non guinene km's question

[R33-Gts25t]

just wondering what are my rights if i find out my skylines km's are non guinene.In a issue of HPI they had a buyers guide for 32 gtrs and they said if u had a white sticxker with xxxxxx km's on it that was when your timing belt was changed.My car has done 62,000 and the sticker says 100,000 km;s.So is the odometer reading fake and what is my rights if it is fake.

[MirKz]

its illegal to wind the clock back however u look at it, u can prob take the compliance place to court or something ?

then again if they deny doing anything etc, then they may point the finger at someone in japan etc? or previous owner ?

could get messy

[R33-Gts25t]

it was bought from a dealership does that make it easier ot harder.also is it possible to get my money bakts not fair paying for soimething thats not wat u paid for

[MirKz]

yeah probably be able to take it to consumer affairs? possibly? im not entirely sure.

but yeah u should definately be able to get some sort of refund i think as u have bought something that isnt genuine (if that is in fact what has happened etc)

[R33-Gts25t]

where can i take the car to see if the clock has been wound back

[boost33]

look for other signs for a push back odo

eg service records, next service due sticker, timing belt been changed etc

if you have soild proof and take it back to the dealer, they would most probaley be look out a refund, if you threaten them with taken them to consumer affairs

the last thing they want is getting investergated by comsumer affair!! :wizard:

[R33-Gts25t]

I dunoo if it makes it look like its been changed more but the tacho and the lil miliige counter thing doesnt work.It has a white sticker on the block area at the front of the rocker cover saying 100,000 km and in hpi they said thats a sticker saying wen the timing belt was changed.

[skylinemad]

its a fact that ALOT of japanese cars are wound back ,..... your with the timing bent sticker.. they all say 100000 but when they replace it they write in pen wot it was changed at and actually indent the silver label..

apparently there are alot of arabs in japan in the car market and have been informed that they do most of the winding back... what can u do ???

[_8OO5TED_]

Yeah, sounds like its been wound back. But hey, great for re-sale value! Just look after with regular services and she will be sweet.

A mate of mine bought in a R32 '89 4dr and it showed only 46,000kms and there were tears in the interior, overall rough condition, so dont worry, your not the only one.

I have just bought a R33 GTS25t sedan which apparently has 76,000kms on the clock, who knows, perhaps thats wound back too.

[gtrken]

just wondering what are my rights if i find out my skylines km's are non guinene.In a issue of HPI they had a buyers guide for 32 gtrs and they said if u had a white sticxker with xxxxxx km's on it that was when your timing belt was changed.My car has done 62,000 and the sticker says 100,000 km;s.So is the odometer reading fake and what is my rights if it is fake.

100,000km sticker is when you need to change the belt. When it has been changed there will be a date and mileage it was changed at ( as said in above posts )

Virtually every car from Japan has been clocked as genuine logbooked, sevice history low km GTR's go for big money in Japan.

If you paid the usual $18K ish landed and expect it to have only 60K on the clock then I think you are a bit new to this...

Clocking speedos in Japan is a full time job and all the brokers will warn you to take the reading with a little suspicion.

Cheers

ken

[totoro]

if want take a pic of the sticker in hi res and post it up here, i can read it to see what it says. this can clear confusion but yeah if the price was too good to be true then reality is it probably was too good to be true...

masahiro

[Nizmo]

just wondering what are my rights if i find out my skylines km's are non guinene.In a issue of HPI they had a buyers guide for 32 gtrs and they said if u had a white sticxker with xxxxxx km's on it that was when your timing belt was changed.My car has done 62,000 and the sticker says 100,000 km;s.So is the odometer reading fake and what is my rights if it is fake.

Yep exactly the same thing with my car ..... bought it with 70,000kms on the clock but strangely enough the service sticker had the imprints on it next service at 114,000kms or insert month here (about two months after i bought it) Then 4 months later my odo stopped working all together.

I bought it from a private person on consignment in a yard .... by the time I found the imprint of the service sticker it was too late and i was too lazy to do anything about it.

[libardi]

i always thought fake km's are pretty much a mandatory thing with all imports 10 years and older.

best thing to do is assess the body work. how much grime has it biult up underneath? do the seats have old wear and tear marks?

[Nic_A31]

In Japan, every 100'000kms or 5 years, its rebuild, engine swap, or trade up, that's why they have warehouses full off semi-low KM vehicles.

Imports around the 100'000km mark arent rare, but workshops are well known to wind back vehicles to a bullshit figure like 40'000 and claim they're genuine.

The only real way to check is with Japan, contacting the seller on that end, so unless the vehicle is a fresh import.

Might seem like a long shot, but hit up the internet with your VIN, or any numbers off your compliance. I traced my Cefiro's history finding old eBay links and some shit on the web, and it's not as hard as people think.

[Dani Boi]

It's a four year old thread, I'm pretty sure the guy has got his answer...