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Old 18-03-2013, 10:03 PM
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Evening guys and girls. Just a quick 1. How can you tell if your classic Scooby is an import??
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:10 PM
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I believe you can tell by the bolt on rear fog,

also by the scoob having a rear windscreen wiper.

But I am not 100% sure

There could also be chop sticks in the glove compartment.
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:48 PM
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I believe you can tell by the bolt on rear fog,

also by the scoob having a rear windscreen wiper.

But I am not 100% sure

There could also be chop sticks in the glove compartment.
i found the chop sticks but they say N/A on them. and so if it doesnt have a rear wiper its not an import?
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:51 PM
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Aerial location, rear wiper, aftermarket rear fog , jap number plate are a big giveaway
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:53 PM
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the vin number is how you tell


- UK vin numbers are 17 digits where as jap vin numbers are 10 digits !
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:54 PM
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i found the chop sticks but they say N/A on them. and so if it doesnt have a rear wiper its not an import?
Log book will tell u when it was shipped into this country and by who cos my import does.
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:55 PM
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oooohhh thankyou guys....
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Old 19-03-2013, 08:31 AM
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rear windscreen if original will also have a small blue circular sticker on it, which is the jap equivliant of our kitemark or BS standard. rear windscreens hardly get changed so if it's not there, it's probably not JDM
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Old 19-03-2013, 08:57 AM
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as above the VIN number is the easiest, all the rest can easily be changed/disguised........
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Old 19-03-2013, 09:27 AM
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Mines a JDM as it has Ariel on the rear passenger wing, rear wiper but no blue sticker in the window, previous owner must have removed it. I did have a fog light hanging down but I converted one of my reverse lights in the standard cluster to just tidy up the back end.
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Old 19-03-2013, 12:47 PM
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What year ?
Turbo or NA ?
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Old 19-03-2013, 01:53 PM
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Mines a JDM as it has Ariel on the rear passenger wing, rear wiper but no blue sticker in the window, previous owner must have removed it. I did have a fog light hanging down but I converted one of my reverse lights in the standard cluster to just tidy up the back end.
Thats what I did with the fog lights too, looks so much tidier.
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Old 19-03-2013, 02:09 PM
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What year ?
Turbo or NA ?
It's all okay now thanks ive figured it out.

Thanks to EVERYONE that helped
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Old 19-03-2013, 04:09 PM
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The thing that's puzzled me on my import is its been in this country since 2007 and its got no rear fog light at all not even fitted with a outside hanging off the bumper 1 god knows its past its mot all these years now I've got fit 1 on it lol
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Old 19-03-2013, 04:39 PM
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The thing that's puzzled me on my import is its been in this country since 2007 and its got no rear fog light at all not even fitted with a outside hanging off the bumper 1 god knows its past its mot all these years now I've got fit 1 on it lol
they may have wired it into the rear lights.I swapped out my jap ones and fitted UK lights so i wouldn't have that awful fog hanging below the bumper.
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Old 19-03-2013, 05:55 PM
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JDM classics also have robotic side mirrors. Sometimes.
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Old 19-03-2013, 06:50 PM
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they may have wired it into the rear lights.I swapped out my jap ones and fitted UK lights so i wouldn't have that awful fog hanging below the bumper.
No I've checked that as well nothing there
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Old 19-03-2013, 08:34 PM
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JDM classics also have robotic side mirrors. Sometimes.
Yep mine do to confirm, so handy.
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Old 19-03-2013, 09:08 PM
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Flare and holder on left hand side under glove box, and japanese writing on inside of sun visors.
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Old 19-03-2013, 09:15 PM
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Flare and holder on left hand side under glove box, and japanese writing on inside of sun visors.
Mine still has the flare unused still on the holder lol
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Old 19-03-2013, 09:40 PM
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Mine still has the flare unused still on the holder lol
Aren't they quite rare to still be present in the car??
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Old 19-03-2013, 10:05 PM
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Aren't they quite rare to still be present in the car??
Far as I know yes they are or less some 1 knows other wise. I thought it be removed before shipped into this country
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Old 20-03-2013, 05:52 AM
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Far as I know yes they are or less some 1 knows other wise. I thought it be removed before shipped into this country
I have mine in its holder, Ive too have heard that original ones are rare.
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