E30 Zone

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to ask you views on getting a german styled number plate here in the UK? Has anyone had this done

What are the legal limits into achieving a realy good german styled number plate (are dashes and badges allowed?)

Images would be nice..

thanks, trip

these are mine had em on for about 7 months now with no hassle from the feds...........

ive got the same plates as pac1982 on my cabby, got a £60 fine last week

i got the same plates too, except i have a dash instead of the badges, ever once had a problem, except on the mot, ive got standard plates on atm as i havent bothered changing them back.

Tripper wrote:Hi Guys,

Just wanted to ask you views on getting a german styled number plate here in the UK? Has anyone had this done

What are the legal limits into achieving a realy good german styled number plate (are dashes and badges allowed?)

Images would be nice..

thanks, trip

But your English for gods sake man unless Tip is short for a German name

Why do you want to make your car appear german?

AFAIK these plates are incorrect too, this is the FE font issued after 1994 the correct font for an e30 would be the DIN font used on older german cars.

You can get pressed alloy plates made up in a UK font too which are legal providing they have a reflective background.

Personally, i like them!!! Had a pair on mine (from dubmeister) for a long long time before they got me a penalty!! I'd been pulled over for other stuff and they hadn't even commented on the plates (and they were spaced illegally!), but then one day, they hunted me down and gave me the fine!!!
Plod did say that they wouldn't have pulled me if it wasn't for them having a big crackdown in that area that weekend!! He even said they looked good!!
All down to a bit of luck and your local boys in blue really!! If there's no other reason to pull you, chances are they won't want the paperwork!!

I got a mate who came over from Germany in his mk2 golf left hand drive German registered the coppers pulled him gave him a fine for illegal plates they ended up with red faces after he told them it was a german registered car and he lives in Germany (arseholes)

Be sure not to go to the nurburgring with them as one weekend last year another guy from my hotel had his car impounded by the police as they belived it was a german car but was not registered there ... he did get it back after alot of wasted time and hasle...oh and few euros

i went to france with my german plates on and a gb sticker on the boot. i got pulled over and was thinking that it may get a bit complicated with the german plates but they was ok with them