Plates and the Law


It’s against the law to alter the registration plates on your car in any way. You are not allowed to make them look like anything other than the actual registration number on your V5C Registration Document. Neither may you use black plates on modern cars.

Some people position the bolt for the number plate next to one of the numbers to make it looks like a letter.

In no way do we condone the altering of plates or the reconfiguring of the spacing between the letters and numbers on the plates we sell.

Interestingly, as a result of DVLA’s selling of plates that suggest words and names – although, of course, it is not legal to change them to read the word or name they suggest – there is now a very potent market for plates that cryptically suggest words and names other than the actual registration; and whenever I drive through Swiss Cottage in North London I marvel at the volume of cars with totally altered plates. Many also have black backgrounds and different fonts from those legally allowed.

 

Classic Freeads Ltd, PO Box 84, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN5 9AH
Phone 07866-126469