Sell my car stock or with mods?

04cobruh

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So I am looking to sell my 04 redfire Vert.

It currently has 72,000 miles and has the following mods:
10.5" cobra rears with 315s
H&R rear springs with UPR coil over up front
Koni yellows around
BF idlers and 2.8 metco
Aed tune
JLT ran intake
JLT oil seperator
LFP gen2 head cooling mod
MM castor camber plates
Steeda shifter, X2 ball joints, Bump steer kit, firewall adjuster and quadrant
eibach front sway bar.
Classic designs light bar
sequential tails
upgraded radiator tank and intercooler tank.
centerforce clutch, LFP bearing retainer
borla stingers and Magnaflow catted X
KB BAP

may be forgetting some other items but thats the major stuff.

I saved all the factory parts and could put it back to stock height and sell if everyone thinks it's sell for more that way. I can always sell the aftermarket stuff as well.

what is a realistic price to sell and expect to get for her?
exterior is an 8 and interior is a 7.5-8.
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I have learned .....it's all about PRESENTATION when selling

scrap or sell the stock parts; sell as is

without pics it is really difficult to say.....what I would pay vs what someone else would pay etc.....

$18k......more if you PRESENT it properly
 

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Whatever floats your boat. Statement still stands. 99.9% of the time mods don't add value. This is not a special occasion.


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I agree ^. 72k miles don't put stock springs back on, can't change ball joints and other stuff etc. just see what you can get as is.


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I have receipts for everything done to the car including fluids and services. I know mods almost never add value. Hence why I asked. Obviously some things like ball joints and maintenance items cannot be taken back to stock. I guess I will just get it smogged (thanks California) and throw it up and see what I can fetch for it. A common phrase I use is "nothing is always an option" I definitely wont settle on a low price. I am just looking to upgrade to another cobra non vert.
 

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I have receipts for everything done to the car including fluids and services. I know mods almost never add value. Hence why I asked. Obviously some things like ball joints and maintenance items cannot be taken back to stock. I guess I will just get it smogged (thanks California) and throw it up and see what I can fetch for it. A common phrase I use is "nothing is always an option" I definitely wont settle on a low price. I am just looking to upgrade to another cobra non vert.

Good luck. You could also put in your ad trade for a coupe?


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Id like your 315..but im on the other side of the country.IMO sell it as is,unless you have big idem like KB,Whipple ,ARH,magnum to sell off
 

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Like the mid pipe, shifter,jlt intake , oil separator, pulleys? I think I I'll keep the suspension as as but take the tune off and even sell the tuner.

Yes sir, whatever is easiest for you. Parts sell well here and, as others have said, mods don't really add value to your car. Plus, the new owner may want to do his own/different mods. Good luck.
 

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Going through the same thing, just sold almost all the mods I was going to do except for a bunch of mm stuff, I think I faired well, lost some but that was expected. Most of the parts I had were brand new in the box and were bigger mods, I think you would be fine a lot of your mods aren't overkill, as said good luck
 

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Thanks for all the input. I think I'll put the tune back to stock and remove the pulleys and some other smaller mods.
 

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Being that your car is a Vert and Verts do not get as much love around here, you might be better off leaving it as is. I happen to believe that a stock car fetches more, but unless you plan on making it 100% stock I would leave it as is and see if you can ask a little more for it. Taking some stuff off is not going to make it 100% stock. So, might as well see what you can get for it as is.

I bought my vert last year and it had 75K miles and it was almost 100% stock (it had lowering springs, exhaust and different wheels, but exterior and motor were stock, except for a CAI). I paid 15K for it. I think for the 18K suggested asking price you should leave it as is.

If you don't get what you want you can always strip it then.....
 

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Sell as is

At 72k miles, it's not worth the effort, you aren't going to get much more out of the car in stock form than one that's been tastefully modded like your's has.

When looking at used terminators, if I even suspect a car has been modded and turned back to stock I move along to the next one
 

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