i used araldite to stick mine onsam wrote:My number plate (rear) is causing me problemssam wrote:dunno, number plate keeps dropping off , and it might rain !!!!!Sean Smallman wrote:Looking very good, so where are you going tonight for a pose?keeps falling off , it is fixed directly to the car by 5 sticky strips , which I have recently renewed , I thought it was really secure , but the car was sitting in the sun yesterday (after the 2 new front tyres) when I returned to the car the number plate was on the ground again!! I think the problem is that the plate is bent following the shape of the car behind the number plate , and it puts stress on the sticky strips which have heated in the sun , softened and lost adhesion ? I am trying to avoid using bolts to hold it on . Do they fix number plates straight on the car on a 993 or do the usually have those sort of backing plates which follow the shape of the car but allow the plate to remain flat ?
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Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
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Re: Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
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Re: Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
I had the same problem on mine, it used to fall off at the most embarrassing times, usually when I was showing it off to friends for the first time. "Ha ha, nice car, shame the numnber plate has fallen off".
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
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I don't normally like the look of any of the cabs (yes, shoot me if you must)
..but...
that is very very nice.
can I have a high res of that for my desktop ?.. pretty please
..but...
that is very very nice.
can I have a high res of that for my desktop ?.. pretty please
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Thats a really good idea ,thanks , and you can buy it at B&Q ? now the only problem is keeping the plate on long enough to get to the store
RaeB wrote:I had the same problem on mine, it used to fall off at the most embarrassing times, usually when I was showing it off to friends for the first time. "Ha ha, nice car, shame the numnber plate has fallen off".
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
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Hi Samsam wrote:Thats a really good idea ,thanks , and you can buy it at B&Q ? now the only problem is keeping the plate on long enough to get to the store
RaeB wrote:I had the same problem on mine, it used to fall off at the most embarrassing times, usually when I was showing it off to friends for the first time. "Ha ha, nice car, shame the numnber plate has fallen off".
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
I have some rolls of RS Velcro...
Either I will bring some to Poole Quay if you are coming or Email me with your address and how much you want in each length (male and female) and I will post some to you....no charge
All the best Brett
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Is that Touring or Lightweight velcro ?Brett928S2 wrote: I have some rolls of RS Velcro...
hehehehehe .. sorry. couldn't resist
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Thanks mate , sadly I have to go back to France on Wednesday for a few weeks so I will miss Poole Quay It is very kind of you to offer the velcro , but by the time the post arrives I will be gone and I would like to use the car over the weekend , so I had better nip up to B&Q and get a bit , thanks again , see you soon , sorry I did not get to Tuesday's meet , but as you probably saw I had a bottle neck through one of my front tyres during Tuesday and could not get a pair of tyres until Wednesday
Brett928S2 wrote:Hi Samsam wrote:Thats a really good idea ,thanks , and you can buy it at B&Q ? now the only problem is keeping the plate on long enough to get to the store
RaeB wrote:I had the same problem on mine, it used to fall off at the most embarrassing times, usually when I was showing it off to friends for the first time. "Ha ha, nice car, shame the numnber plate has fallen off".
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
I have some rolls of RS Velcro...
Either I will bring some to Poole Quay if you are coming or Email me with your address and how much you want in each length (male and female) and I will post some to you....no charge
All the best Brett
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Re: Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
No , this is Brett's velcro , so of course it will be Nitrous Velcro , he he
dealgan wrote:Is that Touring or Lightweight velcro ?Brett928S2 wrote: I have some rolls of RS Velcro...
hehehehehe .. sorry. couldn't resist
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Hi 
Hehe , as its made my RS its very good Velcro lol...
If Your B&Q stuff doesn't last Sam email me your French address and I will send it there
All the best Brett
Hehe , as its made my RS its very good Velcro lol...
If Your B&Q stuff doesn't last Sam email me your French address and I will send it there
All the best Brett
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Thanks mate , I am keeping the cab in the UK now , for a while at least .
Brett928S2 wrote:Hi
Hehe , as its made my RS its very good Velcro lol...
If Your B&Q stuff doesn't last Sam email me your French address and I will send it there
All the best Brett
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Velcro'd
RaeB wrote:I had the same problem on mine, it used to fall off at the most embarrassing times, usually when I was showing it off to friends for the first time. "Ha ha, nice car, shame the numnber plate has fallen off".
In the end I used 'industrial' velcro that you can get from B&Q etc. I cleaned all the old sticky gunk off with petrol and then put the plate back on with the velcro, the glue they use on the backing is good. I've not had any problems since and I pressure wash the car regularly. The good thing is that you can reposition it quite easily if you don't get it on straight the first time and it was much easier to change the plates when I put a new registration on the car.
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Re: Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
it looks as good as mine i thougth i had the only one in the area geoff 1997 cab farlington
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Ah well there are always cars tucked away where you don't expect them
aba wrote:it looks as good as mine i thougth i had the only one in the area geoff 1997 cab farlington
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Re: Sam's cab taken today in the SUNSHINE at Emsworth
i wood like to see it geoff