pfd

can anyone tell me how i find out the exact year of my scooby for ordering parts online,the log book says 1999 but how do i find the MY year?
thanx

ScuuBdoo

whats your model code?

GC8????

pfd

its GF8GK8D

myblackwrx

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The 2nd G indicates a my00.Are you sure it's got a K in it?

Taken from SIDC:
Series code G=Impreza S=Forester B=Legacy etc.
Body type F=Wagon C=Sedan
Engine type 8=2.0L Turbo
Year code A=MY93 B=MY94 C=MY95&96 D=MY97 (facelift) E=MY98 F=MY99 G=MY00
Number of doors 2=2 door coupe 4=4 door saloon 5=5 door wagon/hatch
Model type 8=WRX 7=RA type E=Sti D=Sti Type R & RA
Transmission D=5 Speed Manual AWD P=4 Speed Automatic AWD

pfd

definately GF8GK8D it was registered new at the end of sept 99.
spoke to the dealer earlier about a price for a cam belt tensioner and he sai i needed a hydraulic one would that be different on a my99?

Sy5

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Anyone?

Mine has the excact same number.

joz8968

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K indicates it a a UKDM Turbo 2000 AWD car.

Easy way to corroborate this... Does your centre console have a "Bright" switch on it?

A MY99/00 one had 215bhp/214lb ft

joz8968

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The second G (4th character along) indicates you have a MY00 (the last Classic MY) i.e. from 1st Sep 99, so it fits with what you're saying...

Splitpin

That's wrong(albeit that 99 or 00 makes no difference under the bonnet). G=MY99. Myblackwrx's date codes above are incorrect, the error is in assuming that MY95 and 6 are on the same letter.

It's one letter per model year, with MY93=A. So, 94=B, 95=C, 96=D, 97=E, 98=F, 99=G, 00=H.

Then starts again for the GD, MY01=A, MY02=B etc etc etc

joz8968

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Sorry Splitpin but you're wrong - they ARE on the same letter! (trust Subaru for this strange anomally!):-


"Phase 1"
MY93 = A
MY94 = B
MY95 = C ("C1" - upto Aug 95)
MY96 = C ("C2" - from Aug 95)

"Phase 1.5"
MY97 = D
MY98 = E

"Phase 2"
MY99 = F
MY00 = G


You've been fooled by the fact that MY95/96 are indeed both "C", hence your post.

The coding in mbwrx's post IS correct.

Splitpin

Joz, I was trusting Subaru directly for the info I quoted, as it comes straight from the electronic parts catalogue, although as an aside my old car had a GC8HL8D applied model code, proving the point in practice. Where's your info from?

joz8968

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Various souces:-

- Chris Rees's "You & Your Subaru Impreza" book - page 56, "The Impreza WRX Bloodline". it's all laid out professionally (along with all model variants/model codes/bhp/torque) and looks like it 'must' have been derived from Subaru themselves.

Also, it's corroborated in Brian Long's "Impreza" book too. His book's chapters are the actual MYs and it also 'starts' at MY93/A and 'ends' in MY00/G (for the Classics obviously)...

mbwrx's list is not his own, but taken from somewhere like Scoobypedia or SIDC or similar.

Apexi Power FC's product coding's also seems to confirm the above too.

I have never, ever seen or heard of H for MY00 - only G.


Although what you say - especially that quoted Model Code with the H as the 4th character! - is eyeopening (to me, anyway) to say the least...

Mistical

hi there. sorry if i post here, but can someone decode my vin code GF8LD3WG thanks alot

joz8968

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GF8 is a 2.0 turbo Wagon... but the rest, I'm sure, is wrong! You sure you've posted it up correctly?

It should be 7 digits, not 8 and those other characters appear to be wrong anyway. Unless you happen to have some one-off! lol

Best bet is to post a pic of your VIN plate's "Applied model" code...

Splitpin

As a general point (and ignoring the MY code thing), it's worth pointing out that it would be far from unusual for one of these authors to f**k up on some point or other, and then for the next to blindly copy the mistake. Without someone who really knows the subject fact-checking it, the publishers will just publish and people will just buy.

