I'd say that if you are going to get a euro plate, go all the way... Dont worry about having the same numbers on it as your real rear plate does, a euro plate is a euro plate and if for some reason you get a citation for it, its numbers wont matter.

I personally like random numbers, but of course in the proper order for the region. Some european cities use letters from the name of the town the car is registered, etc.

I got my euro plate in Sept. 2005, and have had it mounted on the front of my 300DT since and havent been stopped for it yet. It is Illegal to display a non CA plate on the front of your car if there is no CA plate present on the front at all. But lots of people dont even have front plates as many new cars do not have provisions for them, so I figure that its not really a very highly regulated requirement here in CA. My w202 doesnt have provisions for a front plate and it hasnt been an issue since that car was new.

Click on my avatar to see my profile pic which shows the front of my car with the euro plate.

I am from Italy so I bought a mock Italian EU plate, but opted to go for the random letter and number combo, aside from choosing Milano as my city of registration. Thats what the MI is an abbreviation for.

Happy plate shopping!

I think i purchased my plate from europlates.ca if I remember correctly

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