Making a post
VINwiki supports adding content for new vehicles 2 different ways. If you have the VIN for the vehicle you are making a post about, you can use that. If you don't have the VIN or it's a vehicle you saw while out and about, we have PL82VIN for converting license plates to their respective VINs.
PL82VIN sometimes has a delay depending on the data available from the governing institution. This means sometimes plates do not return the most recent VIN.
Below are instructions on how to make posts in each of the supported VINwiki platforms.
Web Browser
After logging into our web app, https://web.vinwiki.com,/ you'll be taken to the home screen. To make a post, click the post button located on the left navigation.
After clicking post, you'll be presented with a grid of your recent vehicles along with links to search by license plate or to paste a VIN. (Fig W2)
Posting by VIN
Paste a VIN in the text box at the top of the page and click the "Search" button. A search results pane will show a vehicle if it exists already. If it's a new vehicle you can click the "Go" button to add it.
Posting by Plate
To
post by plate, click the "From a License Plate" button as seen in Fig. W2. Next,
select the state corresponding to the license plate and type in the
plate number. Keep in mind, some states have restrictions around O (the
letter O) vs 0 (zero). Sometimes spaces need to be removed and other
times they don't. Click "Lookup" to see if the vehicle information can
be looked up. If so, you'll see a pop up asking you to confirm the
make, model and VIN of the vehicle. Click "Confirm" to have the VIN
prefilled for you to continue your post similar to above in Fig W3.iOS
Coming soon...
Android
When you launch the app, you'll be greeted by the home screen. To make a post, simply click the post button located at the bottom center of the app (Fig A1).
The next screen you'll see presents you with 3 options for making a post (Fig A2):
- VIN - this method lets you post by a valid 17 digit VIN
- Non-17 Digit VIN - this method let's you use a serial number of pre-1982 VIN. (Warning: Pre 1982 VINs are not guaranteed to be unique)
- Plate - this method lets you use a license plate to look up the VIN for the vehicle in question
post by one of the options above
Posting by VIN
To post by VIN, simply click the "VIN" button as seen in Fig. A2. Paste the VIN into the text box or use the barcode scanner to scan the VIN tag inside the vehicle's door jamb. Click "Continue" to go to the vehicle posting screen (Fig A4).
the barcode scanner
click "Contribute" to complete your
post
Posting by Plate
To post by plate, click the "Plate" button as seen in Fig. A2. Next, select the state corresponding to the license plate and type in the plate number. Keep in mind, some states have restrictions around O (the letter O) vs 0 (zero). Sometimes spaces need to be removed and other times they don't. Click "Find VIN" to see if the vehicle information can be looked up. If so, you'll see a pop up asking you to confirm the make, model and VIN of the vehicle. Click "Yes" to have the VIN prefilled for you to continue your post.