Hi guys I am pretty new to this board but not to HPDE and autoX. I have a question that may seem off topic but I was hoping some of you could help bc you seem to be the ones who know whats up (from my lurker perspective at least).

The question is: can I get the value of the mods on my 96 GSR out of the car if I sell it as is. Or am I better off swapping as much as I can back to stock before selling the car then selling the parts seperately?

The reason I ask is because I may sell the car soon for a down payment on an Evo or STi. Wife and son make four doors more practical but I still want a fun car that I can do an autoX or HPDE in a couple times a year for fun. I also miss having a fast turbo car (see sig).

Anyway the GSR doesnt have much done to it. DC Sports intake & header, Greddy catback, Koni Yellow/Eibach PK, 15" Enkei/S-03, and Goodridge lines. I have all the old parts in my garage and it would take less than a day to get it back to stock. But I know the cost of these parts and was wondering if it was worth trying to sell as is with an added premium. Or should I take all the stuff off and sell it seperately.

BTW this is in the Baltimore area if that makes any difference about whether or not I could find someone who would pay extra $ for a pre modded car.

Add: how much extra could I expect for that list of mods anyway?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Sam

 

You'll always make more $$ selling sotck, then ebaying the rest of the chit.

Sent you a PM too.......

 

Welcome, Sam! I'm a newbie ('91) Miata owner myself, and always wanted one of those amazing RX-7's Anyway I'm not sure if this will help much but here goes:

Several months ago I faced this exact same dilemma with my very fun autoxer/HPDE'er '93 Sentra SE-R. Granted my car had some more mods that would take more time to remove (clutch/flywheel, rollbar/harness, etc) but the same principle applied.

So I put the word out that the car was for sale in target markets "as is" just to see what would happen. Specifically, in places where fellow autoXers and HPDE'ers interested in Nissans might look. Long story short, the car sold to some people who were going to duplicate its setup for themselves and figured they could save some $$$ if they bought a car that was already done.

They got the car for a deal compared to what it would cost to duplicate at normal parts prices and labor rates. But, they paid a premium of ~50% of the "mods replacement value" in this instance. Maybe I was lucky or maybe that's how it goes in the "enthusiast market"... I really dunno.

My advice? Put your car out there in similar target markets with a $2k premium for its mods and see what happens. If you can't get what you want/need out of it, you can always return it to stock and put it in your local Baltimore paper. It's worth a shot- esp since the GS-R is such a popular platform these days, which should make it easier to get rid of "as is" than a modded SE-R IMHO

Just one opinion, hope it helps...

Jon

 

My guess--
normal person sees mods on a car --> they don't want to pay as much (they think abused car)
If you can sell it to someone who values those mods, more power to ya, and you can save some effort returning things to stock and selling pieces parts..

just my $.02

 

I can't see people who are knowledgeable and would mod the car anyway after they bought it, not appreciating the Konis and some sports springs It would cost them $500+ to put those shocks on. Header & exhaust is not big mods. I think if you haven't done anything to the motor, the car should sell well but of course you never make all the money you put into mods back. It's really up to you if you want to spend all that time taking them down. You should be able to get a few bucks more than what the car is worth stock, if it's clean in and out. You ask people that come to look at it, to go drive a stock Integra and then drive yours in the same day to see the difference. Konis & prokit make a huge difference in handling from stock. At least that part should impress someone out there who is interested.. No doubt though, you can make a little more money taking the parts off and selling them seperately. You don't really have major mods anyway.