Quote: Originally Posted by tempest115 still, it was good of him to report the car, as it may have worked out the it WAS someones car who is on the forum.... I wasn't talking about the reporter. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Refering to me AUS880 well mate have u ever had a $12k vlct that dissapeared?? If not then u dnt have a clue how i would be feeling.. so you really shouldnt be commenting about my thoughts.. *** you have had alot of cars?? must have big $ or a shonky **** one or the other take care

sry dude havent check this thread out since i last posted umm the M5 is the 1 that goes to liverpool not to homebush thats the M4 ur thinkin of. umm na they were removed straight away cause i travel on that road about 6-8 times a day each way up ad down i usualy do the bexley rd to river rd exit but yer they were removed. from wat i recall one was a white exec/berlina Vl that looked like it had been taken for a joy ride as it was sitting in the bushes and the other was a dark blue over silver calais that had been stripped down pretty bad. the reason i no this was a calais is that the whole nose cone pop up lights had been removed and the rear end was missing aswell althought it still had the door molds on it

Guys, what exactly is rebirthing? I mean I know thats how these pricks steal a car, and give it a new plate, etc, and sell it, but how exactly do they get away with this stuff? They have to have a known good chassis and engine number that isnt hot dont they? whats envolved in the process?

I think u need to use all the plates off a car that has been written off.

enough on the rebirthing guys we would not want to educate the wrong people.. who knows they might even do it ?? or not complete it but destroy someones vl

its called a "NUMBER JOB" very easy to do but could cause problems if it feel into the wrong hands

Rebirthing: Substituting what are usually legitimate Vin/Chassis and engine numbers onto a stolen car to give it a new identity. Rather than not mention it on here everyone should be made aware of it so that they may be more educated and cautious when buying a car

***in assholes i can understand stealing a car for parts or something else (still a **** of a thing to do though and i dont support it dont get me wrong) but just stealing a car and burning it is ***ed.

AU 880 <Rebirthing: Substituting what are usually legitimate Vin/Chassis and engine numbers onto a stolen car to give it a new identity. Rather than not mention it on here everyone should be made aware of it so that they may be more educated and cautious when buying a car>> totally agree thats true guys you should be aware of it so if u see a car that looks abit dodgy u can report it.. make sure compliance numbers match chassis ( left tower next to fuse box) some people actually cut out the chassis number out of the tower and weld it on the stolen car sand it back apply some bog and paint it.. hard to detect if done correctly.. the biggest one of all i think that most wannabe sik ****s **** up on is the engine numbers should be located on the left hand side of the block.. alot of people dont even bother with those.. if u see anything dodgy guys report it to the police they are wiping out original vlct and hdt's not enough around.. also guys make sure the option codes and model codes that are listed on the website eg AVL etc make sure numbers and letters resemble the car so if it is a calais it should not have exec number on it .. thats a dead give away.. look for any creasing on compliance plates could mean they might of been taken off another car and been ruffed up.. check also the pop rivets also if they are differant or have not been placed back on the original part of the cp is another thing to look for.. and doesnt hurt to give revs a call Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

guys this might be useful info that we should put on the website.. we are all passionate about VL's it shouldnt bother any of us apart from maybe the ones that actually do this **** who knows we might prevent a car from being stolen or sold etc what do the moderators reckon?? I dont mind writing it up..

Quote: Originally Posted by PISTVL AU 880 <Rebirthing: Substituting what are usually legitimate Vin/Chassis and engine numbers onto a stolen car to give it a new identity. Rather than not mention it on here everyone should be made aware of it so that they may be more educated and cautious when buying a car>> totally agree thats true guys you should be aware of it so if u see a car that looks abit dodgy u can report it.. make sure compliance numbers match chassis ( left tower next to fuse box) some people actually cut out the chassis number out of the tower and weld it on the stolen car sand it back apply some bog and paint it.. hard to detect if done correctly.. the biggest one of all i think that most wannabe sik ****s **** up on is the engine numbers should be located on the left hand side of the block.. alot of people dont even bother with those.. if u see anything dodgy guys report it to the police they are wiping out original vlct and hdt's not enough around.. also guys make sure the option codes and model codes that are listed on the website eg AVL etc make sure numbers and letters resemble the car so if it is a calais it should not have exec number on it .. thats a dead give away.. look for any creasing on compliance plates could mean they might of been taken off another car and been ruffed up.. check also the pop rivets also if they are differant or have not been placed back on the original part of the cp is another thing to look for.. and doesnt hurt to give revs a call I took my plates out to respray the engine bay, put them back in and it looks excatly like it was originally.. still doesn't hurt to check and ask.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i think my car may have being rebirthed at one stage cos it has the original owner manual thing and the chassis number in there doesnt match the one on the car but the engine number is. but i got a REVS certificate for it so im safe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

it mite not be a rebirth it could mean that ur car was in a accident and they replaced the whole strut tower were the chassis number is stamped in! the panel beater could have gotten a strut from a wrecked vl and welded it in there for ur chassis number is different

Lots of the owners manuals have the wrong nos written in them, shoddy dealers.

This **** is depressing me. I bet there's some ****head reading this right now, involved in all this. Don't worry champ, God's been watching you this whole time, what come's around, goes around............ Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by INFLYT Don't worry champ, God's been watching you this whole time, what come's around, goes around............ true... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by MRHELE it mite not be a rebirth it could mean that ur car was in a accident and they replaced the whole strut tower were the chassis number is stamped in! the panel beater could have gotten a strut from a wrecked vl and welded it in there for ur chassis number is different yeh i thought that aswell. i was just too lazy to type it haha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

AUS880 u think that is possible dude that the dealers ***t up somtimes.. cause when i look at my rego papers it does not resemble whats listed on the website.. as in it doesnt resemble VLCT in fact a BERLINA TURBO strange hey but the person i bought my old cAr seemed pretty genuine anyway.. another HDT off the road.. VPEXEC poor bloke maquarie as well goes to show dat ur car is not even safe in the yuppy areas

INFLYT u think a guy who does this **** even noes how to turn a computer on let alone find this website..??? maybe some but others like the usual that live in our areas wouldnt even noe this site existed.. khalils racing transmissions..has ne of the syd boys seen vl's with dat sticker on the back big yellow one?? prob a blue over silver berlina turbo.. and a vlct 5speed blue over silver hi comp motor..