FAQs

No. Show Plates World does not sell private, cherished or personalised registration numbers. We only make physical number plates, and you must own the registration number you are having plates made up for.

Important: you can’t invent or make up a registration number and use it on UK roads. You, or the person you’re buying for, must already own the registration number.

On the builder, choose from the Legal or Show? option:

• Road Legal - your registration is spaced automatically in the correct legal format and includes all the legal markings.
• Show Plates - no design restrictions. Your registration appears exactly as you type it.

Please check your registration and spacing carefully before you order, as we can’t offer refunds or reprints for typing or design errors.

Our print process is on demand: once you pay, your plates are printed and sent for construction automatically. Our production team doesn’t change or check the spacing you’ve chosen, so your plates are made exactly as you ordered them.

Once you’ve ordered, we’ll email an order confirmation to the email address you entered at checkout, showing your delivery address and plate design. If you pay by PayPal, you’ll also get a payment receipt from PayPal. Please check your junk folder if you can’t see it.

We print orders as soon as they’re placed, so in some cases it may not be possible to issue a refund because the plates have already been made. If you want to cancel, please contact us straight away (within the hour). If your plates haven’t been sent to production, we’ll issue a full refund.

We accept credit and debit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. All payments are processed securely. Please contact us if you need any help with payment.

Orders placed before 2pm (Monday to Friday) are dispatched the same day. Priority delivery takes 1-2 working days and standard delivery 2-4 working days.

In rare cases there can be a courier delay that’s out of our control. Please email team@showplatesworld.com straight away and we’ll send you the tracking details.

Very occasionally the post from Jersey is delayed by bad weather on the crossing. This is out of our control, and we can’t give refunds for orders we dispatched on time that are then delayed in the postal system.

Sorry, no, not at this time.

Sorry, we don’t have a collection point.

Prefer to watch? See our fitting video.

Step 1 - Remove the old plates and clean the surface. Our sticky pads are very strong on a clean, dry surface. Take off your original plates and use a surface cleaner to remove any residue, dirt or old sticky pads from the bumper, then make sure it’s clean and dry.

Step 2 - Fit using sticky pads. Place the sticky pads from the kit evenly on the back of the new plate and remove their backing. Line the plate up centrally on the bumper and press firmly across it. Once stuck, test it by pulling gently - if the surface was clean and dry, it won’t move.

Step 3 - Fit using the screws. Use your old plate as a guide on top of the new one to mark where to drill the screw holes. Always drill through the front (printed side) of the new plate - drilling from the back will make the printed film lift. Then line the screws up through the plate into the holes in the bumper and tighten until secure.

No, we don’t offer a pre-drilling service, as the hole positions vary from vehicle to vehicle.

Allow one Fitting Kit per plate. One kit includes 6 sticky pads, which is enough to fix 1 plate, and 4 screws with 2 of each cap, which is enough for 1-2 plates depending on how many screws you use. Most plates are fixed with 2 screws, but some use 4. You can choose how many kits you need in your basket.

A road legal registration has one space, in the correct place - check your V5C log book or your existing plates. Choose Road Legal from the Legal or Show? option and the builder spaces your registration automatically in the correct legal format.

If you choose Show Plates, your registration is made exactly as you type it, so you can space it however you like - but show plates don’t include the British Standard or legal details and are for off-road use only. If you’re unsure, please contact us.

Every road legal number plate in the UK must show the maker’s name and postcode and the British Standard (BSAU145e). On Road Legal plates these are included automatically, printed in small black text at the bottom right of the plate.

Show Plates don’t include the legal details, and let you add your own personalised slogan instead. Show plates are for off-road use only.

Yes. All of our plates, road legal and show plates, are made with BSAU145e compliant materials and are fully reflective.

4D plates have laser cut acrylic characters raised from the plate, in 3mm or 5mm thickness - 5mm stands out further. 5D plates take this a step further, with laser cut acrylic letters (3mm or 5mm) and gel digits on top for extra depth and shine.

All of these styles are road legal when Road Legal is chosen on the builder. Choose your style under Choose Text Style on the builder.

The materials are the same.

Road Legal plates include all the legal markings, including the maker’s name and postcode and the British Standard on the bottom line. They are spaced as shown on your V5C or V750 certificate, in line with DVLA and police requirements.

Show Plates don’t include the legal details and allow a more design-led look, such as non-legal spacing and your own slogan. They are for shows and off-road use only.