Year Date Built (quick)

[Mordan]

hello

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

seller told me it is a 1992 car.

[Ferret]

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

[Mordan]

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?

[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

[Dave M]

Ferrets on the case

[Mordan]

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)

[Ferret]

WBAAJ510003095068

Decodes to:
3 series E30
SALOON
1.8I
M40 engine

Built:
DEC 1987

Left hand drive
Manual gearbox

[Mordan]

thx buddy!