German Style Pressed Plates

[vw_joe]

I don't know whether there is already a topic about this, but. Which ones are legal and which ones aren't? :S

[Polo96CL]

Dubmeister do legal ones and show plates, although I know a lot of people running show plates everyday just be prepared to cough up £30 on the spot fine if you get pulled with them on. I'm going to get a set on mine when I get my private plate, but in the meantime check out http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/

See if you can be arsed to send off a copy of all I.D to prove you own the plate for legal ones!

[vw_joe]

I'd rather have the legal ones than have to cough up £30 on the spot. I've heard that if you have D for Germany they are illegal but if you have GB for Great Britain they are legal. This true?

[Tim_GTi]

Nope, german pressed plates are illegal full stop, regardless of the band.

The legal ones are in UK font, correctly spaced and sized and have the manufacturers postcode at the bottom in the middle. And are yellow for rear, white for front in colour.

ALL other types not matter what colour, size, font, band are illegal.

hope this helps.

[vw_joe]

Nope, german pressed plates are legal full stop, regardless of the band.

The legal ones are in UK font, correctly spaced and sized and have the manufacturers postcode at the bottom in the middle. And are yellow for rear, white for front in colour.

ALL other types not matter what colour, size, font, band are illegal.

hope this helps.

Sorry to be a pain but you say in the first line that german pressed plates are legal. But then you say all others are illegal unless they are UK plates. Did you mean to put illegal in the first line? :s

[Tim_GTi]

Sorry my bad, yeh i ment illegal the first time.

edited now!

[lolhoward]

I have the legal pressed plates but you dont get the german look but do look a lot better than plastic plates. Very please with quality. got them through dubmeister. Check my thread in Mk5 section for pics if still interested in them.

[JarnoVWPolo6N]

Legal or illegal, I just ordered me a set of white/black german plates with the matching Stadt & Plakette stickers to get a special german license number going to look Uber on oncoming shows on the mk4

[vw-po-low]

I've ran my German style pressed plates for 11 months with no trouble. And i always seems to be next to, behind or infront of a police car, lol.

[steviedubs]

im running german stylee plates n never been pulled, the new legislation that came in about plates was scrapped soon after it came in! so long as the spacing is right and there aint stickers on the plate or screws to make it seem a different letter ur ok! mot station at work got this from vosa!

[vw-po-low]

Vosa change the rules and things constantly. At the end of the day, my lettering is wrong. It's none reflective and mine are not secure enough to the vehicle. Velcro! =)

[JarnoVWPolo6N]

Got mine in today, looks the s€x

[vw_joe]

Does anyone have a link to the VOSA rules online?

[NOZ]

im running german stylee plates n never been pulled, the new legislation that came in about plates was scrapped soon after it came in! so long as the spacing is right and there aint stickers on the plate or screws to make it seem a different letter ur ok! mot station at work got this from vosa!

The legislation that came on last November makes it illegal for shops to make or sell show plates. This legislation still stands

As above spacing has to be correct but there are also spacing/width rules for the fonts themselves. It's the very reason the German style font is illegal as ANPR camera's cannot read them. ANPR systems sometimes mistake a letter/numeral for another.

It is also illegal for UK plates to have the Stadt & Plakette. No idea why BUT common sense would make you think one of the reasons would be because they sit in the very gap between lettering the regulations show you should have!

Most cases you get away with having illegal plates but i've stopped waiting to find out when i'll get points/fines lol

[steviedubs]

really its just a legal black hole, with the legislation changing all the time! it all depends on whether ur willing to take the risk, u can only be fined £30 now tho, so no points iirc!