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A,B or C
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:55 pmby Phoenixx
So after trying to change the star colour from the stock badge from forums that i had found (other forums) and the plastic ending up clouded i need a new badge.
Had a look on japanmods
http://www.japanparts.com/db/partslist. ... r=&VOLKEY=found an emblem for $40 but they want to know if i want A-B or C and i have no idea where to find the info.
I have a MY04 2.5i 5 spd manual lib. Pre facelift.
Any help would be great.
Re: A,B or C
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:17 pmby Kekotic
What do you mean ending up clouded? Did you actually paint it? You can polish/sand away the cloudyness no matter how bad it is.
Re: A,B or C
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:23 pmby Phoenixx
I mean i used a paint stripper to take the chrome off it that was suggested and the paint stripper has damaged the plastic. I have tried a lot of sanding and it hasn't fixed the problem. Used a head light repair kit and that didn't do anything either.
Re: A,B or C
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:29 pmby Kekotic
Ahh okay I see.
Try a wreckers for the badges? prefacelift has a smaller front badge than post facelift. Rear might be same size over Gen4 I think.
Re: A,B or C
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:03 amby Adrian2627
04 is A In Japan they don't use model years as the change over is in May so the use Applied Codes, for Gen4 A-F. For example my June 08 built car is an F, which in Aus would be My09
Easiest way to tell is to look at your VIN. It'll say BP then 5 for 2.0, 9 for 2.5, E for 3.0 after that you have your applied code A-F. Again, mine foe example is BP5F being a 2.0 08/09 build
Re: A,B or C
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:27 pmby Phoenixx
Adrian2627 wrote:04 is A In Japan they don't use model years as the change over is in May so the use Applied Codes, for Gen4 A-F. For example my June 08 built car is an F, which in Aus would be My09
Easiest way to tell is to look at your VIN. It'll say BP then 5 for 2.0, 9 for 2.5, E for 3.0 after that you have your applied code A-F. Again, mine foe example is BP5F being a 2.0 08/09 build
Makes a lot of sense! would make even more sense if my VIN worked with those instructions. My VIN is BL9KJ, the BL makes sense and the 9 make sense. Beyond me what the KJ is about. Got an e-mail earlier from japanparts and their explanation was basically ab&c was pre face and anything after was post face.
Thanks for the info RE: VIN reading!!
Re: A,B or C
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:16 pmby Adrian2627
Phoenixx wrote:Adrian2627 wrote:04 is A In Japan they don't use model years as the change over is in May so the use Applied Codes, for Gen4 A-F. For example my June 08 built car is an F, which in Aus would be My09
Easiest way to tell is to look at your VIN. It'll say BP then 5 for 2.0, 9 for 2.5, E for 3.0 after that you have your applied code A-F. Again, mine foe example is BP5F being a 2.0 08/09 build
Makes a lot of sense! would make even more sense if my VIN worked with those instructions. My VIN is BL9KJ, the BL makes sense and the 9 make sense. Beyond me what the KJ is about. Got an e-mail earlier from japanparts and their explanation was basically ab&c was pre face and anything after was post face.
Thanks for the info RE: VIN reading!!
AUDM must use different numbering. But yes A,B,C are pre and D, E, F are post. The change over was May 06 for the AUDM MY07 model.
Re: A,B or C
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Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:28 amby Adrian2627
Went and had a look at my VIN plate AGAIN and JDM numbers are quite different from AUDM. HAve a look on the plate for Applied Code which should have BP9xxx.
Re: A,B or C
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Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:55 amby Da4sti3
A bit late but your right about everything but applied models on japanparts A is 04 B is 05 and C is 06 in preface lift forms it's explained here
http://www.japanparts.com/shop/pic/cars/blbpinfo.htm
Re: A,B or C
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Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:16 amby zch91
Good find!
Re: A,B or C
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Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:05 pmby Adrian2627
Just to add to this someone asked me the other day about a part that had 15.3~ on it and another had 15.3~18.3. This is referring to the manufacture date of the vehicle.
The Japanese calendar is different to what we use and the "year" is based off the years the current Emperor has reigned. It is now the Heisei Period and it started in 1989 so 15 years from there gives you 2003 and the .3 is the month, March
For BP/BL 2003(15) 2004(16) 2005(17) 2006(18) 2007(19) 2008(20) 2009(21)
So, Applied A-C is 15.3~18.3 and D-F is 18.3-21.3 at which point the BR/BM bestowed their ugliness upon us.
Hope this helps people order the right parts. You can always PM me if you need more help IDing something.
Re: A,B or C
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Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:34 pmby jakey
Da4sti3 wrote: http://www.japanparts.com/shop/pic/cars/blbpinfo.htm
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Legacy BL/ BP (2003/ 01 – 2009/04)
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ONLY in Aus calls Liberty
2.0 GT SpecB is different, so always have to make sure the grade.
Also, model A – C and D – are different.
Most of A – C parts can NOT fit onto D –, so make sure the model year.
B is Legacy
Body Code:
L is Sedan
P is Wagon
B4 is also Sedan
Model Code:
5 is 2.0L (SOHC N/A <EJ203>, DOHC N/A <EJ204> or DOHC TURBO <A/T is EJ20X and M/T is EJ20Y>)
9 is 2.5L (SOHC N/A EJ25 Model E only)
E is 3.0L (DOHC N/A EZ30D Model A – D)
Applied Model Code:
A. 2003/ 01 – 2004/ 04
B. 2004/ 03 – 2005/ 04
C. 2005/ 03 – 2006/ 04
------------------------------------Minor Change
D. 2006/ 02 – 2007/ 04
E.. 2007/ 03 – 2008/ 04
F. 2008/ 04 – 2009/ 04
This should be stickied. The information is so useful.