number plate peeling

Just peel it off .. it's a cling-film type cover to protect the plate until after it's fitted. I dare bet the plates look blueish, many do.

The protection is usually removed by the dealer, attention to detail is a 'good thing', unless you notice they aren't attending to it, as in this case!

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Are you certain? The plates are (or were) made up using a clear outer layer. Which can start lifting.

I think if it's stiffish it's the protective layer and part of the plate. The cling film type protective layer should be very flexible, like a thickish plastic bag.

Pretty much. The clear perspex plate won't 'peel' .. it can de-laminate perhaps, but not peel, OP described using the words 'cling-film' ..

The stuff they come in just for protection is usually coloured. So pretty obviously has to be removed before use.

I've watched them being made up - in the past. The plate is perspex, but the letters are just laid on top and held in place by a clear film. You can actually feel the letters through the covering. But they may be different now.

All the plates I've had have a perspex plate with letters under it, on top of the yellow/silvered backing plate.

Different makes I guess .. ;)

I've noticed that lease companies use really cheap and nasty plates which delaminate after a couple of years.

I need a new front plate on the Golf - as one corner is peeling.

A new number plate for my bike was made with a plastic sheet laminated on top of the letters. The first came loose after being fiddled with (*cough*) and had to be replaced. Dealer said that they have to be made like that now "'cos the regulations have changed". Dave

Interesting. It would have to be sealed in some way to prevent condensation, etc, if both the backing and clear part were rigid. The film stuff is sort of self adhesive.

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Maybe to stop people fiddling with them to make a name and make them less readable. :-)

I would go back to the dealer and ask him to replace them FOC. It sounds as though they are de-laminating due to wet. They may not have been pressed properly when they made them. Take your driver's licence and reg doc as he should ask to see these even if they know you, and the plates to be made are the same as those on the car!

I prefer to see original plates on a car front and back which match rear window sticker and tax disc holder, but I am a bit odd ;-)

This is one with a little bit sticking out of the bottom with the lease company name on it - so it's a custom plate, not just a normal one with the logo at the bottom.

I've been looking at some newer cars than mine and the design of number plate does appear to have changed, with clear thick perspex to the front. Both my older cars just have a thinner film, and this can de-laminate.

Yep, I know the type.

Mate of mine bought a Peugeot 407 from Regal Peugeot in Bilston and they use those. The nose of the 407 is very low, and the plate is mounted low on the nose so the "tab" on the bottom of the plate is the lowest point on the front of the car. After cracking two plates when parking, he replaced it with a standard plate which has outlasted both previous ones.

I have an 08 reg VW Touran with Bestplate number plates. They have thick clear perspex fronts with the numbers and letters sat on a thin reflective base. My wife has a 60 reg Skoda Yeti with Serck Marston plates. These have a thick base covered with a thin plastic film.

That was the type Halfords (and others) used to supply. They made them up as you watched.

Do dealers still stick on the plates by double sided glue patches? I remember there were once so many new cars losing their plates within the first couple of weeks.