8.5 x 11"
Exterior Buyers Guide - As Is - P/A - No Lines. Strong Adhesive. Extra Fade Resistant
Exterior AS IS Buyers Guide stickers with permanent adhesive for outdoor lots. FTC 16 CFR Part 455 compliant. Bulk wholesale from AK Dealer Services, TX.
Easy to roll window up / down without removing from window - sticker stays in place!
Weather-resistant and great for heavy tinted windows
Fade resistant
Prints in Black Ink on front & Gray Ink on back
1-part, self-adhesive, 4 sides
8.5 x 11
Keep Your Lot Stocked and Compliant
1,000 unit minimum — FTC AS IS format, permanent adhesive
Every used vehicle on your lot needs a Buyers Guide before it can legally be offered for sale. Running out of stock is a compliance gap you can't afford. Permanent adhesive ensures your forms stay bonded on open lots without weekly re-application labor. AK Dealer Services keeps your supply consistent—order in volume, reduce per-unit cost, and stay compliant through your entire lot cycle.
FTC-Compliant Buyers Guide Built for Outdoor Lots — Permanent Adhesive
The Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS with permanent adhesive satisfies the federal disclosure requirement while holding strong through weather and car washes. No re-application needed during the vehicle's lot cycle.
Meets FTC Used Car Rule Requirements
This form matches the current Buyers Guide format required under 16 CFR Part 455. The AS IS version clearly discloses that the vehicle comes with no warranty and that the buyer assumes all repair costs. Displaying this form on every used vehicle protects your dealership from FTC enforcement action.
Permanent Adhesive on All Four Sides
The permanent adhesive bonds to the outside of the window and stays in place through rain, temperature changes, and routine car washes. The form doesn't curl at edges or lift in humid conditions—common failure points with standard edge-only adhesive.
Weather-Resistant for Open Outdoor Lots
The coating resists UV fading and moisture. Vehicles sitting on an open lot in Texas heat or Pacific Northwest rain will still show a clean, readable form after weeks of exposure. The print on front is in black ink and the back in gray ink — both optimized for outdoor readability.
Roll Window Up or Down Without Removing
One of the most practical features for an active lot: permanent adhesive lets you roll the window up and down without the sticker shifting or peeling. You don't need to remove and reapply every time a customer or salesperson adjusts the window.
Laser Compatible — Print Variable Fields In-Office
The AS IS designation is pre-printed. The remaining required fields — vehicle description, signature lines, and any state-specific additions — are left blank for your laser printer. Complete each form in your office as vehicles arrive on the lot.
No Re-Application Labor During Lot Cycle
Standard adhesive requires re-application every 7–14 days on outdoor lots. Permanent adhesive stays bonded for 60+ days, eliminating weekly maintenance and keeping your vehicles FTC-compliant without interruption.
Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS — Permanent Adhesive — Dealer FAQ
Q. What does 'AS IS' mean on a Buyers Guide and when is it required?
The AS IS designation means the vehicle is sold without any warranty — the buyer accepts the vehicle in its current condition and assumes full responsibility for all repair costs after the sale. Under the FTC Used Car Rule (16 CFR Part 455), if you're selling a vehicle as-is with no warranty, you must use the AS IS version of the Buyers Guide. If you offer any warranty, you must use the warranty version instead.
Q. Is this the correct form for all 50 states?
The standard AS IS Buyers Guide satisfies the federal FTC requirement in most states. However, a few states have additional requirements that modify the form. Maine, for example, requires a specific implied warranty disclosure. Wisconsin requires a different Buyers Guide format entirely. Check your state's DMV guidance to confirm whether your state requires form modifications beyond the federal baseline.
Q. What fields do I need to complete on this form?
The pre-printed AS IS designation and disclosure language are already on the form. You need to complete: vehicle year, make, model, VIN, stock number (optional but recommended), asking price, dealer name and address, and the dealer or agent signature line. Some dealers also add the odometer reading. The buyer signature line should be completed at the time of sale.
Q. Can the exterior form be used on indoor showroom vehicles?
Yes. The exterior-grade permanent adhesive is stronger than interior versions, but it applies and removes cleanly from glass regardless of whether the vehicle is indoors or outdoors. If your lot is entirely indoor (climate-controlled showroom), the Interior Buyers Guide AS IS is also available and uses a lighter adhesive formulated for indoor glass.
Q. How long does the form need to stay on the vehicle?
The FTC rule requires the Buyers Guide to be displayed on the vehicle throughout the entire sales process — from the time the vehicle is offered for sale until the sale is complete. You cannot remove it before a buyer reviews it. The signed original (or a copy) must be given to the buyer at closing, and you must retain a copy in your deal file.
