Vin Plate

[Romek]

Hi,

I have a very corroded vin plate. Ideally I'd like to keep / clean it and re-apply a scanned transfer from an original (so the stamped numbers are original).

I've tried to buy one from ESM and Bull Motif to take a scan from, but neither stock it. Have I got the wrong plate on my car? [frame][/frame]

[bmcecosse]

It's a chassis number plate - 'vin' hadn't been invented..... Looks right enough to me - just give it a rub with T cut - an 'original' is much more authentic than a copy - which would only set people wondering why it had been changed.

[POMMReg]

It's a chassis number plate - 'vin' hadn't been invented..... Looks right enough to me - just give it a rub with T cut - an 'original' is much more authentic than a copy - which would only set people wondering why it had been changed.

Do NOT use T-Cut, owt abrasive will take the blk paint off!

Dunk it in a pot of oil/WD40 for a week or so, clean & screw back on.

As Roy says,better to have a weather-beaten original than a new one!

[debatable whether same applies to women]

[bmcecosse]

[Romek]

Okay if you insist ( one less job!).

[bmcecosse]

I wasn't suggesting anything more than a light rub over with T cut......so if the WD40 doesn't make it......

[POMMReg]

Other alternative is protect/cover the black paint - several layers of
insulation tape etc, and use silvo sparingly on the bare alloy.

Roy, don't think a light rub over with T-Cut would work on women, perhaps
I should've tried it with my ex(?), as for WD40..no comment!!

[kennatt]

how about stripping the whole lot so that there is no paint. Then spray the lot with black,then when dry put some fine wet and dry,on a flat block and gently draw the plate over it taking off the paint on the raised numbers. Thats probably how it was done in the factory