You can't find it? the person you are thinking of is Hardridden

They have nothing for sale at the moment, probably due to a crackdown on illegal number plate suppliers.

It's no great loss though, the quality of the smiley plates he supplied were.......shall we say questionable ;)

Brian :D

Look at my previous post ;)

Brian :D

Brian, Ken's method of making plates is no different from any number plate supplier who uses the reflective on ABS plastic.

My set of plates from Ken are two years old and still look good with no delamination, the rear smiley plate is made using yellow reflective on ABS plastic, the front plate is white reflective behind clear acrylic, which is the preferred method.

Its becoming harder to source the smiley shape plate for our cars in clear acyclic, hence why some suppliers will use the cheaper ABS material as its easier to obtain.

In regard to the acrylic blank Wes, it's exactly the same as the one used for the new Range Rover, and if you compare the ones made by a legitimate number plate supplier, with over 30 years of supplying number plates to the trade, the difference is clear ;)

The Hardridden smiley I had made for the old ZT lasted about 18 months before blistering and generally looking unsightly.

I've been tonight to bleed the clutch on a local members car, and his Hardridden plate is delaminating badly.

The seller I linked to is prepared to supply mail order, provided scans of the necessary documentation is emailed to them.

I lost the plate on the rear of the duotone while on holiday last year, and not having the V5 with me couldn't get a plate made easily.

However Andrew Page supplied me with what was described as a "temporary" number plate.

Guess what, it was exactly the same in construction and material as the rubbish one I'd bought from Ken.

When speaking to Paul at Alidrew Engineering, a figure of circa £40 for both front and rear plates, made to comply with BS AU 145d and they have the MG Rover logo on file, which was duplicated at my request from an original MG Press garage car plate ;)



Brian :D

Thanks for the link Bri, its certainly good to know Alidrew Number Plates are making the rear smiley clear acrylic plate for our motors.

We should have a 'sticky' which shows number plate suppliers that can supply the rear smiley plate.

A "proper" and original plate!
https://i.imgur.com/WMUNbnN.jpg?2


20 years old and a very slight delamination around the screw hole! :(

Have you tried https://www.netplates.co.uk/, they have so many number plates and it wheres i got my first one