You've only got to look at the amount of abject b*ll*cks that gets repeated as "fact" on Scoobynet to see how it works. One person says something, someone else repeats it (possibly altering the context a little bit, or a lot) and before you know it a new fact is born. See the "unplug the MAF sensor and see if your car stalls" "test" for a prime example.

Where did that info come from? Brian Long's book, or did he and Rees get their gen from the SIDC/IWOC?

It's an interesting one. As I say Subaru's own spares catalogue is unequivocal One letter per MY makes more sense than randomly missing a year too. But it's eminently possible that whoever did the catalogue screwed it up - would be far from unusual, were it not for first-hand knowledge of an H-code MY00.

GMballistic

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This is an interesting link for you all but I've got to be honest and say that last time when I posted it up some people claimed that bit's where incorrect on it;
Which Car is a WRX STi

Unsure though but it's got some good info that's spot on for my motor anyway

joz8968

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SP, I hear what you're saying and agree with your point about copy being, er... copied.

It's just that ALL the stuff i've read seems to follow what I posted, with NO exceptions! BUT as you say, it could well be that someone wrote it down wrong, and the mistake has become Subaru "folklore".

I've read both those books from cover to cover and both authors do come over as very well read. Brian Long's is almost fanatical, as it's effectively a 'biography' of the Impreza where, evidently, a ludicrous amount of 'no stone unturned' research has been done.


But it could also be that Subaru - so as not to confuse customers/themselves! - changed it for the dealers' parts ordering system only!

This one may run for a while... but I'd love to know what's "official", for sure. :-)

joz8968

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Well, this link also corroborates the MY95/96 C thing, thus ending at MY00/G for the Classic....

Splitpin

It's correct, but incomplete. It's a partial VIN. The "JF1" is missing off the beginning and there should be another six characters at the end.

FWIW of the "GF8LD3WG" fragment, as has already been said, GF8=2.0 turbo wagon, the W (which would be the tenth character of the complete VIN) indicates '98MY

GMballistic

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I know, hope it's not wrong though as you never know where that person got there info I'm sure it's correct though. Mine is a my96, with a C in the vin code.
P.S. I love it when you post Joz8968.....mainly because I like looking at your avatar

joz8968

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Oh yes, of course, it's that 'proper' long code isn't it. Forget about that one.

Splitpin

And yet, my old one had, as mentioned, the GC8HL8D applied model code, and a JF1GC8LD3YG-xxxxxx VIN - and again, character 10 is Y which equates to MY2000. It was deep blue mica (95H) too which was an MY00 only colour. I'd never assumed that MY00 was anything other than H until we started talking about it.

One possible factor is whether FHI, in their wisdom, were running different applied model year codes for different locales. For example an MY01 USDM Impreza would still be a classic shape. Could be that in JDM land the 95/96 carry-over thing applies, but on the UK/European cars, not. Might explain a thing or three.

More than possible, and complicated by lazy plagiarising authors and power of the internet to turn rumour and half-truth into bona fide fact! If nobody steps up to question something, pretty soon it's accepted whether correct or not. When were Long's and the other book published?

joz8968

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...Meaning that I obviously have nothing good to post.

Splitpin

Doesn't it make you a bit seasick after a while? I'm thinking of using this one, two great ****. Any comments?

joz8968

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Chris Rees's first published 2001.
Brian Long's, 2003.

joz8968

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<--- Shame about the bikini top's colour scheme - I'm not feeling it (literally)

GMballistic

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No that's not true at all....I'm just a perve
Great Tit's BTW Splitpin

Splitpin

Interesting, could have sworn Long's was earlier than that - might have been another one.

BTW, I'm not alone: https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-uk-turbo.html

Googling for GC8HK8D brings up quite a few others too.

joz8968

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We're all colossal perverts, truth be told. It's de rigeur.

joz8968

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Curiouser and curiouser...