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 Accuracy Of Vehicle Grading: Mechanical engineers do a very good job of evaluating the condition of vehicles submitted to auctions in Japan. These official auction vehicle examiners have the reputation of even being perhaps a little too conservative. That is, they will even downgrade a vehicle for very small imperfections. Although we cannot trust every vehicle seller in Japan, we do have confidence in the official state evaluation teams at the auctions. If we help you locate one or more vehicles that do not come from auctions, our team of mechanics will assess your vehicles to provide evaluations similar to the official auction examiners.
Our Own Independent Inspection: Once we acquire your requested vehicles. we will do our own additional independent inspection. We will especially take a more detailed look at the mechanical condition of your vehicles. If the original inspectors have missed something, we will advise you, and you can either tell us to make repairs for you in Japan where parts are readily available, or we can buy parts for you and ship them with your vehicle. In general, if a vehicle is rated from a 5 on up it is extremely unlikely to need repairs at that time.
We prefer
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The Grading System |
| Auction Grades |
Exterior |
| S |
Under 12 months old, under 5,000km, like new condition, immaculate |
| 6 |
Less than 36 months old, very close to new vehicle condition |
| 5 |
Very good overall condition, original body parts, no known needed repair |
| 4.5 |
Very minor dents, or scratches, may have minor body repairs |
| 4 |
Vehicle has minor blemishes, and may have imperfect repairs done |
| 3.5 |
Has more visible dents and/or scratches, may need minor repairs, average |
| 3 |
May have rust, dents, scratches, paint blemishes, work required, poor |
| 2 |
Rough panels all around, many flaws, badly corroded, very poor |
| 1 |
Very inferior vehicle, possible flood damage, possibly modified |
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