Right im going to do this on my car , BUT just a quicky - were do you stand on the law with this ? how do you mount them too ?

 

Was about to post the same question exactly! Weird!!!

 

Double sided tape to stick it on and in the past 4 years I have never had a problem with the law.

 

ok what about mot ? is it 'legal' to have a small plate ?

 

For the MOT I just tape some normal sized, correctly spaced, plates on top of them.

 

Look on the DVLA site ..

Motorbike sized lettering is allowed on a car if it's :

an import
AND
a std plate wont fit.

Nothing else.

That's the law, but I doubt if you'll get pulled.

 

how about saying my car has an import front bumper thus the normal plate would not fit ( i know its an excuse but im imagening myself saying " sorry officer i did not know )

 

Apparently not.

It's also a grey area if JDM cars are allowed if there is an exact model equivalent. The JDM S2000 though has a diff engine code, so it's not an exact match

But how would a copper know your car was an import or not?

 

they may check the v5 ?? not sure how the system works?? but could pleed ' i didn ot know sir... ' oh also on your picture there is that a full sized font on a small plate ?? or did it come like that ?

 

Speaking to my MOT bloke, who didn't pay any attention to whether mine is an import or not, he said that if the car is Pre-02 a 3/4 sized plate is legal.