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Old 07-14-2006, 10:03 PM
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Selling a car with aftermarket mods?

I am selling my RX-8 because I am leaving out the country next month.

I currently have a RB exhaust and Tein springs.

Is it okay to sell it w/ mods?

I know a RB exhaust is street-legal, but I am not sure about springs.

I have about 2 weeks to decide, but want to know how to get the reasonable price from dealers.

Going back to stock? or leave those?

I think it would be good if I pretend that I am not a boy racer or whatsoever.

I plan to visit Mazda dealers, Carmax and other ones.

Any tips? Thanks.
Old 07-14-2006, 10:10 PM
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you aren't going to get anything for the springs and exhaust. change it back to stock and sell it separately.
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It would be best to sell the mods seperately, assuming you have enough time.


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the mods are likely to lower the value of the car when you sell it. I would restore it stock and sell the mods seperate.
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Leave the springs on since they're a pita to take off and put your stock exhaust back on. There's nothing wrong with selling a car with mods but you're not going to get more for the car with them on so you might as well make a little cash from the exhaust. They are also such harmless mods that I wouldn't worry about it much. It's not like they make the car faster or indicate track use.
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I want to remove those and sell seperately, but just taking off springs would cost me at least $100 and I am not a DIY guy.

I gotta paint tein springs black and say those are stock.
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The mods you have on aren't anything significant to really lower the value much, if at all. I can see the value dipping if you said you had all types of bolt ons, or forced induction.
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No one is even going to notice the springs.

You are going to get nothing for the car.

You are trying to sell it to the dealer with out a trade, U gonna loose big time.
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only way to make some money back or recover some cost back is to take your time and part out and sell your car. Car w/mods = Stock Car $.
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Include your stock springs to the dealer/buyer....

Sell your exhaust
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