Philippines

[Alabang BRZ]

Originally Posted by dagame

idk if its just me but i think i'm really just fine with not having plates for the next 6months to a year because the lto can't produce them. for me, it just makes the car to still look like brand new after already using it for a few months.

I get what you mean buddy but dont you find it odd that govt can dilly dally without penalties while we have to do everything they want unless we be willing to pay fines and penalties?

If their performance were based on their compensating they'd be offering us pre-paid LTO vehicle plates.

It gives a great opportunity to have custom plates but before the year's out it will be made obsolete. Right now I have to settle with a bond paper print out cause the MMDA wants to collect fines for their coding scheme.

BTW I noticed CATS (Mercedes Benz) never needing a conduction sticker. Is this a special arrangement?

[dagame]

Originally Posted by Alabang BRZ

I get what you mean buddy but dont you find it odd that govt can dilly dally without penalties while we have to do everything they want unless we be willing to pay fines and penalties?

If their performance were based on their compensating they'd be offering us pre-paid LTO vehicle plates.

It gives a great opportunity to have custom plates but before the year's out it will be made obsolete. Right now I have to settle with a bond paper print out cause the MMDA wants to collect fines for their coding scheme.

BTW I noticed CATS (Mercedes Benz) never needing a conduction sticker. Is this a special arrangement?

well yeah, that too. pero alam mo naman phil gov't, nothing new.

the coding scheme for the conduction sticker shouldn't have been implemented to begin with. it shouldn't be our fault that they can't produce the plates that we need. its such a hassle especially for people like me since one of our cars and my BRZ is coding on a monday, so instead of having one as an alternate car, i can't use both during mondays

with regard to CATS/mercedes benz cars, no they don't have a special agreement. we have another car (benz from CATS) that is still yet to be issued a plate and even that needs to have a conduction sticker and the conduction sticker-plate placed in the plate number slot. even CATS produces these plates for some of their cars, they make them in black background and white font. maybe hindi lang nagkabit yung nakita mo and the traffic enforcers are too scared to apprehend the owner since its a benz

[Alabang BRZ]

Some years back we had a Benz that didnt have a conduction sticker. I found it odd but never questioned it as I felt it may be my fading memory. But last week I saw a S550 driving down SLEX and it also did not sport a conduction sticker nor a specialized plate.

To be honest CATS appears to be conscious about making their just sold car look good by absorbing the cost of making plastic home made plate numbers. As it stands the paper plates that comes out of the inkjet/laserjet looks really tacky. Something you dont expect from a slightly more expensive Japanese car.

[dagame]

Originally Posted by Alabang BRZ

Some years back we had a Benz that didnt have a conduction sticker. I found it odd but never questioned it as I felt it may be my fading memory. But last week I saw a S550 driving down SLEX and it also did not sport a conduction sticker nor a specialized plate.

To be honest CATS appears to be conscious about making their just sold car look good by absorbing the cost of making plastic home made plate numbers. As it stands the paper plates that comes out of the inkjet/laserjet looks really tacky. Something you dont expect from a slightly more expensive Japanese car.

yeah, true. their plastic plate numbers really look good on their cars. its like a plate from another country actually. well, it'd be just right for them to do so since you're paying premium to own one.

[grannyshifter25]

Originally Posted by EYRON

Just sharing mga kabayan.

what rims are those?

[NIKDENG]

Originally Posted by grannyshifter25

what rims are those?

@grannyshifter25,

On the real car those would be Rays te37sl. On the Remote control car, those would be Five Axis Design S5:F wheels.
@EYRON,

Nice set-up on your car. Even nicer set-up on the RC.

[EYRON]

Fitted with Five Axis body kit (front lip spoiler, rear valence, side skirts and duckail rear spoiler.

Here is a previous look of my car prior replacing wheels with the TE37SLs:

[NIKDENG]

Originally Posted by EYRON

Fitted with Five Axis body kit (front lip spoiler, rear valence, side skirts and duckail rear spoiler.

Here is a previous look of my car prior replacing wheels with the TE37SLs:

@EYRON, Are you running a square 8.5 setup on the TE37's? Stock suspension? Thanks.

[EYRON]

Originally Posted by NIKDENG

@EYRON, Are you running a square 8.5 setup on the TE37's? Stock suspension? Thanks.

Actually, they are 18x9 all round. Suspension is still stock but planning on getting KW V3s in the future.

