Trim tag rivets
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Trim tag rivets
A friend is restoring an 81 and he needs the correct rivets for trim tag and VIN tag. No, he's not counterfeiting a car, he just took the tags off to paint the braces. Where can he get correct rivets........rivets only?
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I can understand the rosettes being illegal due to unscrupulous activities - but it doesn't seem fair to the home garage guy who had to rebuild their entire windshield frame due to massive rust and corrosion, therefore being stuck removing the VIN tag. So my question would be, how does one legally obtain the rosette rivets in cases like this?
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I can understand the rosettes being illegal due to unscrupulous activities - but it doesn't seem fair to the home garage guy who had to rebuild their entire windshield frame due to massive rust and corrosion, therefore being stuck removing the VIN tag. So my question would be, how does one legally obtain the rosette rivets in cases like this?
That said, as joewill pointed out, you have to run this through you DMV. They may oversee the re-attachment of the original VIN tag. However, some states will insist on a re-issued VIN, and those funny numbers scare buyers away.
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This car has been stripped as far as can be without removing the body. The windshield frame has been repaired and welded. There was zero reason to touch both the trim tag and/or the VIN tag. You can see the trim tag if you look closely... it had masking tape over it for the entire strip/prime/paint process. Remove them... for painting? On an '81? 
