I need help in California

[ck80]

Ok maybe that’s why I don’t have a spid. If you feel comfortable enough, can you message me who makes the door sticker? I have a graphics guy but it might be less time consuming to use someone who does it all day and can get it done. Also I did find a company on like who can make the dash vin. Do I just need to pull the dash out the car?

I'll check, you're hitting me at a bad time as we're packing and moving to head to a new house we closed on this week. The drives and notebook that have that info may already be lost in the stack.

As far as the dash vin goes, talk to the company. They want pics of the deteriorated vin tag and usually copy of tiyle, sometimes registration.

But, thats only half the battle. They're attached by a specialized 'rosette' rivet, not a plain round one. LEO sees a round rivet and you're instant red flag territory. Used to be a outfit out of NH thay sold them to anyone, but, generally you need to be a licensed repair shop to purchase the specialized rivets.

For any swap windshield comes out along with dash. Has to do with access to putting the rivets in, and doing it at the right angle.

In theory, if a shop was hired to remove the windshield and write a ticket for cleaning up and repairing windshield channel rust damage that probably gets you documentation supporting a legal remove and reinstall, just using a different plate going in.

Maybe if I document it correctly, with pictures and videos time and date stamped I can make it work. The dash is shot so maybe this could be the catalyst to “repair” everything dash related.

Dashboard wouldn't impact or necessitate vin plate removal, but, rust around it might. Talk to some shops that do restorations on old cars around you as a feeler. They would probably be willing to help out as long as everything that is still there, but deteriorated, hasn't been touched yet. It gets fishier for them when they see identifying info already being replaces, makes it feel more like an vin change to something new for questionable reasons....

 

[bruisedbanana79]

Heck, maybe try calling your local chevy dealer to see if they would have those special rivets

 

[melloelky]

w/the dash in you can't see those rivets.jerk the tag out,blast it,paint it flat grey or flat silver.

 

[oldsmobile joe]

CHP is only used to verify the vin. They don't give two sh*ts about any emission mods.
Try sticking some sand paper down there with a tool and see if you can clean it a bit.
Vin tags on our cars require dash removal only. Windshield stays in.
But if the windshield is removed, you gain access to the top of the vin and clean it up that way.
Here is pic of a vin plate i took out of a 78 grand am.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

CHP is only used to verify the vin. They don't give two sh*ts about any emission mods.
Try sticking some sand paper down there with a tool and see if you can clean it a bit.
Vin tags on our cars require dash removal only. Windshield stays in.
But if the windshield is removed, you gain access to the top of the vin and clean it up that way.
Here is pic of a vin plate i took out of a 78 grand am.

Not directly but they still care if someone is driving around with an expired inspection sticker. A CA resident can only get a valid sticker if the car passes inspection. I don't know if they will pass a Fed emissions packaged car in CA? CA got special stricter CA emission packages. In 1980 CA cars were all computer controlled while the Feds still allowed non computer controlled engines, so its a big difference between the two emission packages that year.

 

[abbey castro]

There are repro SPID, Door Labels and VIN Verification places. I am not aware of a legal VIN reproduction place. Isn't that like printing your own money? If you notice the VIN tags are rivetted in place, so have you removed the windshield to clean it up. It is stamped (raised numbers) As far as the Emissions Label the Upper Left Hand Corner Alpha Characters and the long Alpha Numeric Code under it is specific to model year and says the Emission Standard that it was tested/approved. As far as the "Hidden VIN" let us know where they find it. There are Ser#s all over the frame and suspension parts but those aren't VINs even close the last #s of VIN. Good Luck and oh by the way CA is very beautiful place just like a bunch of other places.

 

[xylorex]

can't you just register the car out of state with a friend or family's address?

i've had cars registered / plated in 2 different states over the years (oklahoma and mississippi). never lived in either state, but they will take your money!

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

can't you just register the car out of state with a friend or family's address?

i've had cars registered / plated in 2 different states over the years (oklahoma and mississippi). never lived in either state, but they will take your money!

CA has become wise to that trick from what I hear as a lot of people there have tried doing that with NV registrations. Many states like my state NJ have a time limit when you first move in to reregister your car to your new home state. For NJ its 60 days. Not sure if LA (the state) is lax about that?

 

[xylorex]

They aren't lax about it, it's 60 days in Louisiana too. But how the hell are they going to know?

 

[bruisedbanana79]

Can aaa do a vin verification for you?