HI i live in new zealand and are going to come over and buy a VL turbo ,i need to know a sure fire way off telling im buying the genuine article ,the tags or plates on fire wall mean nothing i got told can be swapped onto a N/A shell so can anyone help me here ? WIll travel to VIC or NSW to buy gen car does anyone know off anyone that i can ring to check out any genuine cars out i obvisily will be paying person that helps me out ,someone thats well knowin and has reuputable name by anyone, and any good cars worth checking out stock or enhanced correctly be paying 5k to 15k ,please pm with any details thanks

Swapped tags shouldn't be too hard to pick up, unless they have replaced the shock tower too. There will be a knock sensor and wiring in the loom (something people who convert wouldn't be looking to swap) Codes for turbo are LW5 motor MS1 auto or MX7 manual and cant remember the axle code

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ask to see log books. look for tags with the above codes, check to see if the engine number on the block matches the tag. tags can be swapped but its illegal and pretty dodgy i am sure you would know something is up.