{"id":1599,"date":"2010-10-04T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:54:36","slug":"when-fixing-number-plates-to-my-vehicle-should-i-use-screws-or-sticky-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2010\/10\/when-fixing-number-plates-to-my-vehicle-should-i-use-screws-or-sticky-pads\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Number plates with Screws or Sticky pads?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fixed-Number-plate.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1602\" title=\"Fixed Number plate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fixed-Number-plate.bmp\" alt=\"Fixing Number Plates\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>When Fixing Number plates to my vehicle should I use Screws or Sticky pads?<\/h1>\n<p>There are two options to fixing your new number plates to your vehicle:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Self Adhesive Pads<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-Tapping screws with matching plastic head covers .<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Advantages of Self Adhesive Pads:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Easy to use<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>No Drilling Required<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Can be removed easily<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Disadvantages of Self Adhesive<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Plates may seem like a easy target with screws for potential thieves<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Not as Secure<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Number Plates and Car Surface, need to be clean and dry<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Advantages of Self \u2013Tapping Screws<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>More Secure<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Vehicle Does not have to be clean and dry<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Disadvantages of Self \u2013Tapping Screws<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Requires Drilling<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>More Time Consuming<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Plates are not easily removed when needed to be changed<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you order the physical number plates from Speedyreg, you will automatically be given a fixing kit, consisting, of both Self Adhesive Pads and Self-Tapping Screws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/FIXING-KIT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1600\" title=\"FIXING KIT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/FIXING-KIT-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"Standard Number Plate Fixing Kit\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/FIXING-KIT-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/FIXING-KIT.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We would advise you to space the Self Adhesive Pads as shown Below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sticky-pad-positions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1601\" title=\"Sticky pad positions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sticky-pad-positions-300x79.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky Pad Positions\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sticky-pad-positions-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Sticky-pad-positions.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably the easiest way of fixing your number plates to your vehicle is by using our self adhesive pads.\u00a0 However if you are after a little more security against number plate theft, then you should use the self- tapping screws with matching plastic head covers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When fixing you next number plates, which will you choose, Sticky Pads or Screws?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Fixing Number plates to my vehicle should I use Screws or Sticky pads? There are two options to fixing your new number plates to your vehicle: Self Adhesive Pads Self-Tapping screws with matching plastic head covers . Advantages of Self Adhesive Pads: Easy to use No Drilling Required Can be removed easily Disadvantages of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10350,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599\/revisions\/10350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}