Vinyl number plates

[Nordy]

I got pulled over within an hour of owning my new car with a sticker plate. I only got out of the ticket because I had a signed bit of paper showing I had just bought the car AND my old car was being driven by a friend with my p plate on it which I told the cop was going on my car the next day. He accepted that and let me off.

[Swoop]

.... as well as displaying the original in the front window, the main reason was because of overheating problems as the factory location is right infront of the inlet manifold.

Just do like the boi ricers' do, and bolt the plate to the front bumper... off to the side (some are right under the headlights).
This seems to be the trend, and I bet it makes camera detection difficult!

[Laava]

Yup illegal

The crux of it is under Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 - Part 1 Registration and licensing of motor vehicles (s 4 to s [36A) Licences for motor vehicles
15 Replacement certificates of registration, [licences, and registration plates]

Where it kinda states that;
[(3) The Registrar[[, or any person appropriately authorised in that behalf under section 8(6)(c) or section 13(6)(c) or section 34(2)(c),]] shall, if satisfied that the relevant certificate, licence, or registration plate has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, or that subsection (2)(b) of this section applies, issue to the owner of the vehicle—
(a)A duplicate certificate of registration; or
(b)A substitute licence; or
(c)A substitute registration plate; or
(d)A duplicate personalised registration plate, where appropriate,—
as the case may require.]

Subject to having a law degree (which I dont) - then the replacement needs to come from an authorised source

I bet if you stood up in front of a magistrate and waffled that lot off, you would get let off!

[alanzs]

The problem for the E type Jag owners is not the cost but the fact that there is nowhere to mount it (really isn't)

Blue tack? Velcro? Gosh, what's jag owner to do?

[wickle]

its not a wof issue as you can get a wof without a registration cant you!

i thought u had to have a current warrant when u go into pay rego

[sAsLEX]

i thought u had to have a current warrant when u go into pay rego

ummm exactly ..............

[Boob Johnson]

You have to have a real plate made by the official real plate makers.

...which is why I want to know how those sports cars with painted-on front plates seem to get away with it.

Because it is a padantic law & the law is enforced at the discretion of the police. I have seen many a car with stickers on the front, the ones I have seen are around the same sized font as a standard plate, clearly visable & readible, so what is the problem? A cop would HAVE to be a complete fucking asshat to give you any grief over that...............OR you were doing something stupid, he pulled you over & slammed you for that also.

[sefer]

My mum recieved this fine on her MX5 the other day $200.00, she drives a MX5 and had made an identical looking number plate from Vinyl and reflective material etc.... as well as displaying the original in the front window, the main reason was because of overheating problems as the factory location is right infront of the inlet manifold.

The factory location is offset on the left side, under the headlight (since the MX5 will overheat if you block the 'mouth'). But the NZ plate won't fit in the original plate holder/mount. I've got the NZ version plate holder, which mounts to the same place, but it's still a pain, it's a stone magnet (I've got almost no paint left on the bumper above it), and apparently heaps of people manage to run it into things and crack the bumper right open due to the weakness from the mounting holes.

Yes you will get tickets with a stick on, that's the risk you take. Best solution I've ever seen for it was a hinged plate in the 'mouth' that was sprung so that once the car went over around 15kmh it flipped right back, and closed again once under that speed. Bet Mr Plod wouldn't like that one much either though if they knew

[popelli]

I got a ticket for $200 re illegal plate

Easy defence in that my argument was the plates are illegal in that they contravene wof regulations, in that they are a dangerous fixture or fitting

Plods promptly dropped their case as they knew that they would lose