Retail Market Price? What can I expect to pocket?

2004
23,500mi
CS Track
Exceptionaly clean

Edmunds Price: $25,000

Turbonetics Turbo 455hp 450 ft-lbs $4300

Turbo XS UTEC piggyback ECU $1100 + $600 Tuning = $1700

Turbo XS Manual boost controller $50

Turbosmart 48mm Progate wastegate $525

D2 Racing Coilovers $1000

Rear Lower Control Arms/Camber Arms Battle Version $250

Front Camber Arms 350 EVO $850

ATS Dual carbon clutch $2000
Lightweight flywheel
Standard compound
1350 kg pressure plate

SSR GT3 Wheels/Tires 19" $4000

Topspeed Pro-1 exhaust $500

Total: $15,175 + Labor $

Respect
JET

 

so what you suddenly want to sell your car........didnt you just get your turbo?

 

Very nice along with many of us you are up there in the 20k modding.. **** adds up QUICK... to bad we could pry only get 35 for our cars when they are really worth 60k.

 

Well.... the truth is we ( FI owners) create the market.

Scenario.... I ask $45K. Guy walks up to me.... Sweet car. No negotiating points. Car is perfect. All the bugs worked out. Hey... your asking too much. Well.... take a hike. Like there are more than 1 or 2 FI z's out there at any single time? Where are you going to go this fast for $45,000 dollars.

Respect
JET

 

im not saying your car isnt worth that but i havnt seen any FI cars sell for more then 32k-35k. if u do sell it though good luck

 

KBB shows in excellent condition is worth $25,2xx from private seller. I'd say you can get about that. Unfortunately, adding $20,000 in mods to a car does not increase the cars value by anywhere near that much. Sometimes it actually decreases the cars value.

You may be better off taking off the extra parts you have installed and selling them. Return the car back to stock and im sure it will be much easier to sell that way.

 

Enough with the jokes already....

Respect
JET

 

most people will not pay for a used car over the price of brand new. You have a nice car but if i am in the market to buy a car and i have 45K to play around, I will probably go for a brand new car instead of a used one. A brand new base Z is like $27-29K (depending on where you are) and I still have around $15K left to mod the hell out of it......

 

If you do sell, take it back to stock and sell me:
Turbo XS UTEC piggyback ECU
Turbo XS Manual boost controller
Turbosmart 48mm Progate wastegate
By the way, Did these parts fix that overboost issue that we have spoke about?
In regards to the thread, you could realistically get around 32-36 k for your car as it sits, but why sell what you have so relentlessly built, I would suggest drive it til it blows up then rebuild, then repeat, etc., etc., and so forth.

 

No lack of respect towards you, or jokes. Just my opinion. I agree with ahwai519. Its rare to find someone that will pay more for a used car than a new one. However, Im sure most of the guys on this site would be standing in line to buy some of your parts at a fair price.

 

+1, lol. I will gladly buy what I listed, have a wire transfer with your name on it.

 

What most people will pay is not the issue really. I'm asking market value. I'm asking what these cars are fetching not really personal opinions. I'll tell you what... see what you can build for $15,000 dollars. You certainly couldn't build this for $15,000.

Respect
JET

 

if i sold mine i would expect to only see $35k for it. just the way it works. now if you get it in magazines or a movie or win alot of car shows, then that can help with the value. other than that, mods mostly go down the toilet for value.

 

market value...ummm....well, if you are talking about your own market value, then add the value of your car, parts, labor and time spent together.......

if you are talking about general public market value, then it is a different story...

anyhow, you got a nice car!!

 

I have sceen 2 cars sell for alot, after mods, one is a yellow widebody NSX with a custom SC 120,000.00 sold, and Kenny Trans Supra 70,000.00. The only reason why these cars fetched so much money was because the cars were shown off like crazy, made every mag. The rides had a really good rep, the person that purchased them was a rich *** lady, that goes from car show too car show, showing off cars, and winning a few thousand a show, but other than that if you just sell your FI z as is, youll loose money, unless you find a real dumb ***. People are gonna question why you are selling such a nice car, and with Z owners, there pretty ****

 

People need to chill with pillaging my car for parts..... DAMN !!!!

It's not even for sale.... just wondering what it is worth.

Friggin vultures.....

Respect
JET

 

hehehe... +1 on "mods mostly go down the toilet for value."

 

Bottom line is, its worth what someone is willing to pay

 

That is so very true.

Thanks for the comments on the car.

Respect
JET

 

id pay about 30k for it. that is of course assuming that you have documentation of the install being done right, and i get to take it to a mechanic to check the compression and overall status of the engine. unfortunately its all about what the buyer will pay for it.

youd get more just by parting it out.