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turtle:
Doing a few mods to Turtle, and over the weekend removed the roof rack, not a 5 minute job, as over the years I bolted on the Hi-lift, rear working light, cb ariel spot lights etc to it, so all this needed to be remounted before the rack could come off, all is now done expect for the front lights and number plate, hence the question.

The number plate was mounted on the rack and I'm looking to mount it on the passenger side front vent. But its a bit too big, so can the plate be cut down? need to trim off half an inch of plastic, this dosen't alter the letters or numbers, Before I get the jigsaw out and cut down the plate I wan't to be sure that I can do this and still be legal, I know the letters numbers have to be a set size, but does the plate itself have to be a set size as well?

(number plate is currently sitting in the inside of the cab - just incase you wondered where it is)

BIG_ORANGE_90:
I dont think it can be cut down, But for all of 1/2 an inch it shouldnt matter,after all they dont take mesurements of your plate for the MOT do they?

Skywalker:
This may be of some help

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

Cheers
Dave

turtle:
I'm not sure on the legal requirement of plates, but to make it fit flush I need trim it down, so I just want to be sure before cutting.

Hightower:
ISTR that I had to do this once (can't remember why tho').  I trimmed a little bit off each end of the plate so that the reg number didn't look lopsided.  I also ensured that the cut edge was sanded down and bevelled a bit so that it didn't look too obvious  :wink:

A bit more work than simply making a cut, but I never got pulled up on it.

Looking at the DVLA regs, there is only a minimum margin size defined, not an overall plate size, so as long as you don't cut into the margin, you should be okay.

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