I have been bored at work today and I have always wondered if there was a for sure way to tell what year my jdm itr is? It is def a 98 spec, but thats all I know. If anyone is in Japan and can call a dealership there that would be cool too. Everything I can find on here is a dead end. Any help would be much appreciated!

The jdm "vin" is DC2-1301104.

 

Does it matter what model year a 98spec is?

 

yes

 

isn't part of the vin number the date of manufacture?

 

There's no date of manufacture on a sticker in the door jamb?

I guess you can check what year your head is stamped with.

 

There is no sticker in the door jamb, and the engine is long gone. Only thing I have that I can go by is my vin.

 

I know for usdm vehicles that's true.....but that's what I'm trying to figure out for my jdm vehicle.

 

Perhaps these owners can help you...

https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-type-r-8/real-rhd-itrs-no-conversions-2790396/

I know PY wasn't introduced until 2000

 

Mine is CW, not sure if it helps at all. But I have looked through that thread many times thanks though!

 

That's true in the States, but I'm not sure about other markets.

 

Post a picture of your blue JDM VIN plate.

 

In Japan, PY wasn't introduced until the "00-spec"


There is no date on it.

 

If you still have the chassis, the year is usually stamped on the driver side shock tower.....in an EK. Might be there for the DC.

For instance, I have a 96 model year (USDM) EK and the stamp says 95.

 

http://www.ehow.com/how_6112680_read...on-number.html

 

Useless for a JDM vehicle, which the OP says he has.

 

The title of the article is how to read a japanese vin how is that relavent

 

well the author is a moron because that is how to read NA and EDM vins.

 

If you actually READ the article, you'll see it tells how to read a VIN on a car that is manufactured in Japan for sale in the North American or European market, not a JDM (Japanese domestic market) vehicle.

 

I don't have the blue vin plate, just the firewall vin. I read that article already about the vin numbers. I'm thinking there has to be a vin identification of some sort. I mean how does a dealership over there know what year vehicle a customer brings in when they want work done?

 

I know that you said you dont have the blue vin tag, but to help out other people that might have a blue vin tag so they know what their integra is example sir-g or real itr and which time of year it was produced.


http://www.auto-japanese.com/catalog...&model=INTEGRA

For example: One of my jdm fronts has a blue vin tag that says GF-DB8, I take that and search in the web site and it came out that its a 1999.7 Integra SIR-G

EDIT: I just could not let this go, and had to figure it all out.

After going over all the jdm fronts that I have had (I think 8 or 9 now) and their vin numbers and such and doing some more research. I stumbled upon this very old thread on honda-tech and I can say that I believe that the OP is dead on when I compare his findings to my vins when I compare them to the site above.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-type-r-8/decoding-jdm-chassis-no-2388146/

I can conclude that your vehicle is a 1998 Integra Type-R

 

That is some very very good information. Thank you very much Redemption!

 

Funny thing is, BlueIntegraBoy posted in both this thread and that one haha

 

Can anybody help me find out the number of my r?its a Py 2000 itr vin JH4DC2319YS003874 or if you no a link that can help me...sorry to thread Jack

 

PM doespike

 

Ok found out some new info from a friend in japan who belongs to some of the honda forums over there. DC2-1301104 VIN can be broken down as follows, its a 130 series of the type r. then the japanese imperial year Heisei 11 and the 04 was the month so april. That is what i was told so I think that my car is a 99 that was made in april.