IItalian Plates Yes/No?

Ok seems to be a Fairly common thing to do on VWs etc to get a set of German Plates made up to the make the car look like its from the mother land!

So i got a set of Italian Pressed Alloys ones made up for the front of the coupe.

Wat do you think? yes or no?

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Iain

looks good to me chief.

Yeah why not, it looks pretty good

are they legal?

prob not.. they arnt as reflective as MOT Std ones...

different but i like.

Does that mean that if someone from Italy comes into the country there plates are illegal?

Ross

Not if they're visiting but if you import the car then it's supposed to be re-registered as a UK car and hence subject to UK rules = no Italian plates.

Definitely illegal but I don't know if/for how long you'd get away with it. ACPO have recently advised not to prosecute bikes for small plates provided they are still clearly legible from 20m, but I guess that would be for standard font and layout. Tamper with the plate in any way and you're always liable for a tug I guess.

They look very

I like. My brother had a set already fitted on a 131 when he bought it.

Sweet! I'm off to tamper with my plates!

where did you get them from????

Flea-bay... £18

i do like them actually, are they advertised as "Show plates"?

there you are...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Italian-Euro-Style...1QQcmdZViewItem

pressed plates

hate them? but then again your car is green

Snot green I think you will find Just don't like pressed plates but like the Italian look otherwise. Pressed plates remind me of cleaning my dads lime green marina, now that is horrid

and you did ask

haha

a marina... lovely machine..def. not a performance item!