A: Is a scratch with A1 being a very light scratch, which usually means a light graze that will polish out. A3 will mean a bad scratch that needs paint, some auction use up to A4 either way on any Japanese auction sheet the higher the number the worse the damage.
U: Is a dent. A car may have many U1’s which are pin dents that may be very small or unrecognisable U3 will be a proper Knee sized Dent
W: Wavy means showing signs of previous repair W1 means a qualified inspector could identify a good repair. W2 is a repair that is visible W3 is a bad repair that will probably need to be redone.
X: Panel is damaged beyond repair and needs replacement
XX: Panel has been replaced.
Y: This means damage to front or rear lights. Y1 can mean a small chip in Headlight glass, Y3 will mean you can put your hand through the hole to replace the bulb.
C/S: You shouldn’t see this much because you are not looking to import rust we have enough of that here already! but depending on the auction company C1-C2 or S1-S2 will mean light rust-heavy rust.
X/G: this will mean a chip on the windscreen or worse if any numbers are present. Some auctions use Kanji to show windscreen marks but any marks pointing to the screen mean chips or cracks.
U: Is a dent. A car may have many U1’s which are pin dents that may be very small or unrecognisable U3 will be a proper Knee sized Dent
W: Wavy means showing signs of previous repair W1 means a qualified inspector could identify a good repair. W2 is a repair that is visible W3 is a bad repair that will probably need to be redone.
X: Panel is damaged beyond repair and needs replacement
XX: Panel has been replaced.
Y: This means damage to front or rear lights. Y1 can mean a small chip in Headlight glass, Y3 will mean you can put your hand through the hole to replace the bulb.
C/S: You shouldn’t see this much because you are not looking to import rust we have enough of that here already! but depending on the auction company C1-C2 or S1-S2 will mean light rust-heavy rust.
X/G: this will mean a chip on the windscreen or worse if any numbers are present. Some auctions use Kanji to show windscreen marks but any marks pointing to the screen mean chips or cracks.
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