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What age?
Oddjob:
My 48 year old reverse engraved plate on the K reg still looks great, maybe because I presume they are constructed differently..
Next time I see it I'll take a pic of it and show it here.
My L reg has a brand new plate, which was REALLY expensive to buy. Can't vouch for that.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
For starters the Aluminium was much thicker then.
On new alloy plates the plate is so thin that if its mounted on a front bumper with a slight curve the letters start to fall off.
Skoti:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on September 18, 2023, 02:11:57 AM ---Both my K reg and my L reg came with yellow/black plates from new.
I retro fitted them with black and silver reverse engraved Perspex plates, never liked the all metal plates, they bent too easily and they were hard to keep clean. Perspex just wipes clean. Plus the metal plates sometimes lost a letter or number, it just fell out for some reason.
--- End quote ---
Aye,
your absolutely correct 'Perspex just wipes clean', yet the current fashion in the UK seems to be Perspex plates with raised digits that don't 'just wipe clean'!
Seems not very practical for an all weather daily drive.
Oddjob:
Reverse engraved plates are completely flat. So winner winner.
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