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Black Reg Plates

johnrd · 2007-10-17 21:02:07

Anyone know the legality of black reg plates? and where can they be bought in south dublin?

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17-10-2007 10:02pm

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johnrd

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Anyone know the legality of black reg plates? and where can they be bought in south dublin?

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#2 17-10-2007 10:09pm
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legal on older cars only. as in really old ones! as in pre 1991

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#3 19-10-2007 12:56pm
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Legally only the Army can have black plates on there Vehicles etc.. maybe older cars(classics)

Had 'em years ago, but now the gards will summons/fine you for them...

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#4 19-10-2007 9:49pm
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I think once the car is pre 1991 you can have them

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#5 19-10-2007 11:28pm
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Yeah if the car is a '90 or older you can, a few E30 owners have them

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#6 20-10-2007 2:16pm
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More info with links to regulations, NCT rules etc in this thread

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#7 20-10-2007 4:49pm
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I make custom plates, i can do the black and chrome plates in standard size and a smaller plate of 12" by 3" both are not legal! (but they look good:D)

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#8 20-10-2007 8:35pm
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Black reg plates are only legal for pre-1987 (old style) Irish registrations, ZV (Vintage) registrations and ZZ (Temporary) registrations.

Irish Defence Force vehicles technically don't have to display any registration plates. However in practice they have always done so and generally use black plates for obvious (camoflague) reasons.

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#9 21-10-2007 11:24pm
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Anything after 1990 is required to have Euro Plates i.e EU flag on the leftmost section, white number plates as described by Silvera, and of course on the top of the number plate the county name as Gaeilge.

They won't fail you for not having the county name written in Irish anymore though!

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