Q. What's the difference between the PA (Permanent Adhesive) and standard versions?
Our Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS with permanent adhesive bonds on all four sides. Standard versions typically use edge-only adhesive suited for covered display areas. The full perimeter PA version is more reliable for outdoor use — it holds better in wind, doesn't lift at corners, and survives more car wash cycles and temperature swings. For an active outdoor lot, permanent adhesive is essential.
Q. How long does permanent adhesive last in rain, salt air, or extreme heat?
Permanent adhesive with 4-sided coverage maintains full bond integrity for 60+ days of continuous outdoor exposure in rain, salt spray, and temperatures from 0°F to 110°F. Tested on open lots in Mansfield, TX and coastal environments. The form remains readable and bonded throughout the entire vehicle's lot cycle without re-application.
Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS — Permanent Adhesive for Open Lots
Every used vehicle you offer for sale must display a Buyers Guide. That’s not a best practice—it’s a federal requirement under the FTC Used Car Rule (16 CFR Part 455). The Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS with permanent adhesive satisfies this requirement for vehicles sold without any warranty while staying bonded through weather, temperature swings, and extended lot exposure without re-application.
This is the outdoor lot version of our popular Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS product. Dealers in high-humidity, high-rainfall, or high-temperature climates choose permanent adhesive to maintain compliance visibility and professional appearance throughout the vehicle’s selling cycle without weekly maintenance.
AK Dealer Services supplies this form in wholesale quantities to used car dealers and dealer groups across the U.S. Minimum order 1,000 units.
Product Specifications
The exterior Buyers Guide measures 8.5 x 11 inches — the full-page size required by the FTC rule. The pre-printed content covers the AS IS disclosure language. Front is printed in black ink; back is printed in gray ink for the reverse-side required language. The form uses permanent exterior-grade adhesive on all four sides.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Size | 8.5 x 11 inches |
| Application | Exterior glass surface |
| Adhesive | Permanent, 4-sided coverage |
| Front ink | Black |
| Back ink | Gray |
| Stock | Weather-resistant, fade-resistant |
| Print compatibility | Laser printer (variable fields) |
| Form type | AS IS — No Warranty |
| Minimum order | 1,000 units |
| Lead Time | 5–7 business days for stock orders |
What the FTC Buyers Guide Requirement Actually Covers
The FTC Used Car Rule applies to any dealer who sells six or more used vehicles in a 12-month period. The rule requires:
Display requirement. A Buyers Guide must be displayed on every used vehicle while it is offered for sale. “Offered for sale” means any time a customer could inspect or inquire about the vehicle — including vehicles visible on the lot before any active sales conversation begins.
Content requirement. The Buyers Guide must use the FTC-approved format without material modifications. For AS IS sales, the form must clearly state that the vehicle comes with no dealer warranty and that the buyer bears all repair costs.
Retention requirement. At the time of sale, the buyer must receive a copy of the signed Buyers Guide. The dealer must retain a signed copy in the deal file. The FTC treats missing deal jacket copies as a separate compliance failure from the display requirement.
Spanish-language requirement. If you negotiate a sale primarily in Spanish, the FTC requires you to provide a Spanish-language Buyers Guide. AK Dealer Services can advise on Spanish-language form availability.
AS IS vs. Warranty Buyers Guide
Choosing the wrong form is a compliance risk. The rule is straightforward:
Use the AS IS form when: you are selling the vehicle with no warranty of any kind — no dealer warranty, no implied warranty. The buyer takes the vehicle in its current condition and is responsible for all repair costs after the sale.
Use the warranty form when: you offer any warranty — even a limited powertrain warranty for 30 days or 1,000 miles. The warranty form requires you to specify covered systems, duration, and the dealer’s percentage of covered repair costs.
Mixed situations. If you’re unsure whether your state imposes implied warranties that limit true AS IS sales (some states do), consult your state’s DMV guidelines or an automotive compliance attorney before using the AS IS form.
Why Permanent Adhesive on All Four Sides for AS IS Buyers Guides
The AS IS Buyers Guide is the most critical compliance document on your lot. It protects you from buyer claims and FTC enforcement action—but only if it stays visible and readable. Permanent adhesive is engineered to ensure that protection never fails during the vehicle’s lot cycle.
Compliance Visibility: Rain and Water Infiltration
Standard edge-only adhesive applies a thin bond line around the perimeter of the form. Water naturally migrates along the glass surface and seeps under the unprotected center, especially in rain or car washes. Once water gets behind the form, adhesion fails rapidly and corners begin to curl—exactly when compliance is most at risk. Permanent 4-sided adhesive bonds the entire back surface to the glass, creating a complete seal that prevents water infiltration from any angle. The FTC requires the form to remain displayed throughout the entire sales process. Permanent adhesive guarantees that requirement is met, even on vehicles sitting through rainy seasons.
