IS300 Chasis Code
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ok if you want proof here is a some proof it is the SXE10 not the JCE10.. the egoist bodykit.. made for the altezza
http://www.egoist.ne.jp/aero/sxe10.html
http://www.egoist.ne.jp/aero/sxe10.html
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From: Kaliforniastan
You guys should know that the ENGINE is part of the body code.
For example, my GS430 is a UZS161 ("U" from the fact that my engine is a 3"U"Z-FE)...a GS300 (Aristo S300) is a JZS160...and the Aristo V300 (turbo) is a JZS161...the S300 and V300 use the 2JZ-GE and 2JZ-GTE respectively...
On your IS/Altezza here is the deal...
In Japan, the Altezza comes with two different motors...one is the 3S-GE (in the RS200 models) and the other is a 1G-FE (in the AS200 models)...
So if you have a RS200, your body code is SXE10. The "S" in SXE10 coming from 3"S"-GE...
If you have a AS200, your body code is GXE10...the "G" in GXE10 coming from the 1"G"-FE...
Now if the US codes followed the Japanese codes exactly, our IS300 would be a JXE10...but it's JCE10...I don't know why the "X" and "C" are different...could be that there already was a JCE10 on another car...could be because something else on the car is different...(lefthand/righthand drive should not matter)...
So there ya go...like EmoDragRacer state, when ordering stuff from Japan, SXE10 is the code to use...
For example, my GS430 is a UZS161 ("U" from the fact that my engine is a 3"U"Z-FE)...a GS300 (Aristo S300) is a JZS160...and the Aristo V300 (turbo) is a JZS161...the S300 and V300 use the 2JZ-GE and 2JZ-GTE respectively...
On your IS/Altezza here is the deal...
In Japan, the Altezza comes with two different motors...one is the 3S-GE (in the RS200 models) and the other is a 1G-FE (in the AS200 models)...
So if you have a RS200, your body code is SXE10. The "S" in SXE10 coming from 3"S"-GE...
If you have a AS200, your body code is GXE10...the "G" in GXE10 coming from the 1"G"-FE...
Now if the US codes followed the Japanese codes exactly, our IS300 would be a JXE10...but it's JCE10...I don't know why the "X" and "C" are different...could be that there already was a JCE10 on another car...could be because something else on the car is different...(lefthand/righthand drive should not matter)...
So there ya go...like EmoDragRacer state, when ordering stuff from Japan, SXE10 is the code to use...
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