Window Stickers

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by ZLP955

The condoning of this practice in the wider hobby and attempts to justify it as harmless seem starkly in contrast with the generally-accepted attitude towards other aspects like restamping, changing trim tags, rebodying (to defraud rather than restore). I respect the rights of others to do as they see fit, but I'll never understand the 'for' argument.
If a reproduction window sticker is created only for showing, or the owner's enjoyment (whatever that means), why is it so important that it be as close to an original as possible, in appearance and content, so that it's only detectable as fake to a very few experts or the recreator?

That's why I laminated mine and didn't have it aged. I didn't need an exact replica and wasn't trying to fool anyone. Now for the difference between re-stamping and the window sticker I can't agree. The window sticker is a piece of paper and isn't the actual car although it is supposed to represent the car. Cloning is the attempt to make something that isn't in anyway shape or form one thing, be another. L78s are the new Z28 by the looks of things. They're popping up all over the place. If someone wanted to put "reproduction" on the back of the document or something, I could care less, but I wouldn't want to see it on the front.
Here's a for that you guys "might" understand. A collector with real documents that likes to show his car and likes to display the documents. Do you really think he should have to bring the one of a kind, irreplaceable, originals?