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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z Many of the performance mods will decrease the resale value, especially at a dealer or car lot. Going by what the few sales ppl I have

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Old 03-08-2013, 12:15 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Many of the performance mods will decrease the resale value, especially at a dealer or car lot. Going by what the few sales ppl I have talked to about this say, they assume that, even if the mods themselves don't affect reliability, the heavy right foot that usually goes with performance mods does. YMMV.

I'm not trying to say one shouldn't mod their car to their heart's content, just that it is seldom a wise business decision. You just don't get your money back when you go to sell. But most mods aren't business - I've spent a lot of money on sex, drugs, and rock & roll that I'll never get back, but it was still worth it.


There are mainly two group of buyers.

Non-car enthusiast - They always look for something legit. And they will think nothing will be more legit and reliable then a stock car.

Car enthusiast - They know their sh!t and they love to mod their cars. BUT, they'd rather to get a stock car to begin/have fun with rather then let YOU mod on the car and sell it to them. They have their own opinion and taste on mods thus they will look for a stock car too.

The only group of people will(or should I say want to) buy a moded car is those kids who are turning themself into car enthusiast while don't know much sh!t yet will think wow this moded 370 is so cool! BUT usually they don't have money to buy one...

So to sum up, doesn't matter how good YOU think or in fact the aftermarket parts you put on your car, less buyers will be intestested in your car. Thus lower the car value.

Based on my true story... I ended up getting more money back and sold my G35 coupe much faster after I put the car back to stock. There were soooo many people interested in my Fast Intentions CBE and HKS coilovers but not so much on my G35 coupe WITH the Fast Intentions and HKS on it...
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