[V62D]

Thanks for the flow rates on the pipe , good to know. 5 door muffler won't fit 3 door. I refitted the 4 cylinder tail pipe & muffler to get it registered. After 8ks & 12 months it's time to do the exhaust. About your Vin no. Is it on the top of the firewall under the bonnet ?

 

[Chrissybabe88!]

Mine is a Jap import to NZ. It has a VIN # (ex Japan) but it is very short. I don't think the Japs were into long VIN numbers until much later on. It does have a long NZ VIN number which is absolutely meaningless except to about 5 people in the Govt somewhere. It is along the frame inside the front door. Unless you have a US VIN # they are pretty much useless.

 

[fordem]

Unless you have a US VIN # they are pretty much useless.

Not so - you just have to know how to decode them, or where to look for the data.

The US VINs may be unique in the fact that they follow a federally mandated format rather that the manufacturers being allowed to set their own format.

Back when I owned Mitsubishi Pajeros I could have told you, off the top of my head, the model, body style (2/4dr) and engine size if you gave me the VIN, or as Mitsubishi called it, the frame number - each character in the prefix had a specific meaning - the suffix was the production sequence number.

I can do the same for most Suzuki SUVs built prior to 2015, and for most Suzukis built prior to 2005, I can get you quite a bit of detail from the VIN, model, body style, transmission type, paint codes, even engine numbers.

Most automotive manufacturers utilize the VINs in their spare parts catalog systems - for Mitsubishi, if you cannot provide the dealer with the VIN, they cannot even access the catalog for your car, CAPPS (the Mitsubishi system) wants the VIN as the first step, quite a few parts people will use a VIN that they know is for a similar model to get around this, but there is no guarantee you'll get the correct part. Suzuki allows you to enter the VIN or select the model, if you select the model it lists the break points at which the part number changed.

 

[Chrissybabe88!]

Here is my VIN. Not my actual VIN (outside on the car and it is raining) but the layout used by the VIN issuer. Nothing useful like engine size, manufactured date, paint colour code. I don't know when my vehicle was imported but presumably no more than a couple of years before I bought it. This will probably be somewhere about the 2nd last group which is the date when the VIN was assigned. I think it sat on the lot for a bit because they spent a couple of grand on additions I wanted before I took it (roof rack and spare key fob + others). I find there is little on the VIN that is useful to me.
Found my VIN - turns out number issued in 2017. Somebody on here told me a few years back that this is the equivalent of the Japanese VIN - TDB4W-100458. The last 6 numbers, chassis #, is also the last 6 numbers of my VIN. Feel free to tell me what is useful with this VIN layout. Note the 2nd and 3rd blocks I can tell are accurate by just looking at the vehicle - I didn't need that information to
know what I have.

 

[fordem]

I won't comment on a locally assigned VIN.

That said, a TDB4W will be a 3.2 liter engined Gen 3, and TDB4W-100458 is a Pearl White 2008, XS Grade, Gen 3 Escudo with the 3.2 engine & automatic transmission - now, what part are you looking for?

 

[V62D]

I won't comment on a locally assigned VIN.

That said, a TDB4W will be a 3.2 liter engined Gen 3, and TDB4W-100458 is a Pearl White 2008, XS Grade, Gen 3 Escudo with the 3.2 engine & automatic transmission - now, what part are you looking for?

I found this on a website for JDM cars carvx.jp / chassis number.

 

[Chrissybabe88!]

I am not after any part (at the moment). I was just pointing out that VINs often aren't as useful as everybody seems to think. Particularly the NZ one. The information you have is presumably gained from the Japanese 'VIN'. Our NZ VIN is useless. Owners need to make sure that what they think they can use may not be the right information. All these programs that say to insert your VIN are rubbish unless they state which VIN it was designed to work with.

 

[Chrissybabe88!]

Thanks for that. I have added that site to my records. I don't know where fordem got his information from so maybe he could post that. I had already found out from somewhere that the colour was pearl white (incidentally one of the few colours that cannot be reproduced from a single can of spray although they can get close) and what an XS Grade means.
As I said none of this information is in a NZ VIN so it is useless to me. I think the NZ VIN is more use to the govt somewhere - job justification or whatever. Next time I am in the local agents for Suzuki I must ask them about it (although the last time I was there was about 5 years ago when I bought an owners manual from them).

 

[V62D]

Thanks for that. I have added that site to my records. I don't know where fordem got his information from so maybe he could post that. I had already found out from somewhere that the colour was pearl white (incidentally one of the few colours that cannot be reproduced from a single can of spray although they can get close) and what an XS Grade means.
As I said none of this information is in a NZ VIN so it is useless to me. I think the NZ VIN is more use to the govt somewhere - job justification or whatever. Next time I am in the local agents for Suzuki I must ask them about it (although the last time I was there was about 5 years ago when I bought an owners manual from them).

My car is a 2013 2 door SWB. When you check rego or Vin no. It comes up as 2.4 if you plug in scan tool it reads 3.2 V6. IT is registered as 3.2 V6. I removed the id tag before I scraped it & keep it with the owners manual for future reference.

 

[JUSTY]

I have a hoist & my car is on it now , just finished replacing diffs & hope to have exhaust finished soon. If I can figure out how to send a photo, I'll send you one when it's finished

Need to see this too. What's the stock ratio in the diffs? Did you put a 3.2 in a SWB? You should post up a build thread mate, would be good to get some documentation on your mods for anyone else looking to modify their GV. All that stuff goes a long way for the community.

 

[V62D]

Need to see this too. What's the stock ratio in the diffs? Did you put a 3.2 in a SWB? You should post up a build thread mate, would be good to g byet some documentation on your mods for anyone else looking to modify their GV. All that stuff goes a long way for the community.

 

[JUSTY]

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I don't believe my eyes. That's so cool. Need to see more, keep us posted man