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sure does look like DA grinder marks where the vin once was ??




Yep usually they only go from top left to bottom right all the way across the VIN pad and no machine marks go from top right to bottom left like in the middle of that VIN pad IMO too



I've seen pads with distinct mill marks and some that aren't visable at all. To say "they go from top left to bottom right" imo is misleading It depends on where the mill operator starts his cut, mill speed, cutter depth and it's condition.

IMO, on trying to decide if a pad has been tampered with, it's the size of the mill marks. They give an idea of the cutter diameter that Chrysler used..
I've personally seen them all over the place



Why wouldn't the VIN pad be set up to be machined the exact same way everytime? They were not done by a hand grinder (like that looks like ) They produced in one plant at least a thousand cars a day so why would they not be done with a fixed milling process?