Japanese Number Plates

[gazza750]

my step daughter is going for a hol in japan throughout december and january and i was wondering if anyone knows where i could get her to go to get me a pair of japanese number plates ?

[midnight]

[Poida]

But how to get them back to australia...? (Without getting into too much shit?)

I too am looking for a set of plates for my soarer

[Beer Baron]

if you want to get them home, just post them. rear plates are a bitch as they have the anti tamper seal on them. fronts are not so challenging though just normal 8mm bolts.

I highly doubt your stepdaughter is going to want to go around stealing (or trying to steal) plates off peoples cars though. and I really dont think it's a good idea. and that is the only way to get some. just like in aus.

[Blitz]

I wouldnt advise it either.

When she gets caught, and she probably will, she will have a lot of explaining to do.

[sewid]

There's a guy on nissan silvia forums trying to sell reproduction plates with GTR etc on them... worth a look.

[SKY 34]

very expensive tho asking $90 or sumthing for one plate

[Poida]

if you want to get them home, just post them. rear plates are a bitch as they have the anti tamper seal on them. fronts are not so challenging though just normal 8mm bolts.

I highly doubt your stepdaughter is going to want to go around stealing (or trying to steal) plates off peoples cars though. and I really dont think it's a good idea. and that is the only way to get some. just like in aus.

Wouldn't they get picked up in the post...?

[Beer Baron]

Wouldn't they get picked up in the post...?

nah, post them EMS in the middle of a magazine or similar. I dont think it will be an issue. or bring them in your luggage. the real issue would be aquiring them legally!

[Poida]

nah, post them EMS in the middle of a magazine or similar. I dont think it will be an issue. or bring them in your luggage. the real issue would be aquiring them legally!

*note taken*

[akeenan]

im pretty sure they would be picked up. all my packages get opened / looked at. shit even my mint aero bars got cut in half before i was allowed to eat recieve/ eat them.

if you want plates, (dunno why) but buy some already in aus. maybe a bit more expensive, but a lot easier.

[Blitz]

nah, post them EMS in the middle of a magazine or similar. I dont think it will be an issue. or bring them in your luggage. the real issue would be aquiring them legally!

Posting them in a magazine isnt going to make any difference at all.

[Beer Baron]

yes it will make a difference, it will stop them getting bent. seriously do you guys really think australian customs is going to care about someone posting a numberplate? and even looking through the x-ray how would they tell if they are vanity plates or real plates or a wall ornament etc? Plus they would not bother opening a package that has a marked value of say 2,000yen and listed as contents: "car magazines" and "imitation drift number plate" or something. having received dozens and dozens of packages from japan i've yet to have 1 opened when sent by EMS, and with a declared value under the target limit. this includes all kinds of stuff, not just car parts.

Brining them back in luggage would be no problem either. Australian customs couldn't give a loud, wet fart about some aussie J-fan bringing back a number plate that for all they know could be fake, real or "other".

anyway, it's a moot point. the problem is obtaining them easily in the first place.

I have seen people selling them on ebay before for silly money. Like $100 each. ouch.

[gazza750]

wellit looks like i ant find any legally

[shiro240]

What about going to a junkyard or breaker? I have absolutely no clue where any of them are located, but possibly there might be some sitting around there that you might convince someone to sell you. However, it might take a real effort, a lot of time, and money so I'd say just be happy the replica plates most people usually buy.

[Beer Baron]

yeah, some wreckers may have some. basically if a car fell out of shaken and was sold straight to a wrecker and they didn't bother to de-register it they 'could' theoretically still have the plates. they may give you one if you were nice.

generally though they would hand them in at de-reg time as I think they give you a small fine or something for not returning the plates.

[HUH000]

i got my genuine jap plates off ebay for $28.50 (a pair)

was very lucky because no one bid on it except me lol.

anyway before that i asked most jap wreckers and they all replied me with no they dont have any jap plates and they are illegal

cheers

[Beer Baron]

i was talking about wreckers in japan...

[JAS-25T]

I scored some off ebay

paid a few quid though - and in all reality I dont know if they are real or not

[Hungryhippo]

They look real to me