Is there a way to tell if my car is 2004 or 2004.5?

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11-11-2005, 10:26 AM

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Is there a way to tell if my car is 2004 or 2004.5?

Is there a place to see if my car is 2004 or 2004.5. I'm pretty sure it's 2004.5 since I've got the pads and all the other changes that were discussed when it first happened.

Apparently there's also a change in emissions, which may affect me getting turbo. Is it as simple as knee pads = 2004.5 or is the emissions something they changed after?

Please please please be the right one they need.

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11-11-2005, 10:34 AM

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open up your drivers door, look at the stickers next to the seat stuck onto the paint. It shows the date that car was made on one of them.

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11-11-2005, 10:40 AM

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Build date isn't the same as model year. It was built in 10/03, but it has all the .5 upgrades on the interior.

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11-11-2005, 10:41 AM

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then u got the .5 year then

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11-11-2005, 10:49 AM

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I knew mine was an 03.5 because it was built on 7/03

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11-11-2005, 10:51 AM

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I knew mine was an 03.5 because it was built on 7/03

There's no real 2003.5, there is a known 2004.5 mid year change.

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11-11-2005, 10:59 AM

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O whoops lol

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11-11-2005, 02:40 PM

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Quote:

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Build date isn't the same as model year. It was built in 10/03, but it has all the .5 upgrades on the interior.

If it was built in 10/03 I would say its most likely an 04, not an 04.5 but since you the upgrades thats a little confusing. Contact the company whose turbo your looking at and see if they can help you identify what emissions you got.

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11-11-2005, 04:27 PM

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Greddy is looking into it to see which they need.

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11-11-2005, 04:38 PM

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send me your vin number...

ill tell you...

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11-11-2005, 05:35 PM

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what interior changes were made? I have an 04 and I would like to know

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11-11-2005, 06:33 PM

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what interior changes were made? I have an 04 and I would like to know

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11-11-2005, 06:45 PM

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knee pads, new design on tires & ZR's have a changed new top design from what I can remember also I think that the Z's built in Dec. of '03 was the beginning of the '04.5.

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11-11-2005, 06:45 PM

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11-11-2005, 07:29 PM

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I believe VIN's above 60000 are 04.5

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Yeah, Im wondering about the same thing If my car is 04 or 04.5. The 04.5s have factory installed wideband a/f monitors. My car was built in 02/04. VIN #JN1AZ34D24T166228. Anyone?

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06-12-2006, 10:47 PM

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knee pads and suspension change

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06-12-2006, 10:51 PM

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so if I have knee pads I have an 04.5? Doesnt 02/05 seem a little early to be an 04.5? any other more definitive way to tell, like VIN? Someone posted earlier that 6000+ VIN is 04.5?

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