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finally time to run the 32 over the pits tomorrow! Im going for welshpool and im just getting all the stuff together

What size/type plates is everyone using for the 32 ? I ask because i know i have to bend the standard size plates cos they are 374mm and the space available at the rear of the r32 is only ~365mm. So i thought everyone was getting slimline but they are the same width :S

So whats the go? people trimming plates a tiny bit to fit ? Getting the 3/4 length ones?

Whatever you guys fits/looks best and is cheap ?

"Whatever you guys fits/looks best and is cheap ?"

at the end of the day its you thats spending the money and its ur car, and ur gonna have to put up with seeing it everyday.

most ppl bend it to fit in.

however, i have seen ppl splicing rear bumper to make it fit, or evern trimming the plate, though i've heard trimming the plate is illegal.

trimming the plate is illegal.. the 'best' way would be to slice the bumper to slot it in.

or even make a bracket that makes it sit on the outside of the bumper..

im lucky the 33 plate cutout is *perfect* :D

trimming the plate is illegal.. the 'best' way would be to slice the bumper to slot it in.

or even make a bracket that makes it sit on the outside of the bumper..

im lucky the 33 plate cutout is *perfect* :(

exactly, my cousin had the same troubles, he got a warning from the cops because he cut his plates, he had to take it back and get a new one remade, splicing is a good method!!!

just cut the 5 mm off each side and you wont be able to tell. add some black paint to make it look normal again and youll have no problems and the plate will fit snug which further makes it look like a factory fit. easy!

you can get 3/4 size plates and they fit straight in the recess...no bending or cutting. Got personalized plates so not sure if you can get 3/4 standard plates(probably not).

yeh you can get 3/4 size normal plates but, but they arnt made out of aluminum or any thing they are made out of hard plastic with sticky stuff to attach them, i think there soul purpose is to attatch them to your front body kit were a normal one would be difficult to fit,

my cousins car is the blue 33, hes got a 3/4 normal plate on it

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Good to see you've almost got the GTR on the road...its been a while! :P

IMO the Alluminium plates look better than the Polycarb variety, I went slimline on front and full size rear.

Dont cut anything!....just put the plate in a vice as I did below and make a nice clean bend, looks neat and tidy and do'snt ruin anything.

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hey Lindsay. yeh its taken a while :P good idea there with the vice will do that. Ive decided to get the stock plates and spend the money elsewhere.

I just got back from welshpool- they failed the car. Said there was play in the front steering somewhere (bushes, tie rod ends or something like that) because when jacked up they could wiggle the tyre. really the movement was was piss all.. meh

they were so quiet today i was only car there for 10 mins and all the inspectors had a look over it. Nice blokes but still bastards :D

Haha yeah I hate taking my car over the pits at the best of times!

I actually had a 'roll around on the floor fight' with a pit inspector (in my younger days) after overhearing him call my car a POS :P

Hopefully all will go OK on re-visit, I do not think they can pick you for anything that is not already on your work order from the first visit so you should be OK :D

psi_gtsii - yes they can pick you for things not on your work order. :dry:

sam - thats not a 3/4 plate, thats a 'fake' plate. :)

the real 3/4 plates are literally that, a plate 3/4 the width of the normal ones.

I've got a 'fake' plate on the front my R33. All I did was get a signwriter to make a sticker with the same font/colour and reflective background - the same size as the front bar opening. I stuck it on a piece of perspex.

I've never been pulled over for it in 5 years of having it.

yeah i wanna go slimline/sticker whatever for the front of my car.

with the rear, i stood the plate up on its side, and with a hammer (mini sledge or what ever is heavy) i tapped on the edge of it so it rolls in.

then i done it to the other side. look neat and pretty much stock but fit perfect.

So basicly tap the edge till it rolls in slightly.

Steve

Edited by PHATR32
I've got a 'fake' plate on the front my R33. All I did was get a signwriter to make a sticker with the same font/colour and reflective background - the same size as the front bar opening. I stuck it on a piece of perspex.

I've never been pulled over for it in 5 years of having it.

thats like saying my car had 90mm clearance for the first year i owned it.. never got pulled up for it... doesnt make it any more legal.

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