I need some advice, I have no VIN plate

[collegekid]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I bought my car back in march, used carfax to check out the title, and it all seemed legit. Title is clean. Carfax said it is an SE model, and when i went to get it insured, the agent said my car was an Se. Thing is, my car is actually a base model. 4 Lugs, crappy cloth interior, no SE badging or sign that there ever was any badging, black gauges etc... This is a 1996 btw.
So I go to check the vins, they all match and it doesnt look like they were ever removed or anything. I look on this
THE GARAGE GUIDES - 240SX VIN / Model ID Decoding
and it says to look for a MIN on the vin plate. I look in the fsm and it tells me where to find my vin plate (in the engine bay) and this is whats there.




I've recently found out about how people steal cars,get Vin numbers from the same exact kind of car in like a parking lot at a mall or something and change out the plates. Cops might catch on later and just show up to my house one day, tell me to take my shit outta the car and they will tow it away. I dont wanna put work into a stolen car just to have it possibly repo'd and i would get no money for it. But in my car, the door jam and the vin etched into the engine bay next to the missin vin plate, and the one near the windsheild all match and dont seem to be tampered with.

I called the previous owner and she told me she bought it at a dealership and gave me the name and everything. I do not believe she did anything shady because, she gave me her real phone number, her real address, her full name, told me to find her son on facebook and be friends with him bc her son and another friend of his both go to the same college as me. I havent talked to them ever bc he didnt want her to sell the car lol. What did seem shady is that the driver side quarter window was shattered and looked like it was broken into


Cliffnotes
-carfax said my car was an SE, in reality its a base model
-8 months later, while taking a shower, it suddenly bugs me as to why its a base model instead of an SE. How can carfax AND my insurance agent (state farm) BOTH tell me its an SE?
-Dont have a vin plate in the engine bay
-When i bought the car, quarter window behind the driver seat was broken (looked like it was broken into) but previous owner assured it wasnt a theft.

My question to you. Is this just a coincidence? Anyone else ever find out that theyre car is a different trim from the vin number and reality? How do I go about getting another VIN plate?
I did nothing wrong, I paid for this car legitimately why should I get fucked over? I want to keep this car. Any opinions? Is there any way for me to get a new VIN plate and/or clear this mess up? This is bullshit I never did anything wrong

[Sileighty_85]

Thats not a VIN plate, it has the Vin on it but Its more of a Data plate.
it has,
Chassis Code
Engine code
Tans code
displacement
Chassis color code
Ect.

That one to the right stamped in fire wall is the VIN number (the important one)

Seriously though, Give me you VIN and I can run it though Nissan FAST and tell you Exactly what Model it it.

[collegekid]

I also found this, might be a reoccurring issue about VIN's claiming a car to be an SE when it is just a base model
Nissan 240SX SE, 1995

[idahotuner]

my car is an se, power windows mirros, moon roof, but a four lug.

[mulinmoua]

I can see ur vin

[iLagX]

Originally Posted by collegekid

I also found this, might be a reoccurring issue about VIN's claiming a car to be an SE when it is just a base model
Nissan 240SX SE, 1995

All S14 are powre windows and mirror + disc brake loll.

it could be a se with downgrading to 4 lug and base interior.

[!Zar!]

The engine bay has the vin stamped in, and at the door jam should have a sticker vin as well.

[killer skittle]

all s14s in the states are registered as an "se"

[collegekid]

Yes I know that the vins are in the door jam, dash, and engine bay stamped, but in the pic there is supposed to be a plate that's bolted in there. It's missing as you can tell. It does not seem like a big issue now, but I had doubts that the car might've been stolen and had a new Vin but it's unlikely

Can anyone confirm what killer skittle said, it would make a hell of a lot of sense and clear it all up

[Driftbandit]

I'm almost 100% sure what killer skittle said is true about every 240 coming up as an SE insurance wise at least. I'm on my 9th one, and every insurance card I've had says something like "240SX/SE". For real though man chill out! The cops aren't gonna bust the door down and pull some Elian Gonzalez (Ok who is seriously gonna get this reference??!!) shit on you for a data plate! You would have been screwed the sec you reg it. Besides JDM rice kids used to replace the USDM data plates off their cars, with the ones off front clips to be "JDM YO!" Maybe someone just wanted it back before it sold.

[Mikey McFly]

^^^ Anyone who wasn't the same age as Elian Gonzalez at the time, lol.

[jaxshawn]

Originally Posted by Driftbandit

The cops aren't gonna bust the door down and pull some Elian Gonzalez (Ok who is seriously gonna get this reference??!!)

[fliprayzin240sx]

Honestly, it doesnt really matter insurance wise if you have an SE or a base model, they all charge you for what kind of car it is...it's a 2 door sports coupe even tho there's absolutely nothing sporty about a 155 hp/110whp stock S-chassis.