POLL: Plate Covers

[Lucius]

I went to Blade Greenhills kanina to buy california scents golden something ba yun.. Anyway I checked the plate covers. Meron silang makapal na glass, plastic with border with brand (ie. Mazda, Honda), plastic without border, and plastic with metal border.

I'm buying the glass (bluish) this week, kayo? Meron na ba kayo? What are you planning to buy?

[afrasay]

Ingat lang po sa Makati. Sinisita nila yun mga tinted plate cover.

[Lucius]

Tinanong ko na din ung sales lady sa blade, sabi nila hindi naman daw, ang hinuhuli yata yung dark talaga. Ung green na glass kasi parang normal na glass ng dining table, ung bluish, well mas ok tingnan hehehe tinanong ko na din if pwede magpa-order ng clear na clear. Ganda kasi pag glass, medyo makapal

[ghosthunter]

My glass plate cover was untinted green glass and the traffic cops in makati still asked me to pull over. With some gentle talking, I got out of getting a ticket but I removed my glass plate covers with them watching.

Even the green glass is NOT clear enough for them. You'll need to buy the clear plastic or glass plate covers.



Moral: if you go to makati often, best to use CLEAR license plate covers or dont use it at all. Or in the least, don't use plate covers in front, rear na lang.

[red07]

Yung akin nabili ko sa banawe, clear glass lang sha. 450 lang.

[Galactus]

Bakit wala sa options yung clear glass or plastic (untinted)? IMO, kahit yung may slight tint, hirap pa rin basahin ang plaka sa gabi, and I have 20/20 vision.

[gnoj666]

yung akin bluish ang color ng glass plate cover so far wala namang sumisita mag 1 year na nakakabit ang napapansin ko lang sa may likod laging lumuluwag yung dalawang turnilyo cguro medyo mabigat ata yung glass plate cover.

[dfcsantos]

I'm using clear plastic plate cover with silver border. There is thread here that says that plate covers, of any color, are prohibited.

[shadow]

I'm planning to buy this this weekend for our new car, and madalas ako sa makati..so hinde pwede yun meron cover kahit na clear?..huhulihin pa rin ako?

[speed_pjay]

yep bawal daw po yun khit clear. according po sa friend ko meron daw po memorandum or ordinance ang metro manila mayors league na bwal daw lagyan ng khit ano or patungan ang lto plates because it affects the reflection. even un deflectors bwal din daw!... pero sa makati lang mahigpit.. nahuli sya sa makati before 2k ata ang fine..so they verified it sa lto,tmg & mmda ok lang daw pag-clear ang bawal lang is un colored and tinted.. clear un kanya kaya ngreklamo cla sa makati admin.. binigyan sila ng copy nun resolution, memorandum, ordinance...watever ng metro manila mayors league na implemented pa nun 2003 or 2000 ata pero makati lang nkk-alam kya sila lang nghuhuli...

[meledson]

I'm using clear plastic plate cover with silver border.

Ganyan din ang balak kong bilin. Pinagiisipan ko kung iyong may Toyota na brand o wala ang pipiliin ko. Malamang sa mayroon na lang.

OK sana ang clear na glass pero ang bigat kasi.

[swordsman]

Clear Deflector user here for years now. Going thru Makati almost everyday, no apprehension yet, so far. IMHO, between 2 cars - one with clear and the other tinted - and if an enforcer only have an option to chase one car, he'll most likely choose the one with tinted plate cover.

So, dapat may choice din na clear plastic cover.

[washburn]

hinuli ako sa kalayaan (makati) dahil sa tinted green plate ko, pinatangal pa sakin yung tinted plate sa harap sabi sakin ok lang daw may tinted plate sa likod wag lang sa harap

[gwapZzZz]

Im using a fiber glass clear plate cover and so far wala naman din apprehension, I suggest you buy yung fiber glass or plastic na plate cover kasi
dati I bought yung tinted na brown glass plate cover for 700 and nagslip lng sa fingers ko nung kinakabit ko nabasag na, mas ok pa yung fiber glass IMO
By the way I bought mine sa may Araneta Car accessories for 400 petot and meron din iba't ibang kulay, clear na nay konting shade ng blue and clear na may shade ng green, tingin ko ok yung mejo blue.
Bumili ako nito kasi dati naiwan ko lng nakapark yung kotse ko, pagbalik ko, tabingi na yung plate number sa harap, parang napagtripan, buti na lng hindi tinanggal and yung maganda d2 sa may plate cover is hindi sya basta bsta matatanggal ng ordinaryong screw driver.

[mbeige]

No covers for us, both for the cars in Manila and the cars here in the US.

An idea to protect them may be to spray clear lacquer or clear coat on them to preserve the paint (assuming it's still in good shape to begin with). This allows one to have peace of mind knowing that the plates won't fade away easily and yet still remains clean looking, walang "borloloy" ika nga. In the US there's this product that you spray on to the plates that effectively makes speed cameras blind when photographing them with lots of flash. It's now illegal to buy or use them.

[cumbersome]

Common sense would dictate that one shouldn't put anything on the plate that would diminish readability. It's difficult enough to read the plates on a moving vehicle. Clear, untinted glass or plastic should be more than sufficient protection for plates.

[wewoy_romero]

i use clear plastic na may black border

[Memphis Raines]

Clear plastic lang with metal border nabili ko as soon as I got my new plates. Elevo ata yung brand sa may SM West.

Better safe than sorry kasi hassle talaga na parahin ka pa just because of a "technicality".

[1D4LV]

as much as possible, don't use car plate covers na lang. you will never know when those LTO people will stop you. not only in makati, but i've seen LTO flag down motorists even in cubao and ortigas area. hassle lang, imho.

ako, ever since i got flagged down two years ago, hindi na ako nagkabit. hinayaan ko na lang na mangitim yung plate number ko.

[mommyblue]

plastic with border and brand for me.. IMO, mas protected kasi ang plate kung ito ang gagamitin.. unlike with glass or plastic lang na walang border, mas madali masingitan ng dirt or tubig yung pagitan sa plate..