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 Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:43 am |
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Hey guy and girls
Have a couple of things I just wanted to ask about before I go ahead and buy them.
Front number plates; if wanting to fit a smaller front plate what size is best to go for without attracting the rozzers?
Samco hoses; is the cooling system on the 180 the same as on the 137, i.e. the length/shape of the coolant pipes? Got my mot in march and thought while the car's in the garage I could get them to fit a set of samco coolant hoses
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:52 am |
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front number plate anything other than standard size is probably gonna get you pulled tbh i wouldnt bother
the hoses are different to 137 sets there is no set currently available atm for a 180 unfortunately that i know of 
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:02 am |
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I've got a 470x100 smoked front plate on my 180 which is the same size as the recess that it's meant to go on and also had this same size on my XSi and never had a problem... passed MOT as well with it.
Give you an idea of what the 470x100 plate looks like on the front;
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:21 am |
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| Uz wrote: |
| never had a problem... passed MOT as well with it. |
Looks good, but not legal as far as I can tell from the photo.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:27 am |
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| rttam wrote: |
front number plate anything other than standard size is probably gonna get you pulled tbh i wouldnt bother
the hoses are different to 137 sets there is no set currently available atm for a 180 unfortunately that i know of |
Bugger!! Was hoping they were the same as really wanted to fit some coolant hoses
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:31 am |
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| E5GDM wrote: |
| Uz wrote: |
| never had a problem... passed MOT as well with it. |
Looks good, but not legal as far as I can tell from the photo. |
The font size and spacing is all the same as normal sized plated. Spoke to the local police and they didn't see a problem with it as its all within the legal specs inc the reflective backing.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:34 am |
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Here's my legal spec plate-
I cut this down myself to see what it'd look like. I've got a legal one made up, just ain't got round to putting it on yet.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:53 am |
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always wondered with private plates with less digits if you could legally trim the edges down or not was unsure weather the plate still had to be the same size or just the letter size/spacing?
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:05 am |
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| Uz wrote: |
| E5GDM wrote: |
| Uz wrote: |
| never had a problem... passed MOT as well with it. |
Looks good, but not legal as far as I can tell from the photo. |
The font size and spacing is all the same as normal sized plated. Spoke to the local police and they didn't see a problem with it as its all within the legal specs inc the reflective backing. |
Despite what you were told, like mine its still illegal. The problem being there's not the correct markings.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:08 am |
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Any plate made or supplied after 1st September 2001 must conform to the new standard.
Character height 79mm
Character width (except 1 or I) 50mm
Character stroke 14mm
Space between characters 11mm
Space between groups 33mm
Side margins minimum 11mm
Top and bottom margins 11mm
Space between vertical lines 19mm
There is a full guide to plates here
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:33 am |
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Location: Spalding
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| Uz wrote: |
I've got a 470x100 smoked front plate on my 180 which is the same size as the recess that it's meant to go on and also had this same size on my XSi and never had a problem... passed MOT as well with it.
Give you an idea of what the 470x100 plate looks like on the front;
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What make are the alloys?
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:46 am |
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those are peugeot nimrods mate, came standard on some gti's
Just emailed samco and sfs hoses to see if they will be producing a hose kit for the 180 or if they need a car to produce the kit 
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:05 am |
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Look great in those colours!
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:10 am |
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if you check out the for sale section you might find a decent set on there
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:30 am |
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| MattyP wrote: |
those are peugeot nimrods mate, came standard on some gti's
Just emailed samco and sfs hoses to see if they will be producing a hose kit for the 180 or if they need a car to produce the kit |
this has been done before cant remember who but someone started a list as they said if enough people were intrested they would do it but there was only a few people who were willing to do it even the normal gti kit only does the 2 rad hoses none of the heater or other hoses are part of the kit which is a bit poor.
i think the reason they dont do them is because of the complicated cooler built into the lower hose so would take some quite fancy moulding to make that.
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