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    Default Year Date Built From VIN

    hello

    the underlined red 89 is the built year of the car right?

    seller told me it is a 1992 car.

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    Nope, the vin decodes to a 04/92 build date on a 525i automatic

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferret
    Nope, the vin decodes to a 04/92 build date on a 525i automatic
    wow magic thx. seriously how do you do that?

    and this one ?



    might buy it. less than 100k miles on it. heavy clutch, missing bonnet protection.
    number 28 on the pic. 9,10 and 11 are crap and must be replaced as well. dunno why but the ones I have seen on ebay and in real life have that piece missing.. anybody knows why?


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    Not sure if that is a trusted source for build date. You can go the VIN decoder route or (if your vehicle has the same stickers as mine) open the drivers door. Mine was built for the anadian market.

    On the drivers side door jam, you may find a similar data sticker to the one in the engine bay. On the end of the second line of mine it states "10/90"

    This is the build date.

    here is a link to a decoder type site

    Keep searching, you'll find many more.

    Dave

    10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
    *RIP Oskar the DOG *

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    Ferrets on the case

    10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
    *RIP Oskar the DOG *

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave M
    Not sure if that is a trusted source for build date. You can go the VIN decoder route or (if your vehicle has the same stickers as mine) open the drivers door. Mine was built for the anadian market.

    On the drivers side door jam, you may find a similar data sticker to the one in the engine bay. On the end of the second line of mine it states "10/90"

    This is the build date.

    here is a link to a decoder type site

    Keep searching, you'll find many more.

    Dave

    i was looking for VIN decoder and found the same page at autohausaz but they say the 10th character is the built year.

    but both my VINs have 0 for built year which means nothing for the table at autohausaz
    WBAHD61030BK80779 (525iA)
    WBAAJ510003095068 (318i)

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    WBAAJ510003095068

    Decodes to:
    3 series E30
    SALOON
    1.8I
    M40 engine

    Built:
    DEC 1987

    Left hand drive
    Manual gearbox

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    thx buddy!

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