XR68UZ XR68UZ Legacy Donating Member 732 Member For: 20y 8m 27d Location: Sydney Posted 30/12/06 05:53 AM Posted 30/12/06 05:53 AM just asking which you guys think sell better, stock or modified cars. (in terms of price)
DBOSS Faster than any BTA,XTC,Autotech, Nizpro and Tunehouse car Member 3,918 Member For: 23y 3m 13d Location: D SHIRE! Posted 30/12/06 06:02 AM Posted 30/12/06 06:02 AM Private you would think moddedCar yard would be stockyCYA JEFF
bcl Toughest BA Turbo Legacy Donating Member 3,408 Member For: 23y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 30/12/06 06:34 AM Posted 30/12/06 06:34 AM Dealers don't like modded cars, unless it's just a nice looking set of wheels.Dealers will usually just go by the red book value.If you want to trade-in you're better off financially taking the mods off and selling them separately.For modded cars you're definitely better trying a private sale first.Brian
gmax Member 44 Member For: 20y 10m 3d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 30/12/06 06:35 AM Posted 30/12/06 06:35 AM mate from experiences with WRX's I know that anyone buying a modded car knows its been thrashed... and can effect the price you will get.I have always put car back to standard, traded or sold for a better price than a modded one would get ( dealer generally wont touch a modded one!!) then flog off zorst, cooler, flasherbox and whatever u have for a half decent bit of spare change.I will probably do that shortly to my T ute, and the bits can then go onto a tornado...just my 2 cents worth anyway...
T007 Woooooooosh Legacy Donating Member 734 Member For: 21y 2m 28d Location: Sydney Posted 30/12/06 03:06 PM Posted 30/12/06 03:06 PM stock=dealer modded=private
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 23y 6m 5d Gender: Male Posted 30/12/06 03:57 PM Posted 30/12/06 03:57 PM In most cases a modified car is worth less than a stock one but it does depend on what is exactly done and by whom. A car modded by a well known workshop with a reputation may get a small % back on the mods but a backyarder doing the mods definately devalues the car IMO as usually they have NFI and stuff everything they touch.
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