Very neat and tidy. 
May I ask why you havenāt treated the nuts and washers?
Lanoguard is clear so everything is you can see is coated (except the exhaust) including the nuts and bolts. They had very slight surface rust but shouldnāt get any worse now that they are covered.
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Are you sure your reg plate still meets the legal requirements for reflections, or rather lack of?
Based on the pic, a camera flash may result in an illegible reg plateā¦
Are you for real ? 
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absolutely
that does not meet the following requirement
Had it on 14 years.
That was a new replacement.
I guess if it was such an issue Iād have known by now.
Donāt know actually.
But, in truth, not one toss does one give! 
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Drove 345 miles today in 5 hrs. Thatās an average of 69 mph. Got to love those French motorways.
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Good lad.
Who are you? 
Lol. Replied to wrong message.
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I know.
I do it too.
Nice to meet you anyhoo!
ScottishFiver drives in the Wilds of Scotland
I Donāt Know Whether the MOT Link Youāve Shown Applies 
What I Do Know Is Scottish Law is Different to the Law in England & Wales Though 
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I got an advisory for the rear number plate on my Mazda 6 a couple of months ago. āRear Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))ā which completely baffled me and the guys at the Mazda main dealer who service it. I canāt see anything wrong with it. Still, if thatās all thatās wrong with the car, Iāll take it 
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Police up here are usually too busy herding Buckfast belligerents, deep fry chippy gang raiders, and Greater Hairy Haggis poachers frankly. And, they are too fat to catch up with me.
Until they report to my son. 
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Spent the day replacing the old crusty coilovers with some nice new MeisterR ClubRace ones. wider OZ wheels and Toyo Proxes.
I had to go for a drive afterwards and the difference is black and white. Very happy today 
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Nice pristine level looking rot free Mk1 that.
Are you arranging a laser session?
OCD ( me!) cream on top ā¦maybe not required.
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Thank you Yes I am! Luckily, thereās a company who prepares mx5s for racing in the next town over from me, so sheāll be booked in ASAP. Iāve heard that alignment is very important on these cars, is it best to go for no camber, or something a bit more spicy?
The current alignment is awful, negative camber of about 3Ā° on the rears. And that was before I fiddled with the suspension.
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You must be the life of the partyā¦ā¦š«¢
TBH,
Iād rather let them discuss you needs.
Itās a black art.
My preference is the so called āfast roadā setting ? Which means it digs in quickish, at the expense of front tread but itās low miles usage so I do not care much.
You can drive a coach and horses plus or minus with standardā¦pretty broadband ā¦ so tbh maybe just get it set to somewhere around factory. Butā¦see what they say if they are that good.
I 'd not go too aggressive at firstā¦see how you get on to begin with standard.
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Thanks for the advice - Iāll see what they recommend.
Iām in a similar situation to you really, I donāt drive the car that often so a āfast road / trackā setup seems ideal for me.
The place in question is BC cars in Haverhill, I donāt know if you have heard of them (probably not given you live in Scotland?). From their website they seem to know their stuff!
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Well Iāve read through the regulations quoted and I canāt see any reason why a clear plastic cover would render it illegal. Yes a tinted cover would but not clear.
99% of all number plates are made from a coloured reflective sheet with black non-reflective digits behind a clear acrylic sheet. So if a clear plastic covering in front of a plate makes it illegal virtually every car on the road would fail the MOT.
Every number plate recognition system either on car parks or speed cameras manages perfectly well with all our shiny acrylic plates.