Wound back od-meter

[HEL-RZA]

How can you tell or check that the od meter on the car has been wound back?? i have a R32 GTST:rolleyes:

[skyline33]

i was told once that the numbers are not aligned (obviously the main numbers)

[skyline33]

but sometimes they take out the original tacho and replace it with another.

[akeenan]

for example if your car has fairly low kms under 50k and the car appears to have a bit of wear around the dash and around the switches in the doors this is a good indication..

[Silver-Arrowz]

Sometimes when you watch the odometer tick over, it looks like it's jammed then quickly flicks over.

Bushes are the best indication cause dodgy people don't change them, mainly the obvious like gearknobs, steering wheels and pedals with aftermarket stuff.

[skyr31]

another good indication can be the condition of the seat where the driver slides in, it causes wear!

[NismoGirl]

Well if it stops on the next thousand/10 thousand.. It usually means its been played with

We've had this happen to ours. One time it just stopped and didn't move for 400k's. So we took it to the mechanic and he fixed it and said it has been wound back a fair way. Every now and then it stops.. then it starts again

[SLY33]

Clock winding is way too common. The drivers seat is a good indication as mentioned. Also the steering wheel and the gear knob, as they wear the most.

Ive seen TOO MANY imports with completely worn steering wheels and gear knobs, very worn trim etc, only to see 50 or 60 grand on the odo- and the dealers seriously expect us to believe they are genuine k's! Maybe they believe it themselves.. A car with 50,000 genuine ks should be practically new. This is considering many imports with 90,000 ks can still clean up pretty damn well.

Its a worry. Or you get a car in seemingly near new condition, that has a noisy timing belt indicating 100,000!!

Bottom line is too many dodgy operators. Apparently it happens in Japan, and not by people here when they land.

[summoner]

Easy, check the sticker/label which points out when the timming belt was changed last.

A R32 GT-R i looked at a while back had 60,000k's on the clock with a timing belt changed at 115,000k's.. go figure

[fatz]

its a well known faact that jap cars r in dog year

all of em come in with 80k

i laught every time

pete

[Guest zerorespect]

it's always buggered me why every1 (nissan, honda, toyota, etc)hasn't gone to digital odometers - maybe controlled by a box marked with the chassis/vin number of the car to hamper swap overs...

[ex-static]

Originally posted by zerorespect

it's always buggered me why every1 (nissan, honda, toyota, etc)hasn't gone to digital odometers - maybe controlled by a box marked with the chassis/vin number of the car to hamper swap overs...

Its so they can send them over here and make some $$

[summoner]

even then a basic editor would probably allow them to edit the numbers more

[ix9]

Originally posted by summoner

even then a basic editor would probably allow them to edit the numbers more

and it'd be harder to actually tell that the "digital odo" had been wound back... no telltale signs

[rs73]

Mine's 93 with only 32,000km on the clock when I bought it... some of the numbers are not aligned which maybe coz it's been wound back prob in Japan or somewhere here. But all the interior trim, steering wheel, etc etc are in immaculate condition, so could it be that cars with original km still have numbers on the odo misaligned as well? The odo is runnin smoothly none of the above probs happen so far. I haven't check the suspension bushes thou, not sure how to look at them.

But I travelled a lot... 7 months ownership & now I've travelled 9000km in it....

[ex-static]

Originally posted by rs73

But I travelled a lot... 7 months ownership & now I've travelled 9000km in it....

I have mine for about 8 months, and have travelled close to 20,000ks on it

[DREMEN]

I have a skyline that reads 23,000km but its really 93,000km

The speedo was changed at 70,000km

If its an import than your best bet would be to assume that it is would back :eek:

[XrSiSt]

Originally posted by rs73

Mine's 93 with only 32,000km on the clock when I bought it... some of the numbers are not aligned which maybe coz it's been wound back prob in Japan or somewhere here. But all the interior trim, steering wheel, etc etc are in immaculate condition, so could it be that cars with original km still have numbers on the odo misaligned as well? The odo is runnin smoothly none of the above probs happen so far. I haven't check the suspension bushes thou, not sure how to look at them.

But I travelled a lot... 7 months ownership & now I've travelled 9000km in it....

Mine was basically the same.. had 33000km on the clock and

everything was still sweet.. but definately the clocks been

played with cause I've had to change my clutch after 11000km..

But these engines are so robust... I've done 30,000 in 10 months

and this thing is a weekend driver...

[Cake]

It happens to so most imports i'd say... mate bought a 96 GTS25t skyline in immaculate condition.. showed 11,000km on the clock, seemed close to it aswell. His clutch died completely within a week of driving the car normally. We later saw the exact car on prestigemotorsport website after it was imported (with perth plates on it, rego sticker), saying 52000km. It was owned and driven around in perth for a while then sold to a dealer who my friend bought it off, so it would have been wound back here. No way a clutch on a totally dead stock r33 is going to fry itself to nothing within 11,000km of its life, unless it has been thrashed mighty hard since new, but since the car was stock you would doubt it.

[Just Jap Racing]

A very good rule of thumb is 10,000k per year in japan buy you do get some low k skylines but you do pay for them at auction

Steve