I'm thinking of putting some vents (holes basically) in the rear clam of my Sylva J15 for 1) Exhaust exit and 2) beter airflow but it would necessitate using a square rear number plate.

In the IVA manaul it talks about a spacefor a rear number plate and has some sizes but none of these seem to be the dimensions of a square plate.

Can kit cars have a square rear number plate?

The legal "square" plate (for any car) is 340x240mm as listed in the IVA manual... In other words it's not actually square, just squarer than a nornal plate.

Thats probably bigger than my rear panel.

I guess some people use bike number plates. As theres no plate on for IVA I guess theres nothing to fail on, as long as theres room for a 'legal' plate.

[Edited on 15/8/15 by ChrisJ15]

My rear plate is a "4x4" plate and after a wee trim to get rid of a bit of back ground ended up at
250 x 210 with normal size letters.

My front is an "import" plate and after another wee trim ended up at 220 x 160 (see avatar)

The printer was coupled to the DVLA while the letter layout was done so I assume they are totally legal. (ish)


HTH

Paul G


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[Edited on 15/8/15 by 907]

Looking at the letter size and spacing rules, a quick mental calc gets smallest the plate can actually be down to 255x200. If your reg has 1's or I's in the first 4 didgits that'd reduce it a bit more. You'd still have to have a BS marked plate as well to be fully legal.

Cheers chaps.

Those kind of sizes I can live with.