From Japan to my garage: RHD UZJ100 LC- my first post and first Cruiser

[Trapper50cal]

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I'm stuggling to figure out which part fits my car. I have done a bunch of research but there's no definitive way to know my production date. There was a mid year change in these models and there's a ton of different parts that vary between pre august and post august, it's not the first time that I've run into this.

I got my original auction sheet and the original owner purchased the LC december of 2000. That means it's production date could have been between june to november. I was hoping that it was registered september or earlier so that there was no room for misunderstanding

Get your specific vehicle report from Toyota by VIN. Mine looks like this...

Also comes in handy to copy/paste your VIN on sites like partsouq.com

Also, your truck's production date should be on the sticker on your front/driver side door well. (near the latch)

 

[frawstme]

Get your specific vehicle report from Toyota by VIN. Mine looks like this...

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Also comes in handy to copy/paste your VIN on sites like partsouq.com

Also, your truck's production date should be on the sticker on your front/driver side door well. (near the latch)

It's a JDM model, so there's no VIN. There's no production date on any stickers either, there's not even a plate on the inside frame of the door. There's a frame ID under the hood but it doesn't indicate a date.. amayama and partsouq just show all options for 2000 model years since it doesn't know the production date. I've checked glass stamps and seatbelt stickers but they don't have dates on them.

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I figured it out- it wasn't first registered in dec of 2000, it was July of 2000. I found out that japanese date formats use a different calender lol. That makes things a lot easier.

 

[Trapper50cal]

It's a JDM model, so there's no VIN. There's no production date on any stickers either, there's not even a plate on the inside frame of the door. There's a frame ID under the hood but it doesn't indicate a date.. amayama and partsouq just show all options for 2000 model years since it doesn't know the production date. I've checked glass stamps and seatbelt stickers but they don't have dates on them.

edit:
I figured it out- it wasn't first registered in dec of 2000, it was July of 2000. I found out that japanese date formats use a different calender lol. That makes things a lot easier.

Wow, I had no idea. I guess I'm guilty of assumption. I'm glad you got it figured out though.