VIN tag

[texasmike]

Can one of you guys tell me what an original vin dashboard tag looked like? Mine is a solid piece of rust but is still readable. I need to replace my windshield and that would be a good time to clean it up and refresh it. Thanks.

 

[bucket]

Surface rust is normal, I don't believe they ever had a coating of any kind on them. Just bare steel. Yours must not be too bad? A water leak around the window can rot them out, but that usually makes it nearly impossible to read.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Should be a silverish, bare metal color.

 

[Rickf]

If your DMV is fussy,you might not want to mess with it. You could make it look altered.