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Guest Go_Homer

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Ladies and gents,

I am trying to establish the month of manufacture of my car (Skyline GTS25t sedan). But all I can find is 1997 with no month. Neither RTA papers nore compliance plates have the month. It is rather strange. It'd be great if anybody could help me to find the month. My mechanic needed it for the Pink Slip but I think he gave up and made it up cause he told me not to worry.

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Homer

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cooks44 Collaborator

cooks44

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Only place I've found manufacturing date was on the rubber lines running from the brake master cyl. These are stamped, the last digits being that date.

From memory mine had the month of manufacture as well (Sept. 93 seems to ring a bell), but I can't remember if the month was there or if I picked that up somewhere else!

Hope it helps...

NismoR34 Grand Master

NismoR34

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Mine has the month / year on the seatbelt label [near bottom] but is a 34, i guess yours should have something similar...

then of course the seatbelts may not be the original ones but most likely they are... :confused:

Guest Go_Homer

Guest Go_Homer

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hmmm,

The guys I bought them from, told me (just came up in the conversation) that they had to change all seatbelts, that is to buy them from Nissan Australia for bucketloads of money. It had to be done to comply the car. It had nothing to do with price negotiations, we were just talking at the time.

So I assume that labels on my seatbelts would be new. I'll take a look anyway, who knows.

Thanks guys, much appriciate all replies.

Cheers

H

Jay95R33 Grand Master

Jay95R33

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Yepp, factory seatbelts should have been changed when the compliancing was done.

Like said above - have a look at the vacum hose going to the brake booster. It'll have the date stamped on it, just keep in mind that it may have been a month or two between when the hose was made to being fitted on the car and the car being rolled out the doors.

I recently saw a 1994 GTS-t that had a date of 25th November 1993 stamped on the hose.

Mine has 28th September 1995 stamped on it, so I'm guessing that my car was one of the last series 1's made.......

NismoR34 Grand Master

NismoR34

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In attempt to clarify the "seatbelt" issue I recently came across this info from an importers website [http://www.upimports.com.au]

"Seatbelts

- All seatbelts and buckles replaced with ADR approved belts. Post 1996 vehicles fitted with genuine belts."

This would explain my car having factory belts, me is happy now :mad:

And anyone with post 96 vehicles will be able to easily find out there month/year of manufacture from the seatbelt tag!

Cheers.

NismoR34 Grand Master

NismoR34

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well unfortunately [for me] mine are the original ones from memory - will double check though.

What a load of crap though - so the ADR states that the factory belts are good enough, but make them put new ones in - just to piss people off!

That would be the part of the local "big 4" involvment I guess...:)

kakimoto33 Rising Star

kakimoto33

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What we are told is that compliance of used cars under the old CPA scheme was seen as being a "re-manufacture" rather than modification, therefore the car should have brand new seatbelts, tyres, wiper blades, etc..

Under the new SEVS scheme it has been accepted that cars are simply being modified to suit ADR's and there is the ability to keep some parts on the car as long as they are in good condition and suitable ... eg. seatblets on some models, tyres if they are DOT approved, cat converters on low km's cars, etc..

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