Im looking to buy a shiro tomorrow,are these cars numbered or is there anyway of making sure its a true shiro?

use the registry on z31.com

forgive my ignorance...but whats a "shiro"?

use the search feature

no .....the cars were never numbered if your talking like the older (zx10th) 10 anniversary cars had a numbered plaque on the center console. the shiro is best detected by the registery listed above and never had any number on the center console like its predecessor.
the only difference is the canadian model which had a maple leaf on the center console by the shifter.

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88 300zx shiro...11k miles
88 300zx shiro...56k miles
83 280zxt full restoration...blk and gold
97 hyundai accent gt..bought new. currently 156k and still running strong

I thought the Canadian ones also had a numbered plaque? I know a lot of Shiro owners on other boards have their cars number (ie. Shiro #435) posted on their signature pic.

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1985 300ZX n/a

See my Z project

I too thought that canadian shiro's had a numbered plaque?

Read the third paragraph... AZ-ZBum.

I got the number from the SS registry. #981.

as far as i know none of the shiros have a numbered plaque..( not one imported to usa ).........i understood the canadian model only had the maple leaf but i may have been wrong.....can anyone else verify this??

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88 300zx shiro...11k miles
88 300zx shiro...56k miles
83 280zxt full restoration...blk and gold
97 hyundai accent gt..bought new. currently 156k and still running strong

^^^I figured you would know better than me. I have been going off of Z-Bum's site for this information.

I have never seen or heard of any canadian shiro for sale or a part of the forums though.

ive seen number 75 for sale in canada in some ad a while back......no number to my recollection just a maple leaf.....if you shoot me an e mail zdr@aol.com ill try to dig up the ad of the car with the pic of the maple leaf. it was for sale a few months back if i remember.

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88 300zx shiro...11k miles
88 300zx shiro...56k miles
83 280zxt full restoration...blk and gold
97 hyundai accent gt..bought new. currently 156k and still running strong

Check the VIN.

How do you tell for sure? Open the hood and read the model plate that is located on the driver's strut tower. All SS models have the trim designation of "SS" encoded in the model information. The SS models all will read:
KHLZ31ST(N/U/V)C

K = T-Tops
H = VG30E motor
L = left hand drive
Z31 = model designation
S = Trim level type "SS"
T = Turbo
Emissions
N = Canadian
U = Federal (the other 49 states)
V = California
C = Manual Climate control