apples24

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yes i know look at when registered etc but im speaking as for the car itself


heres a couple pics, i though imports said wrx on the back?
any other give aways?

im guessing the jap stickers have been removed

http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/4b/6c/97_1_b.JPG
http://i1.ebayimg.com/02/i/03/4c/dc/00_1_b.JPG

jasonius

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Rear wiper..?

StickyMicky

looks like a uk car to me

Chris5-0

Looks uk to me too, where's the fog light, on imports its usually attached later and seperate from the main bodywork?

Ask if it's SVA'd, they'd have to tell you and show you if it was an import. Check Reg plate mounts, does it look like it was made for square plates, if so might be import!

pslewis

UK car through and through that one ......... Imports look tacky and the price it goes for will be cheaper if its an Import

Pete

MonkeyJismTea

Jap cars have rear wiper, and the number plate recess in the rear bumper is more square as they take a more square number plate, I would deffo say that is a uk car

5cby

that is defo a uk car
uk cars have headlamp washers on the bumper


steve

apples24

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sware date registered is 2003


ill double check

apples24

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stann01

pslewis

Vehicle details:-

N209 YUY

Manufacturer Subaru

Model IMPREZA TURBO 4WD

Body type 4 door saloon

Colour Red

Fuel type Petrol

Date manufactured 31 December 1995 (could be wrong as some are generic dates, year is correct, however)

Number of previous owners 3

Last owner change 16 March 2001

Pete

pslewis

Last owner has owned for 4 years .... good sign!!

Pete

apples24

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yer now do a proper dvla one
http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp


click on vehicle enquirey


the date registered in uk is nov 2003


WTF is the crack here then? or quite possibly a **** up on the site

i will need to look at this car closely are the vin plates diff between uk and import?

Chris5-0

Seem to remember there's a thing with another number on the engine(?) which tells you when built and where. Not sure though!

apples24

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can someone help im seing this car i wanna be able to look at it and tell if its uk or not


chances are it may of had a uk bumpers put on or somin


ok the chassis numbers and vin plate locations?

pslewis

Can you not ask the owner all the questions??

Pete

apples24

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yer i will but id rather know for a fact myself naturally if a **** up and is 1995 on v5 all is good

if 2003 should say prev reg overseas etc on logbook

which is fine will be an import but im concerened that the car in the pics looks a uk version

hence i wanna have a squiz at the motor and just double check to the best of my ability


if its had uk bumpers put on then fair enough no problem atall

however... worst be worse could be a ringer with a uk car, hence my concern

AndyC_772

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That's a UK car - no rear wiper, no motorised aerial on the rear quarter, UK rear lights, S U B A R U lettering, UK number plate recess, headlamp washers.

If you can get a look under the bonnet, I believe UK VIN numbers are much longer than Japanese ones. Inside the car, the speedo will be in both MPH and km/h if it's a UK car, but will have obviously been converted to mph (only) if it's an import.

apples24

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ok looking on autotrader (entering reg in for an add)

same with ebay etc there all showing date registration 20/11/03


so...........


fair enough may of had new bumpers...what about the rear wiper?

will the vin plates be diff on an import model?

the chassis number will that be diff between a uk car and a import from east asia etc?

GU5

Door handles aren't colour coded, and S U B A R U across the boot, both for uk models, i think

apples24

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hmmmn had a thought


what if was imported from somewere else and is a uk spec car lol

i had a car from jersey last year and was uk spec

BuRR

If you can, why not just check the chassis number?

If its 234283092384239084230 digits long, its a UK car. If its only 8 digits, its Jap.

apples24

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yer thats my plan of action tomorrow, he says he hpid it when he bought it and has a full report so i think its prob kosha, but as said that car is not a jdm motor so its gotta be a import from closer affield


Lee

donutman

the new style logbook will tell you if it is a import and when the sva was (although is it over ten years old?) even a uk spec import will say import. my logbook tells me the sva number and test date and it is a import

apples24

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oh yer if reg 2003 will also say import on logbook im not doubting that, if it didnt id be seriously concerned lol

its looking like its a uk spec import

GC8

Andy is right; a JDM car will have a chassis number starting GC8; whereas an EU car will have a 17 character VIN number.

The door handles and mirrors not being painted isnt a certain sign on red and white and latterly white cars, as Type RA's had this deleted. A JDM car will also have the tachometer in the central position with the speedometer on the right. JDM cars of this age wont have airbags either.

Simon

apples24

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thanks for the help peeps, especially the eu chassis jdm chassis numbers etc


i was paranoid im not now though just presuming an eu import, mind you if has a short chassis number ill prob walk unless theres evidence of changed bumpers etc

rolyatescort

Also there is the obvious one when looking at the car in the flesh so to speak, all the interior decals will be in japanese. Look at both fuse box covers (all japanese with no english translation) same for the tyre rating plate and the flap that is fastened to the drivers sun visor.

jasonius

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No it don't, well mine dosen't!

Jason