New plate Euro plates

[Guest Spargo]

Who has the hookup? I want to upgrade my euro plate to the new font and the ultra bling blacked out style, but I don't want to pay 250 to do it.

Anyone know anyone that might know anything?

[bravo 35]

GT grafix can do anything and cost same as german plates. Downside is the plates are perspex not metal so no raised numbers. Reflective though, so look legal unless up really close.

I'm liking the fact that plates has released so many new designs - it is going to make it impossible for them to prosecture you for euro plates not produced by them as long as they look similar as the law prescribes design, not source of manufacturer (as much as they like to argue otherwise).

Love the new bay of Plenty plate - looks like highway patrol colours.

[Miller 0]

Yea i am wanting to get euro plate on my car. At the moment i just have normal run of the mill plates, i just want to upgrade to a euro plate. What is the best way of doing this? And how much will it cost? Thanks

[cainchapman 0]

www.germanplates.com

[318Touring 40]

Try to get a discount as well when ordering or packaged up with the frames.

Edited November 15, 2006 by 318Touring

[318Touring 40]

Yep, second that (germanplates).

With shipping cost me approx. $100 for a pair. Both of my bimmers have germanplates produced plates.

[Miller 0]

Are they legal? Can you use them and pass a warrent etc? Also they look a bit budget in the photo. Is it just the photo, or are they not quite as good as real ones? Thanks

[martyyn 2]

Are they legal? Can you use them and pass a warrent etc? Also they look a bit budget in the photo. Is it just the photo, or are they not quite as good as real ones? Thanks

I suggest you do a search mate...this topic gets discussed at least four or fives times a year.

The quick answer is no they are not technically legal, but there is no 'law' regarding plates only a white paper that says they have to be the same front and back, the same font and readable for 'x'metres for your warrant.

If a police officer decides to pull you over though I dont know how you will get on.

[Guest Spargo]

goddamnit this thread is NOT about germanplatessheizerporn.com

Its about getting my current NZ EURO plates uprgraded for cheap.

[cainchapman 0]

If you want legal NZ plates.

www.plates.co.nz

No other option. End of story.

[Jazzbass 1]

http://www.europlates.com/

I got mine for $NZ55 total this time last year.

Passed two wofs with them since then.

[bravo 35]

got pics jazz?

Sam - if you're trying to get a discount from someone at plates, then you're probably out of luck. There was someone on here who had a couple of cheap referrals, but they have long since expired. Reach into those pockets of yours and pull out your wallet, blow away the moths and dust and pay for them.

[Jazzbass 1]

I forget to get a gap between the T and the 8 - would have looked better.

Edited November 20, 2006 by Jazzbass

[Mavrick 0]

Just got a quote for BMW europlates $499. Who would pay that?

[bravo 35]

Anyone with enough money to buy a brand new BMW I'd say.

[ED1RTY 2]

Dude if you are that keen on having black surrounds instead of blue just get shelley to make you up black bits out of black reflective vynal. Peice of piss...

[drifty325i 0]

Its $750 for a personalized euro plate here? is that expensive or what

[joshnz 2]

So i got my europlates this morning, bastard drill is broken so im going to have to sit one on the front dash until monday , I just used some hardout double sided tape to fit one plate to the back, it looks sweet as, but it'll be a mission on the front, euro plates are long as hell and the standard plate holder is small as sh*t, any ideas fellas?

Edited November 23, 2006 by joshnz

[martyyn 2]

So i got my europlates this morning, bastard drill is broken so im going to have to sit one on the front dash until monday , I just used some hardout double sided tape to fit one plate to the back, it looks sweet as, but it'll be a mission on the front, euro plates are long as hell and the standard plate holder is small as sh*t, any ideas fellas?

Depending on your car you can get the center price of the bumper to have a euro one instead of the kiwi one.

[joshnz 2]

any ideas where i would get that from? i was looking at that yeah .. looks like itll just snap out, i drive an e36 320

[martyyn 2]

Dealer, but it wont be cheap

[joshnz 2]

sucks, guess ill shoot into jeff gray tomorrow and get a price, thanks mate.

[Jazzbass 1]

A work colleague has just failed a WOF 'cos of his plates. I didn't think they were a warrantable item?

Anyway, the bloke at the wof station says that NZ plates must be 6 characters max and he's got a space between his numbers. This space is regarded as a character, so he has 7 characters - so his plates are illegal.

Wot a crock of sh*t, imo!

[martyyn 2]

A work colleague has just failed a WOF 'cos of his plates. I didn't think they were a warrantable item?

Anyway, the bloke at the wof station says that NZ plates must be 6 characters max and he's got a space between his numbers. This space is regarded as a character, so he has 7 characters - so his plates are illegal.

Wot a crock of sh*t, imo!

Thats a total crack of sh!t Rog,

If you get a personal plate and you have a '1' or an 'I' then they allow you to insert spaces to make the plate more readable because these letters take much less room on the plate !

[Jazzbass 1]

That's what I figured and what I told him.

My son failed a wof at the same wof station for a rust hole in the bottom of the door. We got a mate to repair it and when he went back the same bloke wouldn't accept it. So we waited until the following day and got a different bloke who couldn't see why it needed repair in the first place and passed it straight away.

Wof inspectors really can be jumped-up little hitlers!!

Personally I like the space between the letters and numbers on a Euro plate. It just looks more 'right'.

Edited November 23, 2006 by Jazzbass