16vJamie
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Registered: 11th Oct 09
Location: Leicester
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I know its something small and picky but ive noticed that my number plates look really tacky on my car. Ive used screws in them and theyre on a metal holder thing.
Was wondering if theres other ways of attaching my number plate to make it look better and clean?
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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nice fresh plates and stick them on with double sided sticky pads
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Yup sticky pads ftw!
so much cleaner!
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Also easier to steal though. Mine are just the new style font with the usual two screws- nowhere near theft proof but it puts the opportunists off.
[Edited on 18-12-2009 by alan-g-w]
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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ill get the screw on ones off in seconds and you will never hear me, but if there on with strips then there harder to get off
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alan-g-w
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hmm I've taken ones off with that double sided sticky foam stuff and it was pretty easy. It's just for the fact that if someone's walking past your car they don't need anything at all to be off with it. Not saying it's the wrong way to do it, just with all this stuff you hear about car cloning and people getting plates stolen I'd personally rather use screws.
[Edited on 18-12-2009 by alan-g-w]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Sticky pads/tape or silicone, I had to use silicone to get a metal one to stay on.
Some of the sticky stuff is a massive pain to get off, you damage the plates before the glue fails.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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I use some 2cm square double sided pads for mine, does the trick.
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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tape i give out at work once there on there not going to come off easy and where you would need to fight with them to get them off the car i can come to your house alan and unscrew yours and go fill my tank up since our cars are the same colour 
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Neat idea!
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Lol, gonnae no do that davie.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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I've used velcro on mine.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Sticky pads ftw
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Ant B
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Registered: 4th Jan 09
Location: Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire
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can someone post me a link with that extra strong sticky tape you use to hold the plates on,as at the minite i have two screws holding mine on but i wont to change to sticky pads
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Go to Halfrauds or BnQ and get some.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Also easier to steal though.
[Edited on 18-12-2009 by alan-g-w]
I made 4strips across the whole length of the plate - took me a good few minutes to get off to change (solvent degreased everywhere first so it stook like a mother fuc........
Had to get a screw driver and hammer it down like a chisel to get off. Would have been alot easier to get off if they were screwd on.
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