body number

[paul3]

The thing is:
On F20A4 Prelude the body number is JHMBB3... (and a combination of numbers)
But on H22A Prelude i could only find shorter body number like that: BB4... (and a combination of numbers).
So, what does the difference between these model mean?

Thank You

[na93prepre]

i would guess besides the obvious; THE ENGINE, that it would probably be that the car you have or are refering to is a eco/base line. I'm sure you have simple parts and no upgrades such has leather, bigger wheels etc. But I could be wrong. Just what I'm thinking....

[paul3]

well, it has air conditioner, electric windows -so i guess it is not a base line model

[na93prepre]

all pre pre's have that

[hotrod]

i'm confused. are you asking how to determine the model based on a vin, or are you asking what the difference is between the models?

[paul3]

:) Why the vin is different?
and how to determine the model having a vin beginning with bb4...?

[Prelude13]

For reference:

First letter designates the country of orgin.

1.United States
2.Canada
3.Mexico
4.United States
5.Australia
9.Brazil

K.Korea
L.Taiwan
S.England
V.France
W.Germany
J.Japan
Y.Sweden
Z.July

-the model of the vehicle is commonly the fourth or fifth character
-The eigth character is often the engine code(Some engines cannot be determined by the VIN number).
-The tenth character represents the year on all vehicles.
List:

a.80
b.81
c.82
d.83
e.84
f.85
g.86
h.87
j.88
k.89
l.90
m.91
n.92
p93
r.94
s.95
r.94
s.95
t.96
v.97
w.98
x.99
y.00
1.01
2.02
3.03
4.04
5.05
6.06
7.07
8.08
9.09

Usually around 17 charcters long.
Example:
1G1YY22GXW5105778

1=US
W=2000
YY2=Vehicle model code
(Some GM model)

:cool:

Yours says JHMBB3...so it's a BB3! :werd:

[hotrod]

here's the one for honda... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_VIN_codes

[Prelude13]

niceness!

[paul3]

the thing is: i could only find this combination
BB4 XXXXXXX
where X - number
so the whole vin consists of 3 letters and 7 numbers!
VIN checker even does not decode it!

[absntmnd69]

maybe its skraight up jay dee em

[na93prepre]

maybe its skraight up jay dee em
hAhA