I have looked everywhere I can possible think of at least twice to find it, I remember drilling it out of my dash and saving the rivet tops in the baggie as well. I have waited 5 months now to install my new windshield because of the missing tag and I need to keep moving forward. My car is currently registered however I purchased a NOS set of CA black plates for the car so I will be going to AAA to register new plates so I assume they will look at and verify the vin#