Reply to "VIN number mismatch"

larrywMember

I am kind of surprised that the authorities even consider the dashboard or B pillar VIN tags as anything more than supplementary information since they are simply riveted on. A deceitful person could drill out the rivets and reattach any tag that suited their purposes.

The B pillar tag is frequently removed then reattached for painting, mine was. I found the dash tag was just riveted to the dash itself when I removed mine to work on the heater. More than one person has legitimately decided to recover or replace a sun/time cracked dash.

The only unique identification that is a permanent mark on the monocoque body is the footwell stamping, no? Now a crooked person could change that too, but not nearly so easily and, if the authorities were really interested that modification could be detected.

4/23/1011:25 AM

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