[dsraven]

on mine, it was a good thing I kept the original bill of sales for both trucks and I had lots of pics showing the completed trucks before tear down, with pics of the vin plates attached, and also during teardown as the inspector wanted to see those. I guess it is a good thing they are thorough, they make sure you didn't just steal a truck from a farmers field or steal parts or a vin plate from something else. do your best to keep the vin plate and rivets intact, the rivets were actually pretty flimsy on mine abd one nearly fell off by itself. there is no way it needs to be as pricey as it is though, here in Alberta anyways. the system is for cars, trailers etc etc, anything that needs a plate. it used to be you could fab up a utility trailer and just go get a plate for it. 50 bucks or something. no vin required for a utility trailer. now they need a vin like a car and it costs you 1500 bucks for the dude to come and inspect it, oh well, it keeps us honest I guess.