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Originally Posted by Xplosiv
Question for you guys. The drivers door has a pretty considerable dent in it, rather than repairing it we were debating just replacing the door. However it has a VIN plate on it. Is there a legal way to swap that VIN plate over to the new door? Also, ive been told the rivets used to hold the plate on were diff from year to year....does anyone make repro rivets?
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Unless you're trying to build a 100 point restoration -- just drill the rivets out and rivet it on to the new door with a rivet of your choice. Nobody cares except a judge at a concours event.
You can repair that door several ways if the frame is good. Reskin it. Or a patch panel. Or if it's stretched too badly (dents are really just stretched metal)... then you can get it mostly to shape and shrink it etc. A good body man can fix almost anything. It's just a matter of time/investment.