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jules-B
23-01-2007, 14:23
hi all

looking at doing a bit of a custom exhuast...ie take off the number plate and have 2 pipes coming out of where it sat...on either side.......is there any law that your numberplate has to be lit up? as i can put one in the boot window with double sided tape?

just thought id check
cheers!
jules

McPikie
23-01-2007, 14:37
yes there is, and stop trying to be a 182................. they are slow :lol:

clowo16v
23-01-2007, 14:38
Gotta be lit up.

Matt

jules-B
23-01-2007, 14:39
haha

i wasnt trying to be a 182...just after somthing different..not just your standard placement of the exhuast pipe..

i was goin to go more than the 182 thing though and put the pipes where the numberplate was


so i have to have it lit up then?

McPikie
23-01-2007, 14:43
so i have to have it lit up then?

Yep, by law

But you could place it somewhere else and graft a light onto it, like in your bootlid.

When poeple smooth a boot for say a MK2 golf, you can buy a number plate recess kit for the bumper, so you could recess it somewhere lese I suppose.


Will still look shit though :lol:

MAXIBOY
23-01-2007, 14:52
move it to the side and use a square plate though it still has to be lit

jules-B
23-01-2007, 14:59
whats the penalty if its not lit up

McPikie
23-01-2007, 15:00
whats the penalty if its not lit up

fine? Points? MOT failure?

Not too sure, but I wouldn't chance it

MAXIBOY
23-01-2007, 15:00
its an mot failure so no insurance

jules-B
23-01-2007, 15:01
damn edit button..



so would it be ok to use a sqaure number plate..in the same place..

with 2 tailpipes on each side..in the recessed bit

MAXIBOY
23-01-2007, 15:02
yes why not. the lights would make your tail pipes light up NICE

McPikie
23-01-2007, 15:05
its an mot failure so no insurance

Erm, no. If you have insurance, it's insured.

Article 75

jules-B
23-01-2007, 15:06
jsut what i was thinking...


now again...im taking it you cant use the motorbike square plates can you...has to be bloody car ones...like on suvs...wil that fit on the back bumper without much modding...im thinking of length wise..not width

MAXIBOY
23-01-2007, 15:30
insurance can be classed invalid if the vehicle has no mot or is not in an mot able condition. had a mate where they refused to pay as the car had one tyre below legal requirements. think you can use motor bike plates as long as they are correctly spaced. not the tiny ones. evos extra use them

McPikie
23-01-2007, 15:33
They can try to refuse to pay, but under Article 75, they were the insurers at the time of the accident and have to pay. If they wish to attempt to recoup their outlay from the owner of the vehicle due to defects, then they can do so at their own costs

MAXIBOY
23-01-2007, 15:36
so even though it states that the insurance is only valid if the vehicle is in an mot able condition they have to pay. cool