luminous licence plates

[(B1) MR_fanny]

hey guys....on my trip to japan i noticed a number of cars with luminous license plates that only glow the characters. does anybody know how they work?? is it a custom thing that u get made?

cheers

[DaiOni]

you'd never get away with it in australia, if that's what you're thinking

IMO, and, I'm sure, in the opinion of any australian police, they also have the effect of making the plate less legible

[martydaman]

i think the ADR rule states (and correct me if im wrong) something along the lines: All lights must be clean, visible and untinted so besides it making the plate less legible i dont think it would be allowed if it did. Got any pics, im interested in seeing how they look.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

you would think that by making the characters light up it would be more visible at nite wouldnt it?? dunno what they look like durring the day though:D

as for pics well just imagine ur plates with the letters and numbers lit up in green at nite but the surrounding white isnt.

[martydaman]

sorry but my imagination is pretty crap... anyway, i think those plates look good but cops would bust you even if there is no law banning them in AUS yet... thats the way life works

[DaiOni]

you would think that by making the characters light up it would be more visible at nite wouldnt it??  dunno what they look like durring the day though:D

I'd say the distance in which they are legible, day or night, becomes far shorter

[akeenan]

these plates are hard to read during the night they can really only be read from up close.. They do look cool though

[gimmick]

I recently saw a Japanese Z32 Camaro with Saitama plates and the numers 32...

I thought japanese personalised plates weren't available, but then again money can buy everything right

[Rezz]

I recently saw a Japanese Z32 Camaro with Saitama plates and the numers 32...

I thought japanese personalised plates weren't available, but then again money can buy everything right

Actually, you pay a fee, and you can choose your number... it's that simple. Of course alot of the single digit numbers are "reserved" for Yakuza, or so it seems.

My number plate is "61-16"... totally chosen at random, I must have been lucky.

[martydaman]

Actually, you pay a fee, and you can choose your number... it's that simple. Of course alot of the single digit numbers are "reserved" for Yakuza, or so it seems.

 

My number plate is "61-16"... totally chosen at random, I must have been lucky.

lol... if you see a few suits get into a nice CLK with those plates i suggest you go say hi

[Evo_Lee]

Can you choose them now? I did hear them revise the regulation a couple of months ago and what numbers they were up to.

As for the illuminated ones...yes you have to pay extra...why would I want to pay extra to have my plates more visually clear if I accidently ran a red .

[martydaman]

As for the illuminated ones...yes you have to pay extra...why would I want to pay extra to have my plates more visually clear if I accidently ran a red .

Maybe the cops will deduct a few bucks off the fee for helping em out :jk:

[Evo_Lee]

LOL...if only, the whole policing of traffic laws in Japan is simply. Break the law and you will get caught but at the same time you can be equipped with radars and the periodic revisions of where all the cameras are, so if you get caught your pretty stupid or deserve it.

I would have expected people here to be talking about the fixed angle plates or swing plates, obviously when you pick up speed the wind pushes the plate horizontally back so it sits flat.

[Rezz]

I would have expected people here to be talking about the fixed angle plates or swing plates, obviously when you pick up speed the wind pushes the plate horizontally back so it sits flat.

Damn... thats what I forgot to pick up from SuperAutobacs on Sunday...

[funkymonkey]

i got a japanese DIY on how to make one at home from hosehold parts literraly a door hinge a spring and a bit of sheet aluminium.

[japtaxi]

I think this might be what you (B1) were after?

http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~cappuccino/no.htm

That jap person has done lots of DIY stuff on their cappuccino but the plate holder/lights seem to be off the shelf kit?

[Evo_Lee]

I can see him getting defected for changing the backlight.

[martydaman]

wow, looks pretty good... wouldnt mind em, but good luck getting away with em in AUS, cops would pull you over and make up some bullsh*t rule that doesnt exist and then defect your car

[yukz2daizzo]

yeah at night it does look cool and kinda blurry but during the day time it makes the number looks bolder. now this one that i saw, instead of the screw on the back plate he has this bright, and i mean really bright blue light. when i was looking at it even i cant read his numbers, so that might one more alternative to look at. the swinging hinges for the front plate its only 900 yen from autobacs and it does work on high speed.

[Evo_Lee]

Damn... thats what I forgot to pick up from SuperAutobacs on Sunday...

Do we need any for this Sunday?

I think the radar will do