Stew

Tidied and reopened. Please behave.

thought that might happen I'll PM you a private pic Stew Thanks. If it has ladies boobs in it even better!

I can't remember your plate exactly but it's 7 characters isn't it? If it is then you won't be able to get a cut down plate - check the links with the legalities and I found using craigsplates and selecting the 'legal' option keeps you right. Only really two options for placement. In the grille (cooling????? maybe no issue!) or on the bumper above the grille but then you could move it about to get the right height.

Please please please video the burning Well, if and when I get them, I will make a thread to decide by what means they shall die We could make it a comp!

Happy Birthday. My present to you was removing that image. I see enough stuff like that (and much worse) through oilfield safety alerts at work. I'd rather see a pic of your car please!

I didn't take his number and I really don't want to waste any more of my time with this orifice. I'm not entirely sure going to Tesco in the squad car to get donuts is exactly a good use of my tax money either to be honest. Maybe his ill informed rant towards me justified it. I have a feeling that this officer might have been involved when my astra became my crashtra..... I put in a complaint about the officer in charge there as I didn't feel it was appropriate shouting at a 17 / 18 year old girl who was already upset at being involved in an accident. It says something when someone who has just had their parked car written off has to console the driver that did it because the police don't have any compassion or ability at handling a situation. All his subordinates stood and watched too without saying anything - leading by example at it's best. Did I ever hear back about that despite putting it in two statements? Did I heck! Then maybe it's not protocol to follow up on complaints. All I can say is that I'm glad I've had the pleasure of meeting some good police officers because the few bad ones I've met have really brought down all the bridges the good ones have built. It's funny as I wasn't that bothered when it happened (hence me not taking his number) but I'm quite annoyed about it now.

Yh I have been looking at the wrapping aswell, its quite effective. Is there any pics of the Matte Black Veilside? Have a search bud. It was owned by Andy so search his posts. Also search Cfoster as he wrapped a complete Zed in CF vinyl.

Carbon wrapping could be used to good effect on your project if you like the look of it. You could do the whole car in it. Andy built a matte black Veilside and it worked.

My issue the whole time with this incident was the fact that I was told I was wrong (quite rudely) without any this copper having any knowledge of the law I was 'breaking' and his general attitude. Well I hope he went and read the rules (not that I'd EVER get an apology) and now knows the law. All I can say is that if my other half falls preggers I'm hunting him down so she can pee in his hat. Oh and his attitude has had a very negative impact on my attitude towards the police. Not the best result of a donut run to tesco that officer has ever had.

Yep. That works for me! I have a feeling that more sets of these might be appearing though going on other peoples reactions!

Paul Dalton now has a pile of vids on youtube in conjunction with 3M. I haven't watched them but thought I'd share. http://il.youtube.com/profile?user=3MCarCare#g/u

I reckon it should be called 'Project Liquid Refreshment'

Any of the soft paint options will work. After that it's 'what you like' but you won't know if you haven't done it before. I use Menzerna polishes a lot but I liked Meguiars when I tried them. I've used Sonus pads but never their polish..... You have to ask what you want to achieve with it? Do you have swirls that you want rid of? You want some shine? If you just want to get used to running a machine then I'd recommend getting some soft finishing type pads and getting some sealant or a glaze that can be used by machine and just having a go. You could also use lime prime or even lime prime lite. 85% of using a DA is having confidence working with the machine and running it at low speeds spreading products does this. Best chat to Matt as DBlock said or some of the pros on here might have an opinion.

Genius!

Happy Birthday to Chesterfield. It says he'e 32 but I think it's more like 42! The fact he looks so blooming old must be down to all the work he puts into this place. This club wouldn't be what it is today without him, of that I'm sure! Anyway, hope you get a tubi for the F430 for your birthday mate! I also hope you spend your birthday carrying out your favourite hobby - TRAIN SPOTTING! If I'd known it was your birthday this week I'd have actually bought this for you. I didn't think you'd fit into an 12-18 months though! So CHOO CHOO!

Thanks Chris. As you know that is what my plate looks like. I bought the same for Jaynes car too so I'd be in trouble if she got done. It's easy to misinterpret guidelines when it's all text and no pictures. I'm an Engineer so need pictures! I have sent a query to my local traffics so I can have the answer on me along with a copy of the regulations in my car incase this officer decides to come after me again. If the traffics say I'm wrong I'll order a new plate. Probably.......

Where does it say this, as as far as I can see it only you who interprets it this way........ Most of you will know that I have my own plate that I blatantly mis-space and don't care and gladly pay the £30 fines, just pointing out where I think Stew is getting it wrong....... That's why I asked if I was misinterpreting the regs. If I'm wrong I'll happily order a new plate. I just want some jumped up ill informed ass telling me what to do when it's wrong. It doesn't state the edge of the plate to the edge of the letter, what is a margin in microsoft word?. I mentioned earlier that I had guidance from the traffics on this before. I saw where they measured (and photographed for evidence) and I'm sure that's what it was.

I think your wrong mate. It may be 13mm, but 13mm to what? The border? The edge of the plate? I think your confusing what the minimum spacing around the letters should be with what the actual dimensions of the whole plate should be........it may be a minimum of 13mm around the top, bottom, left and right of your letters but that doesn't then equate to the size of the plate you can use................ The 13mm is the minimum from the edge of the plate to the outermost extremity of the first / last and top/ bottom of the characters. So how can a plate manufacturer make a plate that is totally legal (documents sent/shown to verify) but not 'standard' dimensions? Why do the DVLA issued regulations state all these minimum and maximums but not that the plate must be XXXmm x XXXmm when it would clear up all interpretation? I have no idea why if the plate has to be a 'standard' size why it is not mentioned in the regs issued by the traffic police themselves???? Conform to what exactly?

So something that has become apparent with this thread is that the wording of the law is perhaps unclear..... Get you missus to find out Liam! Or perhaps one of the police people on the board would like to confirm either in the thread or via PM. As I say I was given the guidelines and made sure they were followed, you can buy legal cut down plates from plate manufacturers but it appears that even the regular police don't know the legalities..... Number plates fitted before 1st September 2001 If you fitted a number plate before 1st September 2001, they must meet the dimensions in one of the two groups below: Character height - 89 mm The height of the letters and numbers Character width (except the figure 1 or letter I) - 64 mm The width of each character, 1 and I (on irish plates) are thinner but will be in proportion using the standard letter set Character stroke - 16 mm I think this is the 'thickness' of the black in the letters? Space between characters -13 mm space between each character on the plate except the extra space between the numbers and the letters Space between groups - 38 mm The space between the number and letters on the plate Top, bottom and side margins (minimum) - 13 mm This is the one that I think the policeman has got wrong. My interpretation is that a margin of 13mm must be applied on top and bottom of all characters and that each end (before first character and after last character) must also have a 13mm margin. Space between vertical lines - 19 mm I think this is the space needed if you run an import type plate or a motorcycle plate. These apply to 'Group 1' of the pre 2001 plates. My car plate is an 'S' so the pre 2001 rules will apply but which group I'm not sure.... I conform to both anyway! Nowhere in the rules does it give a minimum dimension of the actual plate which is what the police officer and myself disagreed on. If you interpret the rules differently then please share your views to give me a better understanding.

What are you doing spending three hours at a hotel in the middle of the day? Maybe he couldn't afford the 4th hour....

Because 5 wheels are better than 4 according the their snazzy newspaper ad!

A monaro!

Is that one of the convertible boats with the sliding roofs? My family rented one of them when I was about 7. We got attacked by a mentalist swan and had to slide the roof shut! Never liked swans since!

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Da ya like dags?