John H. Meredith, I understand your concern, but I was assuming it was okay since several of the well known after market suppliers have them for sale for the 1/2 tons, but not the 2 tons. I still have my plate, but it is unreadable except for the stamped serial number. I actually bought one of the after market half ton plates to see how it looked. I don't plan on putting them out to the general market just guys on this page too.
Grigg, I didn't get a reason from the printer, I am thinking they just weren't interested or not used to doing metal. I went to a custom car graphics shop and it would be too pricy by a long run. We are talking hundreds of dollars.