Is a car worth more... with or without kit , when selling it?

[VJ]

Hey guys... I'm not even thinking about selling my beloved bravo yet (as there are a couple for sale) But just wondering, do you guys find after putting on a bodykit a few engine mods etc.

The car is worth more when coming to sell it or would it be better to keep the original bumpers, airfilters etc. Put them back on, and then sell it as standard.

Then sell the kit & extra bits and bobs seperatley??

VJ

 

[BlackBravo]

depends on the buyer, generally to youngster yes (stereotypically)
but oherts may thimk its been thrashed

Pete

 

[Anonymous]

re

i agree it depends on the market and how quickly you are trying to sell it

Allan

 

[Paul R]

Re: re

ok, i am speaking from experiances!

You will always make more money selling it in bits! you will never see that money again but in pieces its worth more! BUT its more hassele so its down to you!

+ you may never sell all the parts!

I recently sold my HLX and i worked at a bodyshop so got most of the work done cheap and i still lost £1000's of pounds!

I know i would have made more money selling the parts off as i had offers for pieces and i would have made loads more! but in the end i didnt have time on my hands so i sold the car near enough complete (-ICE) + any part i hade that would solve any problems + alot of origonal parts!

Do though money at your car unless you feel certain that you will keep it!

Wise words from paul are now over!

Paul R

 

[nico]

Re: re

With what I've invested in mine (not that much
compared to some, but more than most I think
at 5+K) I'm guna be buried in mine!!

 

[Anonymous]

Re: re

@nico - top words man like it!!!

 

[Bahney]

Re: re

my leather interior has taken me to £5k just on mods and with the cost of the car ontop of that well...it is a lot !!

why did i spend that kind of money to have a "boy racer" style car, well depends really. i have always loved bravo's standard or otherwise and i remember reading a copy of lax flower and there was a page with a pic of a cruse and there was a modificed bravo it was blue and had the indy kit on it...first ever modified bravo i have seen and i said right away i want that car !!

a few weeks later i found out that car was for sale so i went o see it and it was a shed, work was shabby milage was high and it had been thrashed completly, so i started from scratch and only intended to spend 2k on mods, wheels and bodykit but the list grew and grew, lol

if i could turn back the clock would i mod my bravo ? proabibly but i wouldent have modified the 1.4S lol !!!

and after spending all the money i have on her i don't intend to sell her anytime soon thats for sure, if someone offered me £4.5k i would consider it but that will never happen so my bravo will be with me for a long time

 

[LightWarrior]

Re: re

Bahney, why not buy a decent low mileage 1.8, or the JTD105. You could transfer alot of the kit over. sure, it'll cost you a few bob to do, but you'll have a nearly new car again, and modified the way you want.

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[Bahney]

Re: re

i considered that a while ago, and get a jtd angel tunned

problem i would have is that my bumpers would transfer across fine without any problems, the exhaust would be a complete pain in the arse !! but the side skirts would be imposable to remove they are all fibreglassed on and smothed over, so they would have to stay on the car, and personally my side skirts are one of my fav parts of my car so not to have them would be harsh.

but if ever my cambelt went or my car died on me and needed to go to the scrappy in the sky i would buy aother bravo and transfer the bumpers and the ice etc across and all the other stuff as well.

i think power wise i certanly need to do somethine with my car it is a sheep in wolfs clothing and i need more grunt, cams and a chip are still on the cards, so i may get those early next year

 

[Schuey # 1]

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Generally, the parameters of a car dealer are set by how quickly he can resell the car. The quicker the turnover of cars the better for him. A modded bravo will obviously sell much quicker than a standard bravo and will therefore give you a little extra money. They generally add about 25% of the money spent on the kit and alloys to the final amount. Engine mods such as ECU upgrade, cams and turbo kits (apart from exhausts and induction kits) are generally frowned on as they are not so easily resellable. Therefore the dealer has to drop the price to let it go.

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[Anonymous]

Re: re

I doubt a car would sell quicker with a bodykit on! You are severely restricting your potential sales market, as most people a) dont want a kit on and b) think the car has been owned by a boy racer.

If you are prepared to wait for the correct buyer to come along, you might get back a little bit of the money you spent on the car, but you would be much better breaking it up and selling off the pieces.

my 2p

Jonathan

 

[Schuey # 1]

Re: re

Yes, Jonathan i see your point, but we are talking about a bravo here and not an MG Metro. Whether standard or with body kit, the Bravo will still be bought by the younger generation who are in their twenties.

Here in Malta, most of the Bravos that i have seen around were being driven by youngsters. To date I have only seen one Bravo driven by a middle aged man, and incidentally, it is kitted out with a full spanking Abarth kit with Abarth alloys too.

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[Anonymous]

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Its different over here, The bravo is a medium sized family hatchback. They are driven primarily by mums to go to the supermarket in.

Even if the bravo was a particularly youthful car, most twentysomething year olds realise that an ex-boyracer mobile is probably going to be a bad investment.

Jonathan

 

[Ribzz]

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once upon a time selling a modded car was hard work and you would defo lose alot, now adays thats not the case, you should be looking for the book price of the car plus half of the total costs for all the mods envolved

in europe a modded car will bump the asking price up per mod! they go mental for modded cars over there, The UK is catching up too as more and more people are getting in to modified cars

 

[nico]

Re: re

swings and helter skelters I reckons.

I would not have considered buying a modded car before.
If I had, I would prob have done so nievely, not realising
how it can impact on your insurance!

But I've since realised myself that a modded car is more
likely to have had an owner that at least knew how to look
after it (or with good intentions too at the very least,
yours truly being case in point!)