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You'll get a 'better than Sport' look by adding a Sports grille. Oddly, the Sport doesn't come with a Sports Grille, go figure... Nige

Those are the characters yes - rearrange to make my actual plate

...please, no!

Hi Bazza, You may need to be more specific, but assuming you're using Internet Explorer, and you want to change the search engine used by the Search toolbar button. I don't use this, but just took a look, and it seems to be pretty hardwired to get you to use MSN. My advice would be to just add www.google.co.uk to your favourites and take it from there. You can change the first page that Explorer opens on under, 'Tools-> Internet Options' HTH, Nige

how is it "a letter" then one digit looks like two to me ie: SN ???? The photoshopped photo is an anagram of the actual plate. There's a letter, a number, and three letters in there somewhere :winky:

Hi, This is the section Kavey is referring too for import cars... Plates requirements for import cars The import regulations allow for smaller fonts and spacing. A motorbike plate must be on two lines (why??). Nowhere in the regs does it specify the minimum (or indeed) width of the plate :P IIRC, Mitsubushi EVOs usually have a square 'motorcycle' plate on the front to allow air flow through the lower grille. These aren't import cars. I guess, as Kavey says, it's a grey area. I would like to think that with the specified font, correct margins & spaces etc then there would be no problems.... but then... Ironically, I have a large size plate on the rear to nicely fill the rear boot lid space for a plate (Fancy Plates larger size). I know Halfords used to do all sorts of odd shapes to fill the space on Peugeots or whatever - does anyone know if these are still available from high street plate suppliers? As an aside, there's a letter in EVO mag this month asking how come the pictures of the Ferrari Enzo in last month's mag didn't have a front plate? The reply is that they carry one, but would offer the copper a ride in the Enzo to get off if pulled over :D Cheers, Nige

Hi guys, For those who've questioned the legality of the plate, I mentioned that I've photoshopped the posted photo. The actual plate has the required 11mm margin at either end, and a 33mm space between the number and the last three letters. Cheers, Nige

When I fitted the sports grille, I had someone think I had lights behind the grille - it was actually just the horns :) Nige

Cheers Kavey! I see you got a more precise fit in the available slot than I did. I'm just an amateur at this game :winky: Nige

Hi folks, Inspired by Zee's short front plate, I worked out that my personal reg' (consisting of a letter, a '1' digit, legally required space and three more letters) could fit in the front bumper slot for a Japanese plate and stay legal. I ordered a plate of the required width from Fancy Plates but it didn't arrive before I had to disappear for a couple of weeks on business. Anyway, I'm back now, the plate has arrived and is now fitted... I think it looks really great, and is legal! I've got a copy of the legal requirements in my glove box in case I need to explain this to 'someone' :winky: The minimum margin on the end edges is 11mm. For the UK legal font with my letters, number, space, the margin was achieved with a plate of width 31cm (a full 21 cm shorter than the standard width). I've photoshopped the actual lettering in the photo, the margins are tighter on the actual plate. As ever, Fancy Plates did a great job and the short plate was exactly the size I ordered, with the lettering centered and the plate edges rounded etc. I think the bumper slot would take a plate of up to 33cm width (see photo). For now, I've put black tape over the square holes left by the UK plate mount. That's pretty effective and is likely to be my long term solution. Here's the long plate for comparison... :winky: Cheers, Nige

Chris, Do they do these in Royal Sapphire Blue?? :D :D Nige

I believe it does reduce the sensitivity of the accelerator pedal, taking advantage of the fly-by-wire throttle linkage. I tend to use the Snow mode in heavy stop/start traffic as it gives smoother starts. Without it I find the take-up a bit abrupt and requires more clutch control - which is probably more wear on the clutch than can be achieved when in Snow mode. YMMV, Nige

well said Kavey

Enjoy the TT, I went when I was a boy, nothing else like it. Outrageously dangerous, the Monaco GP (but worse), if someone proposed it today they'd be locked up. If you're into motorsport generally, it's a pity there's no longer Lexus IS's in the touring cars or we could have gone longer to cheer them on. Is it right that there's no speed limit in parts of the IOM? Nige

not really, but yes theres two screws either side of the silver no. plate fixings they come out then theres two push type luggy things which fit the two square holes then hey presto it all comes off zee was telling me that he had the two square holes filled in which enabled him to fit the smaller cool looking no. plate Thanks Bazza Nice timing, as I just logged on to look for a reply, as you posted it :) I saw Zee's plate arrangement in Bracknell and he's inspired me to do the same thing, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that... Cheers, Nige

Hi Bazza, How did you get from the first picture to the second? Does the UK-plate-adaptor-thingy just unscrew from the front? Thanks, Nige

Do they wear Mickey Mouse hats at the time?

Hi, Wheels look terrific. As for offset, tap the details into this: Offset calculator Disclaimer: no idea if it's telling the truth or not BTW, 45 is the standard offset. Nige

Congratulations! Any chance you can persuade the parents to give him a Lexus related name, I know there's a family who have two daughters, Merc***s and Lexus. So, for a boy, how about Lex? Or, Altezza? :)

Two genuine experiences I've had recently: I bought a pear at the supermarket, it was dubious quality because it hadn't gone all pear shaped I repaired a toilet flush at home with a cheap part (87p!), so I was very pleased to flush good money down the toilet Nige

I don't have sensors fitted, and don't know specifically how they work, but I assume you guys have checked it's OK to paint over them and that it won't confuse the sensors.... Nige

I didn't know I was expected to bring a shammy and eager shammying assistant (which seemed to be drawn from close family, irrespective of age). Next time I'll come prepared. Dr Evil's right though. Can we have a Smilie emoticon with a shammy in hand to annotate the many posts on this topic? Is this someone chewing their shammy? :shutit: Nige

Bad luck Maz. That's an amazing annotated picture you posted. At least it's clear that the damage wasn't deliberate vandalism, which is a always an unfortunate possibility for cool looking cars like yours. Hope you get it sorted with minimum fuss. Nige

either mate...at least you've seen them!!!! Does 'seen them on TV' count...? :duh:

OK, scrub that theory then