E30 Zone

i want to order some pressed plates up but a tad confused as to what type and font i should get and whats legal or will i get pulled loads with certain ones and what would be best on my car ? see my pic <<<

what is the best type i should get and wheres best ? can anyone recomend decent quality ebay sellers with best price etc ?

are these ok ? what german badges would be correct ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/German-PRESSED-Nu ... 4cf3fcd951

or german font ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/German-Aluminium- ... 4cf3fcd76b

or do i have to get uk font ?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UK-Font-PRESSED-N ... 4cf3fcdf83


your pics of what ones you have on the e30 would be much appriciated

All this links are for plates which are not UK legal. This link is for their legal ones

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3D-UK-LEGAL-Carbo ... 570wt_1178

ooooh i dont want any carbon fibre moden looking jazz , want the old style look with the german badges

if you have either german font or german badge then be prepared for grief and fines.

the only uk legal pressed plates have a bs marked reflective background and standard uk font with an optional eu flag with either EU or GB under it.

i got the mrs some uk font non badged plates for her golf and they look good, i wouldnt bother with stupid fonts, false badges etc, it's all just a bit too 10 years ago

these are the ones i got

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pressed-Metal-GB- ... 1c1947c383

harry_p wrote:these are the ones i got

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pressed-Metal-GB- ... 1c1947c383

what did they put on the bottom ? ie what make post code etc or did leave them plain ?

harry_p wrote:if you have either german font or german badge then be prepared for grief and fines.

the only uk legal pressed plates have a bs marked reflective background and standard uk font with an optional eu flag with either EU or GB under it.

i got the mrs some uk font non badged plates for her golf and they look good, i wouldnt bother with stupid fonts, false badges etc, it's all just a bit too 10 years ago

do they pull you for having the german state badges on ? think it will be regular ?

i dont want any gb flag or anything on there, ideally want plain pressed plates with no post code or anything and the 2 little german badges in the middle

i can't remember tbh, i'm a bit fussy about these things too so would have noticed if it was big. i'll try and dig out some photos.

again, you need the postcode to stay 100% legal, without it any coppa can give you a £30 fine and rectification notice, although they'd have to be pretty jobsworth to stop you for that alone.

From experience and what I've seen/heard as long as you don't have the german badging on there and the backing is reflective you will be fine.

Had a community support officer um and ah about my 100% legal pressed plates, saying I might get pulled for them. I was trying to be as polite as possible but what do you say when 'these plates conform completely to BSAU145D' is met with 'but they don't look right'... if this were a proper copper would I have had to take the fine then appeal it? What a load of rubbish.

I had these plates and never got pulled for them. Ebay jobbies to

harry_p wrote:i can't remember tbh, i'm a bit fussy about these things too so would have noticed if it was big. i'll try and dig out some photos.

again, you need the postcode to stay 100% legal, without it any coppa can give you a £30 fine and rectification notice, although they'd have to be pretty jobsworth to stop you for that alone.

although you could claim they are years old and that way theres nafall they can do,if they were fitted before current law changes which i beleive was something like 1995 then they wont really have much to say,just say its an old car on old plates,didnt want to change the character of it but if you say i must officer,i will........

Noticed this up for sale the other day. How the hell has he managed to get away with that plate??

TheHeap wrote:I had these plates and never got pulled for them. Ebay jobbies to

how long did you have them ?

i spose its also where you live, in the last 12 months, ive maybe been pulled twice - and thats at 3am on way home from work with bored cops wondering what i was doing at that hour in a black bmw

and not often i can recall even having police follow me

i might chance it and go for some pressed with badges

e30mtec wrote:
although you could claim they are years old and that way theres nafall they can do,if they were fitted before current law changes which i beleive was something like 1995 then they wont really have much to say,just say its an old car on old plates,didnt want to change the character of it but if you say i must officer,i will........

ive found the times i have been pulled over in my e30 or my xr3..neve for speeding or any issues like lights etc, just random.,the traffic cops do appriciate a nice clean classic, not many of these around, thats a nice clean one, etc ! ..so coz im not a chavvy boy racer in a clapt out counciled up heap, i might be able to say well theyve been on here years and since ive had it and its a loved classic car ,..would have to be a right coont to dish out a £30 fine for that alone i feel , might chance it

Polsta, i had them for maybe a year and i got (and get for that matter) pulled hundreds of times. And i'm not kidding, but never a word said about the car always about me and why am i here and why are you while you are and all that old 8ollox

I must say though, if i lived out of London i wouldn't do half the things i do whilst on the road.
The MET imo are to busy and too used to cocky little street rats giving them the verbal to give me, a polite 'yes officer no officer' kind of guy any problems.

TheHeap wrote:Polsta, i had them for maybe a year and i got (and get for that matter) pulled hundreds of times. And i'm not kidding, but never a word said about the car always about me and why am i here and why are you while you are and all that old 8ollox

so youve been pulled a lot, but not for the plates as such or anything said about them ?

NEVER EVER have the law paid any attention to the car.

so therefore- the always getting pulled cant be anything to do with the plates !! ?

i use these Carl:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

as long as the letters/numbers are the correct dimensions and spacing you are ok.
you can pick different colour borders and your own slogan, flag, badge, etc

I never know why they give me a tug Polsta.

Adit is right, providing the plates reflect in the correct manner, letters/numbers are the correct size and the gaps are correct the law can't do 5hit