Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Wouldn't worry about the plates unless you start getting stopped.

My bike plate is about the size of a cd case and I've only been pulled twice for it in 4yrs. As long as you're insured, taxed and mot'd the police don't seem to care much these days - all of the above they can check electronically too which is a welcome change from the days of producers etc...

Looks a bit shiny though - run it through a couple of muddy storm drains and stick a dent or two in it. Bit of character.....

I don't know what the deal is with plates. They always make such a thing out of it but I've never had any problems. My 106 Rallye had pressed french style plates and my Corrado had pressed german plates and I never had any bother. Even got stopped in my Rallye as I had a light out.. Was expecting him to mention the plates, especially when he started asking who it was registered too (was on my dads fleet policy) so an ANPR camera could obviously read it. He never said a thing.

Ran a motorbike-sized stick on plate on my mini. Never had any problems with that either. (excuse the shit photo, digi cameras were barely inveted when this was taken!)