Brake light date codes

[LukeS]

Hi, I am new here and have been looking to buy a Gen II Viper for a few months now. I have been soaking in as much as I can about the cars and since they are so rare have not been able to see one in person yet.

I have been reading about what to look for to see if a car have been in an accident. Should the date codes on the brake lights be the same year or within a year of the car? I found one car that was a 2001 with a 2002 third brake light, is there anyway it would leave the factory like that?

Cheers,
Luke

[Viper98912]

It shouldn't, but there could be a multitude of reasons that it might've been replaced, if it was.

[daveg]

May want to look at the build date of the car. Shouldn't be newer than the year of the car ESPECIALLY if it was an early build.