jgpev
Established Member
As many of you have noticed, the number plates supplied by several dealers have been a bit wonky.
As you can see, mine came with the black bar and happened to also overlap the MG5 badge:
I have devised a solution, which is to get a larger number plate.
The Chinese number plates use 140mm height, but the UK standard is about 111mm high. When I looked at the Chinese hole spacing, however... I realised that I didn't trust myself to drill on the edge of the plate without cracking it. It's not a problem for China as their numberplates are metal, and therefore probably come with holes and are not some acrylic material like we have that can behave strangely if care is not taken.
Here's an example of the EV numberplates one might find in China compliments of wikipedia:
Source: Vehicle registration plates of China - Wikipedia
And how one of these would look on the Roewe Ei5:
Source: 琼B·D07151, Roewe Ei5 (Sanya Prefectural City) License plate of China
With these thoughts and information, I then requested the following plate information when ordering from Pro Plates (proplates.co.uk) :
Result:
Hope someone finds this useful if they were trying to sort this out as well.
Total cost from Pro Plates for set of both front and rear (including the custom requests for size and flag/country) came out to £25.99 with free shipping. Obviously, not endorsing any particular vender, but they've always been very responsive to me and produced exactly what I've asked for (I always put in an order note and the follow up with an email and generally attach V5C to confirm EV fuel). YMMV!!!!
Oh and I used yellow plastic screws that I got off of Amazon. They all seem to be the right size, but this is specific link I used.
As you can see, mine came with the black bar and happened to also overlap the MG5 badge:
I have devised a solution, which is to get a larger number plate.
The Chinese number plates use 140mm height, but the UK standard is about 111mm high. When I looked at the Chinese hole spacing, however... I realised that I didn't trust myself to drill on the edge of the plate without cracking it. It's not a problem for China as their numberplates are metal, and therefore probably come with holes and are not some acrylic material like we have that can behave strangely if care is not taken.
Here's an example of the EV numberplates one might find in China compliments of wikipedia:
Source: Vehicle registration plates of China - Wikipedia
And how one of these would look on the Roewe Ei5:
Source: 琼B·D07151, Roewe Ei5 (Sanya Prefectural City) License plate of China
With these thoughts and information, I then requested the following plate information when ordering from Pro Plates (proplates.co.uk) :
- EV Green flash
- UK Union Flag on Green EV Flash
- UK Country Code Identifier on Green EV flash
- Front Plate size: 520mm x 111mm (standard)
- Rear Plate size: 520mm x 152mm (TALLER height, standard length)
Result:
Hope someone finds this useful if they were trying to sort this out as well.
Total cost from Pro Plates for set of both front and rear (including the custom requests for size and flag/country) came out to £25.99 with free shipping. Obviously, not endorsing any particular vender, but they've always been very responsive to me and produced exactly what I've asked for (I always put in an order note and the follow up with an email and generally attach V5C to confirm EV fuel). YMMV!!!!
Oh and I used yellow plastic screws that I got off of Amazon. They all seem to be the right size, but this is specific link I used.