[Duo]

Originally Posted by NIKDENG

@Duo ,

This applies to brand new cars in Metro Manila. There currently is a shortage of car license plates for new vehicles because the government agency in charge of this screwed up. As such it can take you as long as a year to get your licence plate for a new car. As a temporary measure all new cars in Metro Manila which don't have plates yet are required to display the conduction sticker number of the car on the spaces allotted for regular license plates in front and at the rear of the car (Hence home made plates. Some just print out stickers, others are more fancy and have custom made euro style plates with the conduction sticker numbers on them). This allows the government to still implement their vehicle reduction scheme by using the last digit of the conduction sticker.

Link to the actual government memorandum covering this:

http://www.mmda.gov.ph/MMDAMC/MMDA-MC06-13.pdf

Just read through the memo and I've still got some questions. So people are required to make homemade license plates? This isn't optional? That just sucks donkey balls. Are there any particular rules on how they're supposed to look?

I think I've read people say they're getting Euro-style plates of their conduction stickers but I believe there's a pic some pages back of someone getting it Japanese style (his 2 letters were TV + 4 digits).

Also, what's the difference between Vanity License Plates and Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates? I wasn't aware of any other plate format besides the previous ABC 123, ABC 12, and the newer ABC 1234.

[NIKDENG]

Originally Posted by Duo

Just read through the memo and I've still got some questions. So people are required to make homemade license plates? This isn't optional? That just sucks donkey balls. Are there any particular rules on how they're supposed to look?

I think I've read people say they're getting Euro-style plates of their conduction stickers but I believe there's a pic some pages back of someone getting it Japanese style (his 2 letters were TV + 4 digits).

Also, what's the difference between Vanity License Plates and Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates? I wasn't aware of any other plate format besides the previous ABC 123, ABC 12, and the newer ABC 1234.

@Duo,

People with new cars which don't have government issued license plates yet in cities (Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas, Pateros) under the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are required to do this. There are no particular rules on how they are supposed to look as long as they are visible in the front and rear plate areas. You can go creative with this as some use Euro style, some Japanese style. The conduction number is actually a misnomer as it is actually two letter followed by four numbers as you already noticed.



In the Philippines these are the different types of plates:

1. Limited Editions
a) Category 1 - starting price of 50,000 pesos and fetched as high as 370,000 pesos made available through public auction. Consists of 4 to 6 characters of the same numbers or characters. Mixing of characters and numbers in the plate not allowed. Example plates: 8888, 88888, 888888, NNNN, etc. What made it expensive aside from exclusivity is that is exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme of the MMDA and is transferable to any vehicle owned by the same registered person. No longer available since 2005.

b. Category 2 - priced at 25,000 pesos consisting of three numbers followed by three letters which is the reverse order of regular plates. Ex. 888 NJB. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. No longer available since 2007.

2. Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates (OMVSP)
a) Category 1 - priced at 25,000 pesos. Consists of 3 same letters or three non same letter letters followed by 2 numbers of the choice of the buyer. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. ex. TGT 86, XXX 69

b) Category 2 - priced at 15,000 pesos. Consists of 3 same letters or three non same letter letters followed by number 100. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. ex. BRZ 100, AAA 100

3. Vanity Plates (not used as a replacement for the regular plates and can only be put at the back of the car) -
a) Premium edition - priced at 15,000 pesos consisting of three numbers followed by three letters which is the reverse order of regular plates. Ex. 888 NJB, 101 XXX. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme.

b) Select edition -priced at 10,000 pesos consists of any combination of any characters and numbers minimum of three maximum of six. Ex. SLOW1. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme.

4. Regular plates - consists of three letters followed by three numbers assigned by the government. They are planning to replace this with three letters followed by 4 numbers but this has not yet been approved.

Hope this clears things out for you.

[Duo]

@NIKDENG

Thanks for typing all that out! I really appreciate it. I've always had a fascination with creative license plates. In California, we've got seven digits to work with and I've seen some pretty creative ones:

O2 2 M3 (E46 M3)
AWDSOME (GD STI)
THE END (hearse)

I guess it's cool people are at least allowed to get creative with their temporary homemade plates.

[dhoeze]

Originally Posted by EYRON

Just sharing mga kabayan.

Nice.. now you have to replace the wheels of that diecast.. hehehe.. me want one!

[rockers_kitoy]

good day peeps.

where can you suggest/recommend to have mag wheels restoration/modification?

i have an old reliable 17-inch rims. and im planning to have it painted flat black (from tarnished chrome)

appreciate your replies.

thanks!