Just been cleaning the missus E36 compact and noticed thast the dreaded tin worm has started to eat away at the panel that is at the bottom of the windscreen

ive thetwo plastic covers off to have a look and its not to bad but with some scraping etc ive taken away all the bubbled paint work but it has gone quite deep and taken out most of the VIN number

, now when I get the wire brush on it and rust stop then paint it I will have what is going to look like a ground out VIN number, any ideas how the boys in blue would view this repair, also apart from the tag behind the windscreen is the VIN number anywhere else on the car.