1sickek187

its a 4 door lx sedan, i was wondering why it has a yul then a number etched on all the windows, then if you pop the hood almost evertyhing has it carved into it. its a canadian civic. just wondering what the yul+ #'s stands for

red Teggie

I might be misinformed, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there was a company in Canada that offers window/part etching with a unique identifier number assigned to the particular vehicle. Then the number is registered with authorities so that in case the car gets stolen and parts turn up for sale, it's easier to track the theives.

As for numbers, they start with the airport code of the city the car was purchased/registered, (so if your car has YUL, I'm assuming it's from Montreal, since the airport code for Montreal is YUL.

Did you buy the car from Canada?

All in all, I don't think it's useful in the U.S.

RICKSAUTOMOTIVE

what year is your car? after like 96 right? i think that was the year honda did that. its for auto theft. basically all parts have the vin so that should your ride be stolen the cops can trace the parts even the windows to a stolen car. honda started this with air bags first in the early to mid 90-s and other manufacturers followed.

RICKSAUTOMOTIVE

well i know the us cars just have the vin on the windows. didnt know about the airport codes for canada. never know though. it might work if the cops here know about the stolen car in canada

1sickek187

no i traded a kid in chicago for it. and it cant be something honda started to do because out of all my friends im the only one with the etching and it doesnt even match the vins. im thinking red teggie is right. but would still like some more input!

RICKSAUTOMOTIVE

maybe your windows are from junk yard cars or something. but when i worked at the dealership i got a write up for losing the sheet with the vins for the windows of a new car. the dealer puts them on but honda supplies them. watch masterminds and youll see how honda started all that back when cars were being broken into for just their air bags. a guy in booklyn started all that and made tons of money selling them back to body shops for like a grand each. back then you couldnt trace a car part to a stolen car. also its a misdomener for just steeling a part off a car. not a felony like steeling the entire car. if the thieves are cought they get a slap on the hand and community service and probation. so they dont tell whos buying the air bags. and they get them out in like 2 minutes and sell em for like 100 bucks to the guy who buys them. the guy selling them had adds in every magazine advertising he had air bags for cheaper than the dealers.so naturally he got alot of business. watch that show and you will see that cops busted the guy after honda put vin numbers on the air bags. then they were able to open a box and see a vin number that matched a car with a stolen air bag report. guy was busted for selling stolen car parts.

1sickek187

its not a sticker its actually etched on the car it says YUL (not gona put the number) but it doesnt match the vin. and its not just on the windows, its etched on the engine, radiator, brake reservoir i mean EVERYWHERE inside the engine bay.

RICKSAUTOMOTIVE

maybe an old owner did this to mark his parts. like when we were kids and we wrote our initials on the bottom of the feet of out G-I-JOES might be his DL number or some other personal info number

red Teggie

Did some searching, and confirmed my explanation was correct...
Does your etching look something like this?



If so, it's done by a company called Sherlock that provide etching/engraving service.

Their website: http://www.sherlock.ca/EN/index-1.html

1sickek187

yes its exactly like this.

97twodoor

Yep, then its there to prevent chop shops from parting out cars.