The bargain C180 I've just bought has some naff used car dealer plates on it, and they're looking a little worse for wear.
I'd quite like to get some new plates made up at the local MB dealer, complete with those fancy MB stainless steel screws (four per plate!!) and the writing at the bottom that will say Mercedes Benz "dealer location",
Am I looking to get absolutely shafted or worse, laughed at for going to the dealer for reg plates?
I think I paid about £35 for the pair in Halfords recently for another car.
Just taken a look at Halfords as they are the ones I use at the current price is £36.
I am quite happy with the bog standard plates these days but back in the day I had plates given to me as a pressie which had a photo image head shot of one of my Black Great Danes either end of my reg number and had that for the longest time. I must admit to not being all that keen on the 4D type though, just another place to catch debris I'm thinking, but each to their own as always.
I've never had any complaints with Halford's but probably the main reason for going there is convenience.
The other thing I have on just the Merc is Wurth plate holders and while I like them, you will no doubt get plenty of folks that don't. I found them a cinch to fit onto my car and just as easy to fit the metal plates I got from Halford's.
There are some thoughts that the Wurth holders make it easy for potential theft of plates, but to that I would say this: a potential thief would need the little key or home made device to gain access to the plate inside, I have personal plates which are more conspicuous and thus possibly less desirable for theft, and I believe it is just as easy if not easier to rip off a plate stuck on by adhesive pads, or to carry a double ended screw driver (flat head/pozi) used to remove plates held on by screws.
I will say this though, the original Wurth plates I bought can't be said to be cheap at £25, compared to the several makes out there built on the same lines that cost a lot less, but given mine have been on my motor 4 years so far, then to my mind they have paid for themselves already and have been well wUrth the original outlay...
had to be done 
