MKW

here in California , you must swap a newly arrived personalized plate to any one of your cars within 90 days of its arrival at the DMW or AAA or it is returned and the personalized lettering becomes available again to someone else...you cannot just pick it up and take it home ......otoh, you can remove a personaized plate from an existing car ( when you sell car or swap back to generic serial plate ) and as long as you pay an annual retention fee, you hang on the wall or keep it in a file cabinet forever or swap it onto another car any time later....currently 11-13 weeks from order to delivery for any of the 10-12 std plate design choices and 9-12 mos wait for the special black/ yellow retro one

I wanted a black / yellow retro one to end up with the exact plate and number that was on the family car that I learned to drive on 44 years ago but that is forbidden ...i.e., 3 letters followed by 3 numbers is not allowed since there are still serial plates from the 60s on the road

CAlexio

The other issue is that you don't know what plate will be available until after order cutoff date, so if you're isn't then youbdontbhavr the option to change again.

JackOlsen

They SHOULD be in the mail within the next 3 months. But the DMV has already made some excuses about how a program like this is "complicated to develop and plates take effort to manufacture."

But they add, “everything is going as planned” and people will start receiving plates in the first half of 2015.

silverrules

Personally I think the Yellow plate on a white car with CCB's would look better than black but thats just me. Maybe someone with Photoshop can put a black and yellow plate on a white GT3 and see how it looks.

CAlexio

I called dmv as I had waited until after jan 1 to order and they told me they are still accepting orders. Not sure how long that will last.

Ducati1199

Do you know if it's just the black plates or can you order the blue? I have a sapphire blue coming and thought the blue plate would look great.
If black only available do you think black plate or std white plate and red letters would work better?
PS - I have std red calipers. Txs.

CAlexio

From what I know, only the black plates made it to the minimum required number, anyone care to fact check this?

silverrules

Alex, I think you are right. The black plate is the only one that reached the min 7500 order and all other deposits will be refunded according to fine print. The link posted by OP was for pre-order and since the pre-order ended before Jan 1st, does it mean the program is over or still mail order?

VECCA

Got mine ordered. Hoping it will look good on a black car.

GreenLantern

Hmm, has anyone checked with the DMV to see if they're still taking orders though?

Their page says:
But that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't taking "orders" after that date.

Ducati1199

I just tried to call them and after a million menu options it told me the wait time to talk to someone is "over two hours". So I hung up and went on-line and just ordered a standard plate with - IXXI GT3.
As mine is sapphire blue with red calipers I didn't think a black with yellow plate would work - even if you could order one now.

GreenLantern

This is just me, and my weird taste, but I think a Black with Yellow lettering plate matches every car purely on the fact that it's dripping with swagoo.

LAGinz

Can't find it right now but there is a guy who did a YouTube presentation on this--and also has a Facebook page. On his Facebook page someone from the DMV says that the black plate, when available, will become of the general group of specialty plates that you can order at any time.

GreenLantern

Ah, that would be perfect! I'll send in my snail mail orders, and see if they deposit the check and accept them.

CAlexio

I used their simple "call back" option and didn't wait. Dmv called me back and let me know that we can still order the black plates even though it's after jan 1st, and they should be delivered in about 3 months. I hope my DAB OPPO is accepted