xvampyrex

How do I know what series is my car and if it came stock Turbo II or was just made turbo ii? Is it on the title? on the ViN? anywhere?

ceodre

86-88 is S4
89-91 is S5

im pretty sure with the VIN you can tell if its TII or not

SureShot

It's in the VIN somewhere.
My insurance agent picked up on it when I traded to the TII.

ceodre

yea , i think carfax will tell you , give them a shot

Digi7ech

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Well If they converted to a TII then Props to them because it's a bitch! I know.

Anyways. Icemark made a thread a couple months ago I think on how to decode your Vin.
(Where it was made,year,type,blah blah blah)

The easy way to tell.
If you have a Series 4 you will have.

Rectangle style taillights.
The bump strip side moldings are black on matter what color the car is.
The front bumper looks like this.
It's hard to see but it is flat at the bottom. It doesn't have a contoured middle section.

Series 5 will have
Round tinted taillights.
Can have Fog lights on the front.
The bump side molding is the same color as the car paint.
It has a cool front bumper with bigger brake duct holes I think.
It will have the stupid automatic seatbelts.


hmm.
I bet you it's a real TII and not a conversion.
The only real way to tell if it's not is to check the ECU and see if there are any new wires spliced in or something. If they did a ghetto swap then there will be the non turbo transmission on the car. I doubt that though.

xvampyrex

Oh ok thanks I think I have a S4 TII with S5 tails cause my car is 87

Digi7ech

iTrader: (1)

If you take some pics we can ID it for you. The Series 5 taillight switch is common.(Also know that those tails are worth like $200! because ppl want them).

Josepi

Actually, you can tell if it's a turbo from the factory by the VIN...

JM1FC33blahdeblah...

xvampyrex

so JM1FC33 means that its Turbo? cause my ViN starts like that. too bad the ******* who I got the car from blew the tubo engine

edit: I will hopefully get some pics up soon, I dont know when.

Icemark

If it is a Turbo from the factory, the VIN will have a 3 in the 7th digit and a 2 in the 8th digit.

JM1FC331=non turbo
JM1FC332=Turbo