Conducting The Inspection

All inspections should be undertaken in a manner that minimizes contact with the vehicles, to avoid damaging them.

The vehicle's outer surfaces should be clean, if necessary having been washed and dried prior to the inspection process.

All inspections shall be entirely impartial and be based on the following instructions, developed to make sure all vehicle inspections are conducted in a consistent systematic manner:

• All exterior surfaces and components not covered by transit protection should be inspected.
• Start inspection at center front of vehicle, then move down the right side, across the rear and up the left side, finishing at your start point.
• All exceptions noted must be clearly visible at 1 m (39 in.) standing upright at right angles to the inspected surface/component or up to 30 degrees each side of center. Most surface defects are visible at right angles to the vehicle. Dents/Dings are most visible when the surface of the vehicle is viewed at the 30 degrees angle offset.
• Close inspection, viewing surfaces/components at less than 1 m (39 in.), is not permitted when carrying out this inspection. Close inspection must only be used to confirm an exception is present. Close inspection is a means of exception verification, not a detection technique.
• Determine the acceptability of any exceptions found on the vehicle in accordance with the criteria given in the acceptance standards tables. For additional information, Refer to: COSMETIC ACCEPTANCE STANDARDS