CELSI0R

Greetings,

I have been curious about this for a while. In the attached image of a VIN sticker from a 1st-generation LS 400, I have underlined the part that says No. 416. Does anyone know what this stands for?

I have searched for this previously, but I have always found explanations for the VIN on it instead.

Please note, this inspection sticker is not from my car, so I have crossed off the VIN. This is from a car that was listed for sale a few months ago.

Thank you,
CELSI0R

dicer

First its not an inspection sticker, its the certification registration label or something like that. That number could be the production unit number for that month? Its a Perl white car.

PureDrifter

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Truth be told we don't know what the "No." means in any official sense, but we know what it does NOT mean.

Given the production numbers of LS400s/Celsiors, we know it is not absolute or monthly production number. Other than that, not much is certain.

dicer

I mean it is car number 416 made the month of 06/91. Yeah its a guess of sorts, I know one of mine has a low 2 digit number. I would like to know if there are higher numbers than one hundreds place? I need to check that number on the rest of them.

CELSI0R

Thanks, PureDrifter. If I ever find more information about it in the future, I will share it here.. For now, it's just one of those mysteries.

I initially thought it was what's called a Certificate of Registration as well, but my searches yielded the same results for "Certificate of Registration" and "Inspection sticker."

I decided to call it an inspection sticker in this thread, since they also scan it when I take the car in for emissions testing.

I haven't seen a sticker with a number beyond the hundreds place myself.

PureDrifter

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I forgot to add that we do know what most else of the door tag means.

C/TR refers to the color and trim (interior) tags from factory. In this case, 051 (Diamond White pearl) and LA05 ("Dark Tan")
A/TM refers to the axle type/gear (not consistent among all toyotas sadly) and transmission model (is consistent).


Also, there's no point in hashing through the VIN number if you leave the barcode (that is just the vin) visible, FYI.

CELSI0R

Thanks for the info. I knew about the paint code, but not the part about the interior trim.

You're right regarding the VIN and the barcode. My intention was to make for an extra step of figuring it out.. If anyone was really that curious.