How to distiguish between Type S and luxury model

[toniche]

Hi all
I am in the market to purchase a Type S. during my search I found some of the integra luxury model on the market has a Type S badge on the front grill and the rear. from my understand ,

Type S has follow:
rear boot lip, type S badge, 5 spokes 17"

Luxury:
no rear boot lip, no Type s badge , 8 spokes wheels

however, I have been seeing a few luxury model with type S badge on it. is there a way to tell if it is really a type S by looking ant engine number etc? if there is only one like this then I know some one is just putting a badge on luxury , but there are a few.

[DCZ 18C]

type S come stock with the 5 spoke wheels and im pretty sure the luxury has a K20a an (A3 i believe)engine where as the integra type S has a K20Z

and the type S has a metal intake manifold where as the luxury model has plastic you will notice that as soon as the bonnet is poped.....

[Nepolian]

Obvious bit would be price and the fact the Type S has a 6 speed gearbox!

[Tai]

Obvious bit would be price and the fact the Type S has a 6 speed gearbox!

What if they raise the price or list it similar to the type S?

And they changed the gearknob?

[Nepolian]

What if they raise the price or list it similar to the type S?

And they changed the gearknob?

Mate, are you serious??

If you are dumb enough to not drive the car prior to buying (let alone driving and looking at a few) THEN the buyer deserves to be ripped off......

Gear knob does not change the fact that when you drive a car, it goes into 6 (SIX) gears!

[Tai]

What if you don't get up to the speed of 6 gears required.




Mate, are you serious??

If you are dumb enough to not drive the car prior to buying (let alone driving and looking at a few) THEN the buyer deserves to be ripped off......

Gear knob does not change the fact that when you drive a car, it goes into 6 (SIX) gears!

[SuperSteve]

lol tai u serious ??

[Tai]

Why not?

[Lukey]

cant always get onto a highway with speed limit of 100km/h + when test driving a car

[Nighthawk_S]

The tach will redline at 8100rpm in an S. Luxury is only 6800rpm

[SuperSteve]

u guys do realise that when driving a car, for this instance a type s with 6 gears u can easily go through the whole gear range to test all the gears for smoothness, problems etc. Even cruising along at 60km/ph u can test all ur gears. Go from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 to make sure everything is ok and no notching problems or hard to get into gear problems BUT OFCROUSE u wouldnt drive around sydney roads at 60km/ph in 6th gear but u can easily select whateva gear u want. U guys get me ?

[Tai]

why wouldnt you drive at 60km/hr in 6th gear?

[SpoonS]

why wouldnt you drive at 60km/hr in 6th gear?

lol first you asked "What if you don't get up to the speed of 6 gears required?" then you go and say "why wouldnt you drive at 60km/hr in 6th gear?"

[Tai]

Yes I did, thank you Captain Obvious.

[SpoonS]

You quite the clown

[butter]

Back on topic.
Can anyone tell me what the difference between these two models are?

I was under the impression that TYPE-S was like a Luxury model of the Integra. I didnt know there was a Type-S and a Luxury.
So what else is the difference? Type-S is more sporty then Luxury? Type-S has 6 speed transmission and Luxury is 5?

So things like sunroof, leather seats, xenon headlamps and all that extras comes standard on both?

[SpoonS]

the easiest thing is to check the foot panel thing when you open the door, it'll say type S. The cluster will say type S. The floor mats will say type S.
And as stated before, the gear box, 6-speed as opposed to 5 speed/auto. The bootlid spoiler on the type s.
All these things are quite obvious, and you'll have no problems spotting the difference.

[WATAJK]

the easiest thing is to check the foot panel thing when you open the door, it'll say type S. The cluster will say type S. The floor mats will say type S.
And as stated before, the gear box, 6-speed as opposed to 5 speed/auto. The bootlid spoiler on the type s.
All these things are quite obvious, and you'll have no problems spotting the difference.

Guess you've never seen big time mock ups ay ;) lol

[toniche]

I read an article syaing there word "Vtec "is coloured red on engine on Type S and White colour on luxury model. is that right?

[SpoonS]

Guess you've never seen big time mock ups ay ;) lol

i did state that that was the easiest, not a definate... But i guess your the expert when it comes to mock ups :rolleyes:

[stevanbonic]

i did state that that was the easiest, not a definate... But i guess your the expert when it comes to mock ups :rolleyes:

haha i dont know why you bother with these threads man, these threads are getting progressively worse. TYPE-S - does not have a plastic looking intake manifold. GG

[Nighthawk_S]

Just go to redline on the test drive, if it goes to 8100 is a type-s, if it blows up, its a base/luxury. LOL

[45SET]

blah blah blah

xenon headlamps blah

You obviously have done NO research into this.

[18dim]

The floor mats will say type S.

:( my floor mats dont say "Type S"...

but yeah, also different exhaust tip, its larger than the base model,
and a Double DIN 6 Stack cd player, (given that its still stock)

[WATAJK]

i did state that that was the easiest, not a definate... But i guess your the expert when it comes to mock ups :rolleyes:

Harsh Call... Very harsh lol
But my ITR ain't no mock up :)

[Stig]

the rear tail lights are also different arent they?

[18dim]

the rear tail lights are also different arent they?

na, tailights are exactly the same on the 05-06 model.

tailights are different from the 02-04 integra compared to the 05-06

[mrntegra]

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=8348090&trecs=1&__Dx=mode%20matchany&__Ntk=CarRego&__Nne=15&rego=tjv414&__D=tjv414&silo=1011&seot=1&__sid=12A704884A4D&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&__Qpb=true&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Cr=0&__Ntt=tjv414&distance=25

this is a genuine type S

[diablo]

im not sure about the whole manual thing but luxury models have 5 spoke rims also