Andy McCord

Ive found a car in a scrapyard that is burnt out in the engine bay, I have no means of identifying the MY of this car, Im hoping its a MY99, how can I be sure its an MY99 as opposed MY98?

Please bear in mind its gutted under the bonnet! but the interior is ok, anything inside the car that will help?

Andy

hoskib

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probably an easy way is how the VIN starts or something but i wouldn't know about that myself.

ways that i can think of are taller rear spoiler, front bumper has orange 'wedges' under the bumber indicators, bumper itself is different shape. front seats have grey material on the side bolster as opposed to on the shoulder 'wings'. my99 has 4-pot front brakes.

obviously all of these parts could be fitted to any age model and imports may be different aswell, but it may give you a start.

have a look in the members pics section, now you know what to look for, the differences will be easy to spot in pics (and hopefully in the flesh)

alternatively, post a pic up of the car in question and see if anyone can tell you from that.

craig5

the my99 has the revised momo steering wheel

Beastie

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should have 4 pot calipers on front.
shorter gearbox throw.
crystal headlights if still there.

Peanuts

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cubby hole tray on top of the dash?
ecu in the footwell?
pace letter to the rozzers?
seats were revised in 99 werent they?

craig5

http://www.iwoc.co.uk/contents.html

hoskib

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if you look at the "post one pic of your car etc" thread in the members gallery,

post 7 is a 99 front bumper (forget the splitter, that's a P1 add on) black wedges under the indicator is usually orange. 98 bumper has 3 'slats' in it, indicator,blank bit, open vent (if i recall). in the mouth of the bumper in the pic there is 1 thick vane in the middle, 98 has about 5ish thinner vanes. grille sticks out further on the 99. (see the difference between this bumper and the one in post 48, also shows flatter grille and vanes)

post 11 has the 99 spoiler.

i take it the number plates are off?

Carl Davey

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Bumper and 4-pots are the the obvious ones for UK cars. Grill sticks out further on a UK 99 too. All this can go to pot if it's and import however.

Dash/steering wheel etcwere the same UK MY98/99 AFAIK - steering wheel had added 'silver' in 2000.

Why are you hoping it's a MY99? What bits are you after?

Scott.T

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MY98 Black seats, MY99/00 Dark Blue with a Bronze flick.....
Early MY98 Black Dials, Late MY98,99,00 White Dials
MY98 Black Gear leaver surround, MY00 Silver/Anthracite

wible

The seat belts all have lables on them that have a date of manufacture on them. This is the same irrelevent of being uk or jdm. You will find the lables at the bottom of the belt just before the bolting point. You wont need to remove anything to see them

Andy McCord

Thanks for the replies guys. Andy lol...no i darent mate

Beastie

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Andy
we are all still waiting holding our breath
Which MY is it? (better than Eastenders this .... more mystery!)