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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:24 pm

Can any one tell where I can buy german stye number plates as seen on bmers over here.The ones with english numbers and letters but germam stye.Silly question, are they legal. :roll:
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:27 pm

dubmeister.com now do uk legal steel pressed plates I have a set 100%UK road legal too..
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Dubmiester do them


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They were £15 each last time I bought some.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:34 pm

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Dubmeister legal front.

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Dubmeister legal rear.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:46 pm

thanks for that mate.your ones have not got the 2 badges in the middle of the plate, something to with german road tax and licence I think? eg total bmw June 2008 mag page52 the black e30 m3.By the way your 325i looks nice bit of kit.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:48 pm

Those german tax and tuv stickers do make the plate illegal for UK use. As well as anything other than a GB strip, and not having the postcode and name of the manufacturer.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:50 pm

ah wrote:thanks for that mate.your ones have not got the 2 badges in the middle of the plate, something to with german road tax and licence I think? eg total bmw June 2008 mag page52 the black e30 m3.By the way your 325i looks nice bit of kit.
That is not with the plate mate its a Motorsport backing surround :)

Cant get that plate website up at all any links about or which search engine has it on? :)
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:02 pm

Sorry mate I think we are talking cross purposes, I can see the motorsport surround at the bottom of the plate,Im talking about the blue 50pence shaped and round badges between the numbers and letters of the plate.
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ah wrote:Sorry mate I think we are talking cross purposes, I can see the motorsport surround at the bottom of the plate,Im talking about the blue 50pence shaped and round badges between the numbers and letters of the plate.
I'm not! the extra German stickers make them illegal for UK use.
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http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/

Click UK legal plates.
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Thank you very much march109 i was getting told to check out our local market and everyone knows they dont want products from there like this, it has come up with a shop just 5min down the road i can not belive how close its was all the time Cheers again! 8)
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Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:17 am

google craigs plates too mate. Thats where i got mine. Fast delivery too!!
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That's STUNNING mate i want them wheels winkeye winkeye winkeye
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I have a set of German style plates I got from http://www.theplateman.com/home.htm however as they have now been deemed illegal I went for pressed plates (from the same site) in UK font and spacing in the surrounds. They look a bit different but I cant see a reason to get a tug for them

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X3MCP wrote:Image


That's STUNNING mate i want them wheels winkeye winkeye winkeye
Thouse wheels set the car off, amazing stance. Can someone tell me what size they are? Look like 16inch?
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kundi wrote:
X3MCP wrote:Image


That's STUNNING mate i want them wheels winkeye winkeye winkeye
Thouse wheels set the car off, amazing stance. Can someone tell me what size they are? Look like 16inch?
Nope 15 inch, 8 inch wide all round and 60mm drop front and rear.
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:48 pm

Look amazing. What tyre size you running on your 8inchs?
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march109 wrote:Those german tax and tuv stickers do make the plate illegal for UK use. As well as anything other than a GB strip, and not having the postcode and name of the manufacturer.
so surely the fact that you dont have the name and postcode of whoever made up your plates does infact mean that yours are illegal?? :?
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pauldeacs wrote:
march109 wrote:Those german tax and tuv stickers do make the plate illegal for UK use. As well as anything other than a GB strip, and not having the postcode and name of the manufacturer.
so surely the fact that you dont have the name and postcode of whoever made up your plates does infact mean that yours are illegal?? :?
Erm my do actually, did I ever say they wern't? and the mere fact I said they were legal would imply they do. Check the website they are laser etched onto the plate. they are 100% road legal. :D
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Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:32 pm

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so surely the fact that you dont have the name and postcode of whoever made up your plates does infact mean that yours are illegal?? :?
is this only for new cars, cos I've never had a car with that info on the plate.
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doughboy wrote:
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so surely the fact that you dont have the name and postcode of whoever made up your plates does infact mean that yours are illegal?? :?
is this only for new cars, cos I've never had a car with that info on the plate.
Kind of but more to do with the manufacture date of the plate, if the plate was manufactured after 2001 it must adhere to the new rules, hence all cars after 2001 also follow. If you own a pre 2001 vehicle and replace the plate strictly speaking in a legal sence you won't be given the same style as your old plates you will be sold plates that also adhere to the new rules.

Your old pre 2001 plates are still legal until they need to be replaced however.
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Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:46 pm

Or of course you could get new plates made up without the name and postcode and put them on your pre 2001 car. How will anyone know if they are new plates or the originals winkeye
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Have fun with the plod though!
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Rosc0PColtrane wrote:Have fun with the plod though!
I've said it before I'll say it again - how would plod be able to prove it provided the plate was also pre 2001 legal spec and the car was pre 2001? They would assume it was either original or replaced prior to 2001 making it legal.

What they gonna do carbon date it to prove your lying? Obviously if its blatently an illegal plate pre/prior 2001 they have you bang to rights. Its like all the classic cars running on age related black plates.

I actually prefer the new styleplates as I have but in pressed steel though. Bonus is they are 100% legal too.
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:29 pm

Got my plates from Germanplates.com. very good, they also put in a couple of look alike stickers to give the look of the german plakettes. (tax insurance )
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:39 am

Those dubmiester plates are raggggiiiddd!! I presume they'll do show plates with no gaps etc??
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Got mine from www.eutags.co.uk with the stadt bagdes and plakettes, they look very german but pass the MOT no problem, never been pulled by the cops but sadly they do not confuse speed cameras... :(
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Has anyone thought about just getting a plate from Germany over the net, it would probably be about a tenner, eutags are asking well over £100 for a pair with frames and badges...
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Thews wrote:Got my plates from Germanplates.com. very good, they also put in a couple of look alike stickers to give the look of the german plakettes. (tax insurance )
Agreed - have several sets for my Golf, Caddy and G60 from German Plates - much better quality than Dubmeister
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:51 pm

D6dph, are your rear lights clear sprayed red or can you buy them like that?
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