Attn: Spirit R Owners.

[Gomez]

Hi gents, hope you can help me.

I\'m collating a database of every Spirit R built, drawing on catalogs, brochures and websites for information.

I have most of what I need, but I\'d like to try and find some door frame VIN decal pictures to validate some of my data.

We have quite a few Spirit R\'s in Australia, however the local authorities are removing the decals when the cars are imported, so I\'m having difficulties sourcing pics.

Ideally I\'d love to find a Type A, Type B and Type C VIN decal, however I\'ll settle for anything at this stage!! Each decal will have differing information, hence the reason for chasing all three types.

Cheers :cool:

Here\'s a pic of a version six RB decal to illustrate what I\'m after:

[Gomez]

No Spirit R owners here??

[Speedline Imports]

I think there are only 2 Spirit R\'s in the whole UK and not sure the owners visit the forum much.

[Gomez]

OIC....I thought there\'d be oodles of them!

Fair enough, I\'ll continue my search closer to home.

Cheers .

[SiH]

Unfortunately our import laws in the UK have pretty much prevented us from road registering a spirit R, except for for those very quick off the mark

[RobMatthews]

why do the aus authorities remove the identity door tags?

[Gomez]

why do the aus authorities remove the identity door tags?

Since I posted this thread, I\'ve come over to the possibility that the Spirit R may never have had a drivers doorframe VIN decal (which is odd, as all other S8\'s had them).

Special "grey import" cars (like the 99-02 FD\'s) get issued with a new VIN number on arrival. It\'s basically the JDM VIN with a 6U90000 added as a prefix.

[Ada7]

I know spirit R\'s had a special plate on the bulkhead of the engine bay, the other side to the normal vin plate.
Like this

Adam

[andrewrx7]

Gomez,

Sent you a PM.

Cheers
Andrew

[Gomez]

I know spirit R\'s had a special plate on the bulkhead of the engine bay, the other side to the normal vin plate.
Like this

Adam

Yep, got a few pics of those.

The info I wanted to get from the decal included the model-spec code, in the bottom LH corner.

That\'s not on the plate, unfortunately.

Gomez,

Sent you a PM.

Cheers
Andrew

PM replied, thanks Andrew.

[cessnut87]

Hey Gomez, I\'ll take a pic of mine and send it to ya later today or tomorrow.

[Gomez]

Hey Gomez, I\'ll take a pic of mine and send it to ya later today or tomorrow.

That would make my day (actually, would make my May!!).

Cheers .