is it stock?

is it by any change a rebodied legacy jap model and regoed as a liberty? does the vin start with rep than the numbers because if its the silver wagon you are trying to sell and its regoed as a 97 model  from the photos it looks to be around a 94 model

its got the fold in heated mirrors, all the jap writing on the visor and a few other places as well, thats why i was lead to belive it was a genuine import.

no other plates in the engine bay, wonder what backup ive got because i bought it through a dealership. soooo not happy though, am trying to upgrade to an '04 GT. what do you mean payup for another 12 months.

if its got jap seat belts check the date mark on the white tags at the bottom and the car will be around that age and a 97 model will have a latch style bolt in side the back doors at the bottom to the back of the door jam

ok so tried to get a replacement windscreen yesterday, windscreen obriens came and half got the screen out, until he releasied that it had a heater element in the laminate, quote for oem windscreen from japan $700 and 6 weeks wait, a screen from NZ $1500-1700 and at least a weeks wait.

So i am pretty sure its a true grey import now. what a F$%K around.

Thanks VICROADS

as in thanks vicroads for all the buggering around,
what do you work for them or something???
If so, sorry. If not ..... sorry!

Ok so got the letter back from vic roads, after taking it for the "1st" inspection.

Pretty lame really, all they have got me for is minor roadworthy stuff, tint need to come off all the rear windows (says its 9% should be 35%) handbrake needs adjusting, mirror is loose, and front rim is buckled - repair or rectify.

The kicker is that they are changing the year from a '97 to a '94.

So, am going to see a solicator to get them to write a letter to the dealer that i bought it off, i bought it under the perception that it was a '97 model, not a '94.

What a laugh!!!

yeh, I had this problem about 5 years back... the problem was that these cars weren't properly being rebuilt/repaired and the scheme was scrapped.

the VIN numbers that were affected started 6T9REPV or 6T9REBLD or something of that nature.

By true accounts, these cars were meant to be Australian chassis that has had Japanese spec equipment put on it, hence the term REBUILD.

Whilst the Repair Vehicles were damaged Australian chassis that has been repaired and had Japanese spec equipment put on it, hence term REPAIR VEHICLE

Once it was found out that the guidelines weren't being followed, and some vehicle weren't even making the migration to the donor Australian vehicles, VicRoads decided to close this scheme and do a full check on all REPV and REBD vehicles.

With my vehicle, they were quite harsh (1993 Subaru Legacy GT), and I had a long list of repairs to make, which included side door intrusion bars. All up, I had $4500 worth of repairs to make on a car that was only worth $10,000, so I gave up and sold it as parts.

So beware when buying these vehicles. If the car has a YELLOW compliance plates, then you have no problems... that has been complied properly...

i think there were some issues with two cars regoed with the same yellow plate no (not the vin just the plate no) as well and all these things were rampant in vic in the late 90s dodgy engineers that have since been struck off

so do your rego papers say legacy or liberty in vehicle model section