Barry Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Look at the corner of the window. Cars have a stamp like this. See the little 8 in the bottom line? That means the glass was made in the 8th year of the decade, ie 2018. Obviously you’ll need to make an educated guess at the decade but that shouldn’t be too hard. Now we know the glass was made in 2018, there’s a fair chance the rest of the car was made in 2018 too. Now, not every car has this date stamp on the glass but a lot do so it’s worth checking. Another method is to remove something plastic from the car and look on the back. You may see a small stamp that looks like this, This will tell you the month and date the plastic part was made. Again, you can use this as an educated guess as to what year the car was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertdude Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Not age of the car but age of that part. Many times while DIY'ing and ripping apart bits I see parts that are far newer than the car, which I then know must have been replaced somewhere along thr line. Similarly you sometimes find older parts and then you know someone replaced that bit with a used bit if its too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treks Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Learning to decode VIN numbers might come in handy, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertdude Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 42 minutes ago, treks said: Learning to decode VIN numbers might come in handy, too. Don't need to, ton of online VIN checkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treks Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 9 hours ago, desertdude said: Don't need to, ton of online VIN checkers Sure, but my point was that a VIN number is a more accurate way of checking a car's age than going by date stamps on parts. That said though, your idea of using an online VIN checker is a whole easier than actually learning to decode VIN's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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