I cant say if I`ve seen a vin tag with paint over it so are they put on after?
Every factory installed vin tag I've ever seen has been clean. I am betting it went on after paint.
I've never pulled one off but I assume it's body colour behind it.
65 SD L79 said
Mar 22, 2014
Carl Stevenson wrote:
70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
I cant say if I`ve seen a vin tag with paint over it so are they put on after?
Every factory installed vin tag I've ever seen has been clean. I am betting it went on after paint.
I've never pulled one off but I assume it's body colour behind it.
I`ve never had to pull one off either as that area on the door post is always clean and in great shape. The cowl tag area, not so much
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Mar 22, 2014
....door post tags were put on after paint. But the firewall tag is put on before paint. I've seen pics where one guy is holding a long stick with a pad on the end and he covers the tag while the other guy is spraying the paint, thus why you see the overspray on the tags cause it just depended how the guy covered it when he hit it. Later on in the 60's they just painted the firewall tag.
Every factory installed vin tag I've ever seen has been clean. I am betting it went on after paint.
I've never pulled one off but I assume it's body colour behind it.
I`ve never had to pull one off either as that area on the door post is always clean and in great shape. The cowl tag area, not so much