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Originally Posted by switchlanez
If you take care of your car and mod tastefully enough, you won't have a hard time with resale. My similarly modded Celica GT-S (wheels, suspension, TRD body kit, interior enhancements) sold for more than what most Celicas were going for on the market. It was my obsession and I maintained it better than most.
I also modded my MR-S with intake/full manifold-back exhaust, bracing everywhere, and extremely rare JDM parts. All quality parts that cost too much to "throw in" with the car when I sold it. I was getting lowballed on my "high" (but fair) asking price with all goodies included. So I parted everything out, reverted the car to stock, sold it for just a few hundred less than what I bought it for 20k miles prior, and made a significant chunk of my money back in the part out sale.
I'm following both those examples with my BRZ with full confidence just in case I'm ever in a pinch and need to sell. Or if Subaru/Toyota release an updated model with significant changes that I want to jump on.
On the flipside, I'm very hesitant to buy a car that's been modded lol but I've still done it after scrutinization of both the car and the seller. Everything turned out fine.
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Yeah that's the same thing my brother suffered with his twin turbo Z. Everything done right, but couldn't sell it for anywhere near his asking price with all the parts. So the best option was to part out and sell the car near stock and make most of the money back.
But don't misunderstand me, like I said there are cars that are done right that is done so well it adds value. There are a lot of good examples here and I like most of them. But the ones I don't get are the guys who hack the hell out of the car for the sake of "style" or looks alone. I'm sorry but I'll never ever put a rusted hood on any of my cars or slam my car until the front wheels can't be turned and the pebbles on the ground run for their lives when I drive by. I don't care much about wheel gap because I'd rather be able to drive by a speed bump without having to do the scrape dance lol