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That doesn't make sense.
A VIN is much more specific to a car than a cowl tag.
Why not exactly reproduce a dash VIN from a "missing" COPO and put it on another body and fake the hidden stamps?
As stated earlier "Seems that people choose what is best dependent upon their specific situation and then ridicule others for offering tags for sale or changing tags."
You can't say one is OK and the other is not OK. How about we reproduce an engine stamp on a date correct block. By putting a fake door tag on another door you have done the same thing.
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It's obvious you are just arguing for the sake of argument. It's great practice for lawyers, but as we all know, the louder you argue, doesn't make you more right in your argument.
You are incorrecly comparing an actual metal VIN tag with a decal that has the vehicle identification number typed upon it. You can't alter or remove the metal VIN tag; but you can replace a damaged paper decal. I give you this example. If you wrote your car's VIN number on a piece of paper and then tore that piece of paper up have you committed no crime. If you take your metal VIN tag off of your car and cut it up, you now have a big problem.
The conformance sticker is a paper decal with an adhesive backing that notifies all that the car was built at a certain point in time to conform to certain laws applicable at the time. The decal serves NOTICE that the car was in fact, built in conformance with those laws. It is a notification decal not a registration tag or an identification tag. It is not a metal identification tag affixed to the body.
The metal VIN tag permanently affixed to the dash is an integral part of the vehicle that has specific statutory protection under Federal and State laws.
The metal cowl trim plate is essentially protected under common law fraud statutes: if you put another trim tag on your car and then give the buyer the impression that the car always had that particular trim/option combination, you have committed fraud.
The reproduction of the conformance decal for your own car, is legal.
End of lesson.
