Look at the vin number, it is in the dash board on the driver side. You can see it from the outside of the window. There are to many clone TyPe-Rs, so you cannot look for exterior badging. Also alot of the the TyPe-R guys are going to a four lug set up instead of the five lugs to save on wieght. So you cannot tell by the lugs anymore, it is to easy to convert to a five lug or to a four lug.