mr lover Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 this is very weird, the car is an original black car has had some work done but definatley started life as a black car, also the engine, i am positive is a uk engine inlet manifold and throttle body are not j spec, are there any other obvious differences? the dildos work, the rear fog switch is the factory switch on the dash, switches for heated seats, all the labels in the car, sunvisor etc are english spec, you cannot find any jap writing anywhere ? BUT the ode states km and the speedo face only goes up to 110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 So a UK car with Jap Vin plate??? and Jap odo?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 and interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clarkmagpie Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 think i would leave this one well alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 E-JZA80AJPVF this model no. is for an na aerotop, something very wrong here Its certainly very suspicous, either someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to make a facelift RZ look like a UK spec, or a UK car has been ringed. Don't supose you checked the date stamp on the seatbelt tags (always good to verify the cars)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Regardless of whether the car looks as if it was always black, the HPI check says it has had a colour change from red. That, and all the other anomolies would have me running away from this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Did it have the headlight level adjusters? Now thats a fair bit of work to get fitted to a J spec.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benny boy Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 yes it had head light adjusters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Bloody hell! Did they work? Also someone correct me if i'm wrong but the UK model chassis numbers are all 17 digits and start JT compaired to J-spec JZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benny boy Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 so what is the process? if it is a uk car that has been ringed with a jap model, and the vin plate has been stamped accordingly so that the engine and the chassis numbers add up to the vehicle, but the vin is a N/A aero somewhere in japan?, the interior is changed a bit to fool the public. what then? who owns it? is it hpi clear? at some point it must get re registered taking all this into account or cubed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 so what is the process? if it is a uk car that has been ringed with a jap model, and the vin plate has been stamped accordingly so that the engine and the chassis numbers add up to the vehicle, but the vin is a N/A aero somewhere in japan?, the interior is changed a bit to fool the public. what then? who owns it? is it hpi clear? at some point it must get re registered taking all this into account or cubed? The VIN plate says its an NA Aero, which it is not, therefore there is only one conculsion that can be reached: The VIN plate does not belong to the car. Now this could be for several reasons, none of which will make the car legitimate. The most likely thing is the car is ringed (stolen UK spec with genuine Jap VIN plate and reg details). Why was the interior kept? Who knows, maybe it got trashed or sold seperatly? What does the dealer have to say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 And does the VIN plate match the number stamped onto the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Check the boot... Look for the brackets where the aerotop lid would clip into. The clips can come out, however the brackets which are on the body are fixed. I've taken my clips out but I'm still left with the metal bits.. If they are there, then it was an aerotop body... However, who would reskin an aerotop or fill it... To get a decent finish would cost FAR more than it is worth. My guess is this car has either been cloned or exported/imported new a new Jspec tag to get round customs. Either which way, there is SOMETHING VERY fishy with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benny boy Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 the dealer is not giving anything away about the car, he wasn't the main guy. he just said he thinks and has been told its an import, i didn't really question him to much. i didn't check the cars chassis or engine numbers against the vin tag as i don't know where they are on the car? i guess that would be the next things to check. i left my details with him and said i'm interested, can the main man in charge give me a call about it. i guess i'll have to say something to him? i'm sure its a uk car, but with a very dodgey past. cheers for all your help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Well, despite all the advice to the conrary you still seem as keen as ever. It seems to me that you are not going to be happy until someone says to you that you should go ahead and buy it. There are two types of people I love to deal with - desperate buyers and desperate sellers. You my friend, are definitely of the former variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benny boy Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 not true, i'm just interested to know what happens next? its easy to turn around and walk away from it but someone else will just come across the same problems won't they. after finding out this information tonight, im deffinatley not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Very interesting thread. I love a mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 not true, i'm just interested to know what happens next? its easy to turn around and walk away from it but someone else will just come across the same problems won't they. after finding out this information tonight, im deffinatley not interested. If I were in your shoes I'd ask for an explaination from the dealer, then report it to the police anyway. The dealer isn't exactly going to offer up that he has a ringed motor and will just try and sell it on to another innocent member of the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest benny boy Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 cheers homer, thats what i was meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Very interesting thread. I love a mystery. Like your absence for the last few weeks?? If there are any answers to the UK-NA-aerotop problem, I, like everyone else, will be intrigued to hear them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hello and welcome !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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