It is in the eyes of the law wrong but there's a LOT of double standards on here,I mean if say someone like Paul nyrs had a "re-shelled" 3dr or a newbie had the same thing there'd be a queue of arse lickers telling Paul how amazing he is but the same people telling the newbie he's a "master criminal" and should be locked in the tower of London and/or stoned to death.
I'd take a very good guess that the amount of people on here driving reshells or ringers with no idea would be staggering,they were easily being rung back in the 80's and 90's when the police actively looked for them then whereas now the cars are older than the average copper,how the fuck would he know where to look for the date stamps to prove authenticity etc?
To me,if you own the two cars,the cars aren't stolen and all your doing is swapping parts from one to another yet wish to retain your original I.d for insurance purposes etc who are you harming?would you prefer a mint shell with a bit of extra weight from the new numbers or a rotten genuine one?I know what my answer would be.