Smiley plates with 75&ZT owners badge - Page 2

woolleysox · 30th May 2009, 20:51

Twice I have lost a number plate due to heat of sun on car parked all day in Sunlight. Now use scews and caps to make sure on my smiley plate. best wishes Woolleysox

baxlin · 31st May 2009, 03:51

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Originally Posted by leeallen73

just boot badge and headlights to sort now

Apart maybe from turning red?

Typhoon190 · 31st May 2009, 09:14

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Originally Posted by woolleysox

Twice I have lost a number plate due to heat of sun on car parked all day in Sunlight. Now use scews and caps to make sure on my smiley plate. best wishes Woolleysox

Lost mine on the way back from purchasing my car from Hulls motors in Birmingham.

They'd changed them over as it had been on a personal plate. They hadn't bothered cleaning or removing the old stickers.

When I phoned them complaining he told me I would have to put it down to experience. Funny guy! Think he's in the wrong job if he can't even manage to fix a number plate!

relpet · 1st June 2009, 23:53

Thanks Woolleysox. Think I'll go with the screws too. Shame but if one of these plates comes off and goes through someone's windscreen on a motorway it's not just the nuisance of a lost plate. Non-standard plate, insecure fixing? What size book are the busies going to throw at you?

Dragrad · 2nd June 2009, 00:01

If you're using screws, slightly elongate (horizontally) the screw holes in the plate. This will allow for heat expansion without buckling the plate

majedm75 · 2nd June 2009, 10:45

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Originally Posted by relpet

I posted a picture of my smiley plate a few weeks ago. That's all I have left of it. Plate now lying somewhere along a French country lane after the sticky fixers came unstuck. These plates are heavy. Make sure you fix them properly. Fortunately had my old plate in the car and French garage fitted that back with pop rivets to keep me legal. Need to order a new plate when I get back but what is the best way of fixing them?

I'll keep an eye on the roads for your plate

1st June 2009, 23:53	#14
relpet Avid contributor Rover 75 Connoisseur Tourer Estate Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ockley Posts: 140 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lost smiley plates Thanks Woolleysox. Think I'll go with the screws too. Shame but if one of these plates comes off and goes through someone's windscreen on a motorway it's not just the nuisance of a lost plate. Non-standard plate, insecure fixing? What size book are the busies going to throw at you? __________________ Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

2nd June 2009, 00:01	#15
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woolleysox This is my second home Black V8 Ztt 260SE Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 3,833 Thanks: 391 Thanked 242 Times in 195 Posts	Twice I have lost a number plate due to heat of sun on car parked all day in Sunlight. Now use scews and caps to make sure on my smiley plate. best wishes Woolleysox