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8th February 2019, 17:16 | #191 | |
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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 |
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8th February 2019, 17:18 | #192 |
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8th February 2019, 20:38 | #193 | |
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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. |
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8th February 2019, 21:52 | #194 | |
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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 |
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8th February 2019, 22:53 | #195 | |
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We should have a 'sticky' which shows number plate suppliers that can supply the rear smiley plate. |
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9th February 2019, 08:26 | #196 |
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A "proper" and original plate!
20 years old and a very slight delamination around the screw hole!
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