SimbaDogg

i'm pretty sure you can tell a vehicles color by vin number, but does anyone out there have the codes for the vin number and their corresponding colors...

reason i'm asking, is there's a guy thats searching private auction databases for me, and this is basically what he gives me when he finds some:

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3 40 2003 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/6 10,949 RED JHMAP11433T005928 X W=$25,725 / R=$29,315

7 21 2001 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/6 15,439 SILVER JHMAP11431T006378 X W=$20,825 / R=$24,700

7 22 2001 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/6 36,831 SILVER JHMAP11491T007454 X

7 23 2001 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/5 34,262 BLACK JHMAP11431T001052 X

3 90 2001 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/6 32,235 SILVER JHMAP11471T004925 X

3 280 2001 HONDA S2000 2D CONVERTIBLE 4G/6 30,180 SILVER JHMAP114X1T003753 X</TD></TR></TABLE>
as you can see, they say silver in the color description...but i dont know if thats silverstone, or sebring silver.

03_AP1

silverstone is a grey metallic, not a silver

steven975

if it is a 00-01 it is silverstone. 02-03 is sebring. 04 both colors.

SimbaDogg

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call me crazy, but that statement makes absolutely no sense. i ask how to tell the color of the car by vin number...and you give me that?

foshizllmynizl

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you must not use all of youre brain at the same time ... if its a 00-01 use that brain and some how magically figure out that its silverstone ... if 02-03 do the same and you will be suprised to figure out it JUST MITE BE sebring ... damn hate stupid ppl

SimbaDogg

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ok....you're either really stupid. or you like to make half asses statements, and assume that people know what you're TRYING to say.

because, if you made that statement in reply to the gentleman who said that grey metallic is silverstone, and sebring silver is "silver" as described in the first post...

then in essence you would be saying this...
from 00-01, grey metallic is silverstone, from 02-03 grey metallic is sebring silver...and in 04...grey metallic is both colors? sooo....grey metallic is one color one year, and another color the next...then its the name of the two colors two years later? wow....

evil vapor

what they are saying is sebring wasn't available for '00-'01, so if it's an '00-01 model year and listed as silver, it's silverstone. I'm not sure if silvertone wasn't offerred in '03, but I am sure in in '02 the only silver was sebring. That might help.

SimbaDogg

thanx again vapor...

thats one thing that he completey neglected to mention, that sebring wasn't offered during the 00-01 model run

steven975

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ok....you're either really stupid. or you like to make half asses statements, and assume that people know what you're TRYING to say.

because, if you made that statement in reply to the gentleman who said that grey metallic is silverstone, and sebring silver is "silver" as described in the first post...

then in essence you would be saying this...
from 00-01, grey metallic is silverstone, from 02-03 grey metallic is sebring silver...and in 04...grey metallic is both colors? sooo....grey metallic is one color one year, and another color the next...then its the name of the two colors two years later? wow....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why are you being an *******?

I AM ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wholly believed that I said it concisely. Sure, it isn't in complete sentences, but this is a message board, not an essay for the SAT.

but, no, you cannot do it by VIN. the VIN has the country, manufacturer, engine code, body type, transmission, final place of assembly, and serial number.

and, yes, i did say that sebring wasn't offered in the 00-01 model year. if i say that 00-01 was silverstone, logically one could assume i am saying that it is not sebring. but no, you go and call me stupid. in 04 both silvers were offered and that is the only model year that both are offered (i belive, not 100% on 03, but sure).


Modified by steven975 at 5:20 AM 8/1/2004

SimbaDogg

callin me an ******* because you were the one, that admittingly wrote, half assed sentences that made sense to you and only you? again...i'll say that makes you stupid.
enough said...

steven975

everyone else knows what i said BUT YOU! And now yer starting a friggin fight! What the heck is wront with you? seriously. I AM ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU!!! you've been a s2ki lurker for quite a while and you still don't know about the colors...

you could have just asked me to clear this up. Instead you just get all aggressive. Anonymity is nice isn't it?

foshizllmynizl

its funny ... my proffesor always said stupidity and ingorance are a strong combination ... sheeit never thought id see a perfect example of a guy who refuses to shut his mouth rather instead of shutting his ear and his ******* where hes talking out of ...

SimbaDogg

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by steven975 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everyone else knows what i said BUT YOU! And now yer starting a friggin fight! What the heck is wront with you? seriously. I AM ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU!!! you've been a s2ki lurker for quite a while and you still don't know about the colors...

you could have just asked me to clear this up. Instead you just get all aggressive. Anonymity is nice isn't it?</TD></TR></TABLE>
i'm not trying to start a fight w/ you, when i orginally made that comment, it wasn't directed towards you, i'm sorry if it seemed that way, my apologies.
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this is the person that i originally was calling stupid. why? simply for the fact that he called me stupid for not knowing that silverstone was offered only in 00-01, and sebring in 02-03. this original quote...
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would make absolutely no sense to my question, especially when i thought that both colors were offered since 00, not intermittently. i'm sorry for thinking YOU were crazy for saying that Steven, that was my bad.
But it was foshiz who originally started the name calling now that i look back at the posts. calling me stupid for not knowing what colors were offered which years? thats simply retarded. and yes, i have been going back n' forth between s2ki and ht:s2000 for quite some time now, but thats really to pick up information like the difference between 00/01 and 02/03 ecus, the "weak" differentials, TSBs and other more germane s2000 information than colors.

steven975

that's ok. forget it I know yer looking. I'd get a 00-01 as it'll be cheaper and depreciate slower. as long as you get one with a decent rear window and make sure it folds right when you put the top down, it's fine.

One bonus with the plastic window is that it is much bigger and easier to see out of. disadvantage is you can't tint it that well. If yer good with a wrench, you can always pick up a 02+ top and put it in. It'll cost around $700. The premium between a 02 and 01 is $2000 and up, with few exceptions.

The ECU tuning isn't really a big thing...it's just a little revised. The diffs are pretty much the same in 010-03s, it was revised in 04.

The S has shown very good resale values. 00s go for about $20,000. That's about 63%. Most cars sell for less than half. I think the S will have really good resale down the road. 300ZXs, Supras, RX7s and the like also show excellent resale for 10 year old cars. I think the S will do the same. I don't see them falling to under $10K for at least another 5 years.

SimbaDogg

already forgotten

b0mbrman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SimbaDogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok....you're either really stupid. or you like to make half asses statements, and assume that people know what you're TRYING to say. </TD></TR></TABLE>I got it....

As for tinting the rear plastic, me and others have done it just fine...it also cuts down on the scratches that make it harder to see

SimbaDogg

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b0mbrman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got it....

As for tinting the rear plastic, me and others have done it just fine...it also cuts down on the scratches that make it harder to see</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah, i ran into a guy @ my work (bestbuy) who was looking for speakers, and he just happend to drop that he was looking for new speakers for his s2. (not even my dept, but i talked to him and helped him out anyway) but he said when he got his top slashed....he went ahead n' got the rear window tinted...said it looked 10x better