Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Who can recommend some decent ones?
Will be to stick new plates on the Mini, and maybe re-stick the ones on the van - yet to find any that are any good!
Cheers
Rich
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i just went to my local motorfactor and got some for 30p each.
halfords only sell a roll of it and it's expensive.
the ones i got were just like hardened glue but go soft when heated up.
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
Location: Lochgelly, Fife
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i buy mine from halfords, complete rip off but ive never had a problem with them. 2.99 a pack i think and they are about 4mm thick. Had to replace the pads recently to put on my new car and taking the old ones off was a right pain, so i guess that means they are good.
edit - 3 in a pack.
[Edited on 09-11-2010 by Pete_vxl]
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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I was toying with the idea of Halfords ones, I'm going to need at least 8 for the Mini and if I restick the ones on the van too, another 8 This could get expensive!!
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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just go to your local car shop with the friendly man behind the counter, much cheaper.
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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Homebase double sided sticky sponge stuff on a roll
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Cheers all, steer clear of eBay then it seems - where I've been going wrong!
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
Location: Lochgelly, Fife
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order 8 credit cards then use the sticky stuff they put on the card to make it stick to the letter. Then cancel the cards lol
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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quote: Originally posted by Pete_vxl
order 8 credit cards then use the sticky stuff they put on the card to make it stick to the letter. Then cancel the cards lol
that stuff reminds me of bogeys awful weird stuff.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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quote: Originally posted by Rich H
Cheers all, steer clear of eBay then it seems - where I've been going wrong!
I've never had any problems with the ones I've had off ebay Rich These are spot on -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Number-Plate-Fixing-Sticky-Pads_W0QQitemZ220686745949QQihZ012QQcategoryZ52638QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Sticky pads FTL.
Velcro FTW
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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I use the UPVC window trim tape, Have never had a problem with it coming off, Also its dirt cheap for a large roll!
Just go into your local trade windows place and they should have it, Think its around £5 for a huge roll!
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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I find if you gently heat / warm the plates and pads and blow over the bumper with a hairdrier or heat gun they stick and dont come off. Used to drive me mad plates always popping off at one side
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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I've used eBay ones for about 5 years now. Always been spot on.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Sticky pads from halfords are ok. I used the ones from no1 showplaces and they lasted 5 seconds.
Isn't Velcro just too fit?
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Velcro too fit what do you mean by that?
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
Location: Lochgelly, Fife
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He means the velco needs a sticky back to stick to the bumper, unless he has a fluffy car.
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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quote: Originally posted by Pete_vxl
He means the velco needs a sticky back to stick to the bumper, unless he has a fluffy car.
You can get sticky back velcro halfrauds sell them.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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the halfords heavy duty velcro is really strong. but makes your plate sit 3-4mm proud.
bought some cheap foam stuff and they came off pretty quickly
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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quote: Originally posted by Mark.W
quote: Originally posted by Pete_vxl
He means the velco needs a sticky back to stick to the bumper, unless he has a fluffy car.
You can get sticky back velcro halfrauds sell them.
Your still having to stick half the velcro strip to the car, would be aswell just using stickypads then unless your planning removing platez regularly
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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I used to use Velcro on the C back in the days when I had all different sorts of illegal plates
Now I'm boring and cba - I just want to ditch the GB plates for non GB ones and stick them on rather than bolt them on. Trouble is, the ones I used on the van and the XE are wank and are falling off
The ones my local motorfactors sell btw are the same as you can get on eBay
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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quote: Originally posted by Rich H
I used to use Velcro on the C back in the days when I had all different sorts of illegal plates
Now I'm boring and cba - I just want to ditch the GB plates for non GB ones and stick them on rather than bolt them on. Trouble is, the ones I used on the van and the XE are wank and are falling off
The ones my local motorfactors sell btw are the same as you can get on eBay
Iv used halfords and motorfactor ones, both used to come off until i started using a bit of heat for sticking them, and clean both surfaces with a cloth and white spirits or electrical cleaner
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
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Yeh may have to try the heat trick cheers I always clean both surfaces with ipa.
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Chris C
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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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Rich there was plenty of sticky pads on the Corsa lol
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
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And the bloody plates still didnt stick!!
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