nige

Veece · March 17, 2003

Definately use fancy plates - got my new plates complete with (illegal) Lexus logo within a matter of days - all for under £30 :D

Geoffers · March 17, 2003

Have a look at www.fancyplates.com.

They do some good designs. I ordered mine on Thursday and I received them this morning - no id or anything. (Suppose your credit card number is at least something.....)

Geoffers · March 17, 2003

WOW - two other people jumped in with fancyplates as I was typing it!!

Steve · March 17, 2003

apparenty this law applies everywhere...

will try fancy plates.. cheers

Scorpion · March 17, 2003

its supposed to stop peeps duplicating plates.recently ordered a

set of plates ,but you stillhave to send proof of ownership(sorry)

you can use three ways:

1)post, takes longer obviously

2)e-mail

3)fax, easier for us non I.T. peeps

got them back in two days,first class service

Pete :D

shieldnj · March 17, 2003

Yep fancyplates are the job.Top quality ,,,recommended B)

Steve · March 17, 2003

Peter

Are you saying Fancy Plates require proof?

Veece · March 17, 2003

Are you saying Fancy Plates require proof?

They didn't when I ordered mine last week.

ricky_is200 · March 17, 2003

I've had a similar problem and a I lease the car I don't have the required ownership proof! If I can order through fancy plates that will be cool.

Bobski · March 18, 2003

Wonder if they can shift the LEXUS bottom logo to the center?

Dont look quite right on the righ in the image.

ricky_is200 · March 18, 2003

I thought the same thing, it only seems to shirt to the right if you select a logo on the left (euro style). I guess you could put it in the special requests section of the order form.

Bazza-old · March 18, 2003

i got a new set from lexus croydon £25

didnt ask for any proof

although i brought the car from them six months ago

wanted the plates to have lexus brand name not Halfords as they now have to put name/phone no. on them

NigeSt · March 18, 2003

I thought the same thing, it only seems to shirt to the right if you select a logo on the left (euro style). I guess you could put it in the special requests section of the order form.

I asked for (almost) exactly that in the 'special requests' section but the plates I received didn't take that into account.

(I didn't want the thin-line border around the edge, just the Lexus logo centered at the bottom and a Euro logo on the left)

Nevertheless, very happy with FancyPlates.

Nige

ricky_is200 · March 18, 2003

So did the plates they sent you have the border and the Lexus logo at the bottom right?

Which font/colour/shadow did you go for? I just wonder how legal some of them are. In the end I went for Euro GB plates but with the Euro sign and border in grey, standard font with no shadow and logo at the bottom.

NigeSt · March 18, 2003

So did the plates they sent you have the border and the Lexus logo at the bottom right?
Which font/colour/shadow did you go for? I just wonder how legal some of them are. In the end I went for Euro GB plates but with the Euro sign and border in grey, standard font with no shadow and logo at the bottom.

I used the 'UK legal' constructor, but asked for the Lexus logo at the bottom as a special request.

I got a blue Euro GB logo, UK legal font (and with no shadow or slant), and my own text beneath, but no Lexus logo and (thankfully) no line border.

I doubt grey Euro logo is UK legal, though I haven't seen that aspect specified, they just all seem to be blue so I expect it's defined somewhere.

Nige

Steve · March 18, 2003

mine is no way legal .. but i have order the UK spec fonts...

I have a spare plate in the boot and some double side tape in case i get stopped... very doubtfull though

ricky_is200 · March 18, 2003

I thought as long as the letters themselves were the correct font, spacing, size etc I should be ok and not get stopped. I'll see what they look like when I get them.

Teddy · March 18, 2003

I replaced the front plate at Lexus Bromley last week, for £7.50. No questions asked. no proof. Took 2 mins and I was away. They didn,t fix it though as they said they don,t want to touch an import.

Scorpion · March 18, 2003

Administrator,from my understanding it became law as

from the first of jan.proof has to be required to make plates

up legal or otherwise if ilegal they will still make them it's

just to prove that they have made plates for that motor.

mine were bought from GT GRAFIX they are standard spacing,

text with a a GBeuro with a GOLD border and web address on

the bottom centre.

Pete :D

Zee007 · March 19, 2003

I had my plates done done not long ago, and because it was shortened, I had to sign a disclaimer from the company that did them to say if I was to get pulled, they held no liability. So far so good............