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Is my car a Jap import?

  • 30-05-2016 2:50pm
    #1
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭


    Hi All


    I had at look at changing the battery in our car and noticed it has a battery with the small terminals.

    Is this a sign the car was a jap import ?

    The only other car I’ve seen with this battery type was an import.

    The car is a 2000 Civic 1.5 saloon.



    Thanks
    Barr


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    do you have air conditioning?
    km clocks?

    1.5 rather than 1.4 would suggest it's jap.


  • #3
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    does it have an immobiliser?


  • #4
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    Square number plate at the back (not always a definite giveaway)?


  • #5
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,762 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    The Vehicle Licencing Certificate will say.


  • #6
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,229 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    check fusebox


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  • #7
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    marklazarcovic wrote: »
    check fusebox
    Whats in there (apart from fuses)?


  • #8
    millington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭millington


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    do you have air conditioning?
    km clocks?

    1.5 rather than 1.4 would suggest it's jap.
    Plenty of UK & Irish 1.5s aswell though!

    Check the engine bay. Theres a blue chassis plate somewhere. If it's on the slam panel where the bonnet catch is, its a Jap. If it's on the bulkhead, it's a UK/Irish model.

    Chassis code will be EK3 on a Jap car or JHMEK3 on a UK car


  • #9
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    No air con , it has an immobiliser


    Didn’t think of the speedo – that is in miles so probably rules out a Jap import.

    It has got an “econ” light on the dash which I haven’t seen in other Civics. This also made me think it could be some kind of import


  • #10
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The car has been here long enough that the battery must have been changed a few times. It's possible the terminal were changed during a change.


  • #11
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    biko wrote: »
    The car has been here long enough that the battery must have been changed a few times. It's possible the terminal were changed during a change.

    Why would they change the terminals to the small type though ... would there have been some benefit to it?


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  • #12
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    millington wrote: »
    Plenty of UK & Irish 1.5s aswell though!

    on a 00 saloon?


  • #13
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,229 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    cml387 wrote: »
    Whats in there (apart from fuses)?

    itl be in Japanese not english


  • #14
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    Was it made in Ireland?

    No?

    Then it's an import!

    :pac:


  • #15
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Cos that's what he was asking!


  • #16
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    ION08 wrote: »
    Was it made in Ireland?

    No?

    Then it's an import!

    :pac:
    But not necessarily a Jap import! :pac:


  • #17
    Barr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭Barr


    ION08 wrote: »
    Was it made in Ireland?

    No?

    Then it's an import!

    :pac:

    Hilarious :rolleyes:


  • #18
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Are t the indicators/wipers the opposite way around on the JDM civics?


  • #19
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    kbannon wrote: »
    But not necessarily a Jap import! :pac:

    I see you're a racist now Ted. :-)


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