Readability Through UV Exposure
The FTC requires the Buyers Guide language to be clearly readable. Open lots expose forms to direct UV light 12+ hours per day. Standard adhesive often uses UV-sensitive compounds that degrade within 14–21 days, causing the adhesive to yellow or become tacky, and the form to lose its professional appearance. Permanent adhesive uses UV-stabilized resins that maintain bond integrity for 60+ days without discoloration or tackiness. Combined with fade-resistant ink, the form remains crisp, legible, and professionally presented for the entire lot cycle. Buyers walking your lot see a clean, compliant disclosure—not a yellowed or curling form.
Temperature Swings and Edge Stability
Open lots experience dramatic temperature cycles. A form applied at 40°F in the morning may experience 85°F+ by afternoon. This swing causes the vinyl substrate and glass to expand and contract at different rates. Standard edge-only adhesive, concentrated at the perimeter, cannot flex uniformly with these micro-movements, leading to edge separation and curling—the primary failure mode that makes compliance forms look unprofessional and potentially inadequate in an FTC audit. Permanent adhesive distributes stress across the entire bonded surface, flexing with the substrate and glass, preventing edge separation. The form stays flat, readable, and compliant through thermal extremes.
Window-Rolling Compatibility During Test Drives
Customers and staff raise and lower windows during inspection and test drives. Standard edge-only adhesive bubbles and separates when windows move because the unprotected center has no adhesive to maintain flatness. Permanent adhesive bonds the entire back surface, keeping the form flat and bonded even as windows open and close. This maintains the professional appearance that buyers expect and that reinforces your compliance posture.
Cost-Benefit: No Weekly Re-Application
A permanent adhesive Buyers Guide stays bonded for the entire vehicle’s lot cycle (30–60 days or longer). Standard adhesive typically requires re-application every 7–14 days on open lots, adding labor cost and creating re-application gaps where your vehicles are temporarily non-compliant. Over a month, permanent adhesive eliminates 3–4 re-application cycles. At a typical dealership processing 50+ vehicles per month, that’s 2–4 hours of labor saved per month—money that goes directly to your bottom line. More importantly, there are no gaps in compliance. Every vehicle displays the form throughout its entire lot cycle without exception.
When to Choose Permanent Adhesive for AS IS Buyers Guides
Choose permanent adhesive if vehicles sit on open outdoor lots, in rain-prone climates, or for more than 14 days before sale. The FTC compliance requirement is non-negotiable, and permanent adhesive is the only adhesive that guarantees compliance through weather and temperature extremes without re-application. For climate-controlled showrooms or covered lots where vehicles move indoors within 7 days, standard adhesive may be sufficient—but most active open-lot dealers find permanent adhesive is the safer, more efficient choice.
How to Apply the Exterior Buyers Guide AS IS — Permanent Adhesive
- Print your variable fields — run the form through your laser printer with vehicle year, make, model, VIN, asking price, and dealer information filled in
- Clean the glass — wipe the exterior window with a clean dry cloth to remove dust and film
- Peel the border — remove the adhesive backing from all four perimeter edges
- Position and press — place the form in the upper corner of the driver’s side window (standard placement visible from outside), press firmly from center to edges
- Inspect edges — confirm all four borders are sealed against the glass, especially at corners and bottom edges
- Verify readability — step back and confirm the form is clearly readable in bright sunlight from a distance of 10 feet
Standard placement is the driver’s side rear window or the driver’s side front window depending on your lot layout and local convention. The key requirement is that the form is visible to a buyer inspecting the vehicle without entering it.
Compliance for Dealer Groups and High-Volume Lots
For dealer groups operating multiple rooftops, compliance form management becomes a supply chain problem. Running out of Buyers Guides at a single location — even temporarily — creates a compliance gap across every vehicle on that lot. AK Dealer Services can set up consolidated billing with drop-shipping to multiple locations so each rooftop maintains its own stocked supply without a centralized purchasing coordinator managing individual reorders.
Permanent adhesive simplifies multi-location compliance: forms stay bonded on every vehicle throughout the lot cycle, eliminating per-location re-application labor and coordination headaches. Volume pricing at 5,000 units per order reduces per-unit cost substantially, making permanent adhesive the most economical choice at dealer group scale.
Why Order from AK Dealer Services
AK Dealer Services (Mansfield, TX) specializes in dealer compliance supply: Buyers Guides, window stickers, addendum forms, and Interior Buyers Guide AS IS. We supply dealers who need reliable, reorderable compliance forms at wholesale pricing.
Our permanent adhesive formulation is tested on actual dealer lots in diverse climates—Texas heat, Florida humidity, Midwest rain, and Pacific Northwest salt air. We don’t rely on lab data; we field-test with dealerships in real-world conditions before release.
We offer volume discounts, fast turnaround on reorders, and direct access to our sales team for questions about your lot conditions, compliance requirements, or adhesive choice.
Contact us through the Wholesale Inquiry form for pricing, samples, or questions about whether permanent adhesive is right for your lot configuration and climate zone.