I'm just wondering, what was the first day GK Tibs were produced?

I wonder this because the other day when I installed the metallic foot rest in my dad's carbon blue I4 that it was manufactured November 13th 2001. I never knew they were manufactured in '01, considering it's an '03 model. Interesting thing is that my dad's car is in absolute perfect shape- no rust, dings, weird engine noises, nothing (minus fogged up headlights).

well they released em in 02.. so im sure they were designing and making parts for it earlier than that..

 

Mine says April 02' and it's one of the older ones on here, i know Newo's is older like March 02'

 

how do you know when it was made? call the dealership?

 

There will be a stamp on the inside of the door jam, mines May 02

 

mine is 08....

Guess what? Mine was made december of 2008...I have the newest tiburon made?

 

alright cool.

 

Mine was built on Nov/26/01. As far as I know mine is the oldest known GK on this site, I bought the car the very first week they came out in early 2002.

 

Looks like GK27's is older by almost 2 weeks. Well, technically, it's his dad's so I guess you still hold the title.

 

mine doesnt have the date it was made.. lol
just a sketchy sticker that says "1018 T.J." lol.

 

There should be a plate on the door jam that says the VIN number, production date, paint code, ect.

 

okay. mine is march 26, 2002.

 

My first GK was manufactured 12/04/2001 (bought fairly used, totaled in summer of 05)
Current GK was manufactured 03/05/2005 (bought new in late 05)

 

It was probably Solo's... lol

 

Nope mine's older than his was. haha I was around for quite awhile before him.:3_chubby:

 

I know mine was made around June of 02 I think...purchased 12/12/02

My seats came out of a pre production car from Korea that was made early 2001. KDM seats!!!!

 

w00t! And how do they feel? haha. Are they by any chance cloth ones or..?

 

mine says sept 08, 2002...

now i know when to celebrate its bday lulz

 

My old one was October something or other in 02. And there is a november 02 on a car lot in town, but its a six speed, now if it was an auto..... I could get it (dang wife)

 

Yea, mine's March 12, 2002. I'll be buying her a present that day - car paid off or not (which it won't be).

 

Damn mine was made 6/23/08. Bought it 3/31/09

 

i'll check mine out when I get home from school...its prolly a pretty early model as well

 

March 30 2007

 

Lol, mine and Mo's car share the same birthday... 3/26/02. Mine was purchased in May 2002.

I'm pretty sure they were officially released for sale by hyundai in March 2002, but I believe production started in September 2001.

I knew a guy that actually had a real tuscani imported to jacksonville in late 2001 as a 2002 tuscani. It was an elisa because he had the hands-free phone setup, passenger side cupholder, power folding mirrors and everything. His car was produced in September 2001 and he mentioned it being one of the first off the assembly line.

 

wow that's cool. If I had a ton of money I'd have done the same thing.

 

Mine was made in January 10, 2002. Its an oldie.:3_chubby:

 

Oh it was. He sunk about $20,000 into it and made it a full on show car which won several awards in 2002 and a few more in the following years. It was an alpine stage 2 s/c'ed V6 with a 250NX shot. Custom large flake paint job, I forget which bodykit, chrome OEM headlights which were factory equipped. The interior was done up in suede, recaros, momo wheel, lots of tv's, 2 12's....it was a nice car.

I lost touch from AC, the owner, and found the car in a buy here pay here lot about 3 years ago totally stripped down, stock replacement engine, cheap blue paint job which was chipping, and mustang seats. Shame.

 

According to the info I have access to, they went into production 10/1/01. Whether this was GK's in general, or just ones headed for the US, I do not know.

 

It probably is October for worldwide distribution. I thought my friend said september, but it may have been october. I think september is when he placed the order and the car was made the next month.

 

Mine was manufactured January 4th 2002

 

we need a guiness book of tiburon records to keep track of this sh1t

 

Just throwing this in:

Some differences I've noticed between the early production 03's (10/01-07/02?) and the 03+'s (08/02+)

Early production features:

Trunk light is horizontal, 03+'s are vertical
Infinity sub box carpet has a lip around the top edge, 03+'s have no lip
VIN plate on dashboard is copper colored, 03+'s are black with wavelike indentations
Manufacturer plate is metal and riveted to the door, 03+'s are labels adhered to the door sill

 

I've noticed the trunk light thing too, mines horizontal and everyone elses I see seems to be vertical.