I got a 89 rs and an 84 z28 was wondering if anyone had used the decode this website for vine i am skeptical on givinganyone my vin period excepta dealership or insurance company anyway. i am trying to learn as much as possible and find out what packages came with what cars. where can i use my vin to find out everything with my car or is there such a place besides a dealership?

 

theres nothing to worry bout by giving your vin..... anyways u can use this site
decodethis.com or http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vin/chevrolet.asp

 

The VIN wont tell you much anyways, Ex. VIN# 1G2FW2186JL25354
(source: The GTA Source Page)

1- Country of Origin(U.S.)
G- General Motors Co.(GM)
2- Pontiac Motors Division
F- Car Line(Firebird)
W- Series(Trans Am)
2- Body Type(2 Door Coupe)
1- Restraint System(Manual Seat Belts)
8- Engine Code(5.7 TPI).........................Useful info!
6- Check digiy(can vary)
J- Model Year(1988)
L- Assembly Plant(Van Nuys, CA)......N- (Norwood, Ohio)
257354- Sequential Production Number

As you can see, not really that much info, and none is gonna steal your car by having the VIN code!

 

http://compnine.com/vid.php

Thats the one I use, and I like it, tells you all RPO codes, and their meanings, etc..

 

Unless the vehicles are Canadian, Compnine likely won't have any records for VINs old than 1990.

As y84pauloflondon pointed out, you generally cannot use any VIN decoder and tell you what "packages" a vehicle has as they generally don't have the access to GM records that was kept to tie RPOs and VINs. Most of those VIN decoder sites just tell the general information (Make, Year, Model, Powertrain, etc.). Compnine has a database that actually does have RPOs per VIN.

 

Bradley, that was a really cool link/site. Thank you!