hi all

just wondering if anyone had used fancyplates.com as advertised on here?

If so, any good??

cheers

Andy

 

I looked at them and swapped a few emails with 'em. Seem very helpful and friendly although I didnt order. Wanted to have more then the standard UK template but after checking the DVLA site it seems you can fail your MOT and get fined up to £1000. Shame I was hoping to get away with standard UK font and spacing but with my nickname along the bottom and Subaru logon on the left edge. Havent got £ for a fine right now On the plus side thats because I spent £700 in Spearmint Rhinos on a stag do last weekend

 

700 quid, I hope they did something very special

 

Yep, I used them! Needed new plates with the GB on the left, as I don't want a horrible white GB sticker on the car So mine looks like this...



but the TORQUE OF THE DEVIL is in italics, and they've made the blue fade colour a darker blue to match my car . Very good service - arrived 48 hours after I ordered it.

Richard

 

Ditto, used them and plates arrived the next day.....and very good quality too.

Don't worry about the MOT, just change for std plates when needed !

 

Hi Richard,

Is that plate new then? I didnt notice it on your car at Silverstone but that may have been me thinking about my engine warning lights instead

Im actually thinking of getting something similar

S600B AP is available(my inits ofcourse) just not sure....


Andy

 

I ordered a set of plates last friday and they turned up this morning all perfect. Only problem now is the crap plastic Subaru screws have snapped when screwing back in, so it's out with the drill. At least new screws and caps were supplied.

 

Me too. Ordered one afternoon and they arrived in a couple of days. Look the dogs nads too and they came with all the fitting kit I will ever need.

Steve

 

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm#mandatorycharac terfont

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/faq/faqveh.htm#Reg_no_25

>>>THE LAW
The law states that,
You must not alter, rearrange or misrepresent the letters or numbers.
Characters must not be moved from one group to the other (e.g. A242 ABC must not be displayed as A242A BC).
Offences may result in any or all of the following:

A fine of up to £1,000
The registration mark may be WITHDRAWN
The vehicle may FAIL the MOT test

>>>Can other symbols (e.g. national flag, football team crest) be used on number plates?

The Government announced on 28 December 2001 the intention to permit the display of national flags and symbols on vehicle number plates. The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 are in the process of being amended and should be in place by the end of 2002. They will provide for the voluntary display of the Union flag, Scottish Saltaire, Cross of St George and Red Dragon. Football team crests etc are not allowed.<<<

 

there are loads of these on the road though, I think the police just dont bother unless theyve pulled the person already in which case they may just do him for the plate as well

 

I really wanted to get one. Just started getting twitchy the more I read the DVLA stuff. No border, use correct font, no logos, no extra text, must have garage name on blah de blah de blah.

Guess you just takes yer chances?!

 

Yeah, but I'm going abroad to live in Germany So who's going to pull me over there?

I think the police are really only after the tiny plates and ones with wacky fonts. Mine uses the standard font and, yes, the B is moved across, but on the real plates it's not as extreme as it is on the picture above. I wouldn't worry too much (but don't hold me to that!)

Cheers
Richard

 

Yup, used them because of this thread - here's my experience:

I wanted a standard UK plate but with a few modifications so I sent an email to Fancyplates and they replied within 20 minutes! That's good on a given day but this was Saturday, and past 10pm! So brownie point no.1! Then I placed the order, asked for the mods (bring all the letters together to make a word and modify one of the numbers ever so slightly to make it look like a letter - this was for show purposes, not using on the road...) And they said no problem, we can do that! So I went onto their excellent website, made the plate up until I liked the look of it nice and quickly, confirmed the order, paid and went to bed! Another BP!

Then on Tuesday morning (1 working day after placing the order) I received the plates! Amazing speed of service you'd agree, if sent from within the UK but no, this company is based in Ireland! Still can't believe the speed! Third Brownie point well deserved!

Then as if that wasn't enough, I received the plates exactly as I asked, and I mean exactly! i.e. I couldn't have done better myself if I had the equipment and I am a fussy ba$tard! AND, they even supplied all the screws and caps (three colours - black, yellow, white) AND double sided sticky foam pads in case you preferred that method of attachement! Jeez, when I last bought plates from Halfords, the screws OR sticky pads were extra! Fourth, what the hell, Fifth brownie point well and truly deserved!

I so totally have nothing to do with this company, I just like to blow the trumpet of those that genuinely impress me with their service as I'm in business myself and know how difficult it is to keep customers happy. And these guys did a top job - they deserve any praise they can get!

Anyway, I think that's enough from me - I'm off to bed!

Cheers and thanks once more to Connor at fancyplates!

Rich

 

Yep, agree with that - they did everything I asked them to (i.e. change of shading colour, putting my slogan in italics, etc )

Top guys!
Richard

 

Tell you what guys, don't bother drilling your plates, those sticky pads are stickyer than a really sticky sticky thing! I put my front plate on with 2 of them but didn't get it quite central, the next day I decided to take it off to reposition it and I nearly pulled my front bumper off in the process When I finally did get it off I just used the same pads to stick it back again.

 

Ah, but I'm 'using' the screw hole covers to make S600B look like SCOOB In fact, one of these screws wouldn't have worked on the front so I glued on the cover to the plate and used a sticky pad to put that side of the plate onto the bumper Cheeky I know, but who's going to pull me over in Germany?

Richard