Registration Plates help!

[AGOG]

Hi there, I'm going through the re-registration process here in France and will in due course need to remove my UK plates and fit French ones.
The front seems straight forward enough but the rear has a N° plate holder/surround fixed to the car, which would appear to be the wrong size for std French plates.
I wondered how to remove the rear plate and it's holder from my W204 Estate.
Can anyone help and shed any light on how it's done?
Merci buckets!

 

[MOZ]

It depends on what type of holder it is but they are usually clip fitted surround front face that clips to teh back.

Some have a key type thing to push the tabs away to release it.

If your having to get rid of it anyway due to the different size then I wouldn't worry too much about damaging it, I would expect a small screw driver, or a bit of finger pressure around the edge of the holder should allow you to prize the top off (it may be hinged at the top- some are and some just clip on all the way round.

Once the front is prized off- plastic clips I would expect. then the number plate should just lift out. That will leave a back plate which will have loads of holes and slots in it, and that will be screwed to the vehicle, probably with 4 screws, which you should be able to do and hey presto, it should all be off.

Good luck.

MOZ