Got pulled for my plate! :-/

[Ekona]

Of course they do, it's with the DVLA. They take you to court, and if your car was imported then the DVLA will know: If it was, then you have your defence right there.

[AliveBoy]

and the Vin numbers are different for UK and JDM cars, it wouldn't take much effort to check.

[StevoD]

Display Of Vehicle Registration Marks On Imported Vehicles

(which have a restricted space for a standard sized number plate)

Certain imported vehicles may be permitted to display number plates with smaller characters if the vehicle does not have European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval AND the vehicle's construction/design cannot accommodate standard size number plates

 

 

Characters

Group 1

 

Height

64mm

 

Width

44mm

 

Stroke

10mm

 

Space between characters

10mm

[Jetpilot]

  On 05/09/2014 at 08:14, Ekona said:

Of course they do, it's with the DVLA. They take you to court, and if your car was imported then the DVLA will know: If it was, then you have your defence right there.

  On 05/09/2014 at 08:29, AliveBoy said:

and the Vin numbers are different for UK and JDM cars, it wouldn't take much effort to check.

 

But they arent going to know from the offset and as is mentioned in quite a few posts, it doesnt seem the Police have to much of a clue anyway, you would have to really p*****d a copper off or found a really bored one who is going to bother checking with Dvla if your car is an import and as for the Police being able to identify from vin numbers..............

[AliveBoy]

There's a far easier way anyway, ask your insurers. They check with them your policy details anyway, especially if the car is modified, and as you have to tell the insurance company if the car is an import or not, they'll know.

[Ekona]

  On 05/09/2014 at 09:53, Jetpilot said:

But they arent going to know from the offset and as is mentioned in quite a few posts, it doesnt seem the Police have to much of a clue anyway, you would have to really p*****d a copper off or found a really bored one who is going to bother checking with Dvla if your car is an import and as for the Police being able to identify from vin numbers..............

Not sure I still see it as a problem. If you know you're right, then they're just going to look silly in court and 99% of them wouldn't take the risk.

[Lexx]

I got pulled years back for an undersized plate.

 

First thing the copper asked me was "is it an import".

When I said no, he said ah well, that'll be £60 then.

[Jay M1988]

I bought the manual show n go plate holder to save all the a while back. Going to get the plate holes filled and sprayed inc the washers the whack this on.

[timb2010]

  On 06/09/2014 at 05:47, Jay M1988 said:

I bought the manual show n go plate holder to save all the a while back. Going to get the plate holes filled and sprayed inc the washers the whack this on.

Will the whole bumper need spraying? If you get this done could you please let me know the costs? Thanks

[KosmiK]

  On 06/09/2014 at 06:50, timb2010 said:

  On 06/09/2014 at 05:47, Jay M1988 said:

I bought the manual show n go plate holder to save all the a while back. Going to get the plate holes filled and sprayed inc the washers the whack this on.

Will the whole bumper need spraying? If you get this done could you please let me know the costs? Thanks

 

I got a few quotes recently, just to give you some idea. First place wanted £450 just for the bumper respray, second wanted £350 to spray and fit a Nismo Lip, smooth the Nissan badge, holes behind the plate, reflectors and headlight washers and full bumper respray.

[Asad]

That's a shame as it looked really nice.

 

I got away with a similar plate size for around 1year.

 

In Some areas police are clamping down on plates more than others I suppose.