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4D 5mm Acrylic
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4D Number Plates (5mm Depth)
Understanding 4D 5mm Number Plates
This guide provides detailed information about 4D number plates with a 5mm character depth, a popular option for vehicle owners looking to enhance their vehicle's appearance while adhering to legal standards.
What Defines a 4D 5mm Number Plate?
4D number plates are distinguished by their raised characters. The "5mm" specifically refers to the thickness of the laser-cut acrylic characters which are bonded to the plate surface. This construction creates a prominent, three-dimensional effect.
Key Features and Construction:
- Character Depth and Material: Characters are precisely laser-cut from 5mm thick acrylic, offering a distinct, raised profile. This process ensures sharp, well-defined edges for each letter and number.
- Manufacturing Process: Advanced laser-cutting technology is employed to produce the characters, ensuring accuracy and consistency. These are then applied to a British Standard 145e compliant reflective backing plate.
- Sizing and Customisation:
- Standard UK Size: The default dimensions are 520mm x 111mm, suitable for most vehicles.
- Shortened Plates: Plates can be custom-cut to a shorter length, depending on the registration number. A 16mm margin is typically maintained around the registration for a balanced look.
- Hexagonal Plates: An alternative shape, often chosen for specific vehicle aesthetics, can also be sized according to the registration.
- Legal Compliance (UK):
- DVLA Conformation: 4D style plates, including those with 5mm raised characters, are considered legal for road use in the UK, falling under the regulations for 3D (raised character) plates.
- Font and Spacing: All plates are produced using the mandatory Charles Wright font and adhere to correct spacing requirements.
- Manufacturer Details: Plates include the manufacturer's name (Utopia Plates) and postcode, as legally required.
- British Standard: Plates are certified to BS AU 145e, the current UK standard for number plates, indicating they meet requirements for durability, reflectiveness, and visibility.
Obtaining Road-Legal 4D 5mm Plates:
- Document Verification: To comply with DVLA regulations for the supply of number plates, verification of original identity and entitlement documents is necessary.
- Exclusively Road-Legal: We supply number plates intended for road use. "Show plates" or novelty plates that do not meet legal requirements are not offered.
Manufacturing, Quality, and Delivery:
- Component Quality: We utilise high-quality, British-manufactured components in the production of our number plates.
- Quality Control: A stringent quality control process is in place to inspect components and finished plates to ensure they meet our standards. We aim for a product that is both aesthetically pleasing and durable.
- Durability: The plates are designed to withstand pressure washing and are resistant to fading from sunlight.
- Royal Mail Dispatch Options:
- Tracked 24: Aimed for next working day delivery.
- Tracked 48: Aimed for delivery within two working days.
- Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed Next Day for guaranteed next working day delivery.
- Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm for guaranteed next working day delivery by 1pm.
- Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 9am for guaranteed next working day delivery by 9am for super important orders.
- Dispatch Schedule: Please note that dispatch does not occur on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.
Warranty:
A 36-month warranty is provided, covering manufacturing defects such as water ingress, or failures of the materials.
Additional Plate Options:
We also provide plates in other common sizes:
- Square 4x4 (280mm x 203mm)
- Oversized 21x6 (535mm x 152mm)
- Motorbike Plates in 3D Gel and 4D Acrylic (300mm x 178mm)
Fixing Kits:
To assist with attaching your new number plates, we offer tested fixing kits:
- Sticky Fixer Kits: Includes 10 industrial-strength adhesive pads, sufficient for one front and one rear plate.
- Screw Fixing Kits: Includes 4 screws, 2 white screw caps, and 2 yellow screw caps.
Further Information:
For additional queries, please refer to our FAQ page or use our contact page to get in touch.
All our number plates are:
BS AU 145e compliant!
100% Road Legal
Adds next-level depth to your plates
Safe to pressure wash
Doesn't fade in the sun
Professionally laser cut
Industrial strength adhesive bonding
12 month warranty
Orders will be manufactured from Monday to Friday.
Tracked 24: Your plates will be dispatched within 24 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims to deliver these parcels the next day, so this is our quickest turnaround.
Tracked 48: Your plates will be dispatched within 48 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims for a two day delivery timeframe on Tracked 48.
Tracked 24 and Tracked 48 both provide a tracking number, which we will email to you, so you will know where your order and your documents are at all times on their way back to you.
Please note we do not dispatch on a Sunday or during Bank Holidays so please adjust your expectations accordingly. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Please note that by law we include our company name, postcode and BSAU number on the plate. The font style for all our plates is Charles Wright which is the legal UK road font, compliant with the law. The DVLA confirm that three-dimensional characters are legal and compliant with road laws, this includes ‘4D’ number plates, as 4D is only an industry standard name, and they are still classed as three-dimensional.
When buying number plates online, the only way to operate fully legally is for the Registered Number Plate Supplier to see the original physical documents in person. If you aren't local to us in County Durham, you will need to send us the documents in the post. The process is simple and the steps to take are explained in depth after you have placed your order. Once we have received your documents, we will produce your number plates and return the documents securely along with the number plates, using a tracked postal service.
The standard UK size for number plates are 520mm by 111mm. Please note this will vary if you opt for a shortened plate option. Shortened plates are cut down to a unique size depending on the length of your registration. Unlike our competitors, we cut these to whichever size you require rather than using pre-made short plates. We produce them to have a 16mm margin on all edges of the number plate, which leaves a nice even clean finish to your plate. If you require a specific size, please state this in the special requests box after clicking purchase. Legally, your number plates cannot have a margin any less than 11mm.
Utopia Plates does not sell show plates, as they could be used on the road, even though the manufacturer may sell them on the basis that they will not be. To avoid this, we will not sell show plates (this includes tinted plates, blank plates or those with non-standard spacing). We will only produce fully road legal plates, with standard spacing (as it appears on your V5C).
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What our customers say about us
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Who says they’re just for cars!
Awesome quality, who say’s they’re just for cars? Lol, Super quick turnaround and product is spot on. Thank you for a great service
Graham Stanley
Extremely happy!
Extremely happy! Very professional and would highly recommend. My new 3D gel number plates arrived well packaged and look amazing on my car.
Cheers Utopia Plates!
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Fantastic service provided and a wide range of choices, I live close enough as to where I could go down in person to their unit and purchase these in person. Honest and professional service and was all done in a matter of 15 minutes. I asked about other services and they answered the questions I fired at them and gave me quotes on the other services I enquired about. I would highly recommend this business to others and I myself will hopefully be using them in the future also.
