Who has kept all their OEM parts after installing performance mods & is it worth it?

cg2006

Very interesting. So saving the oem parts and converting back to factory seems like the best route to take (if you have the room for it).

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kenchan

it is. been modding cars for a while now. experience has told me so. there was one exception when i sold a local carguy one of my modded hobby cars with the bits on it. we were both happy with the transaction.

btw, carmax was cool about mods on my other car that i sold. ive sold a few cars to them. they gave me the full value of a stock car when i brought the factory bits in the trunk of the car i was selling which had coilovers i didnt feel like taking off along with alignment kit, etc.

Felix 808

I think if you car hop a lot, it is smart to keep your stock parts. Most buyers want an un-doctored vehicle. Stock vehicles will usually sell faster because everyone has different styles & taste & don't want surprises caused from side effects of someones idea of what was cool. For me I will be keeping the car for a long time, but I have kept all my stock parts except my exhaust (still have stock cats as I don't like smog Nazi headaches ) But I am thinking about to tossing the stock springs.

If I knew I was going to be trading or selling the car in the next 5 years, I would keep everything.

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I still have everything from wheels, full exhausts, to oil and radiator caps. Now, I'm thinking about selling every single piece since I'm running out garage space. If I could, I'd keep all of them.

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SouthArk370Z

Usually.

When I'm looking to buy a used car, a lot of performance parts makes me suspect that the seller drove the s**t out of it.

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Bret86944

A common misconception is that aftermarket parts add value to a vehicle. People think that because they are spending money on something then putting it on the car, the car should be worth more. They just don't realize OEM is almost always better quality than aftermarket, not to mention OEM stuff was designed by the people who built the rest of the car, so it's going to fit and function better. One more thing is when people see performance mods the first thing that comes to mind is that the car was beat to hell.

Chuck33079

Correct. If I'm buying a used car, I want a stock one. Of course, if I look it over and see that you modded it and put it back to stock. I'm even more suspicious.

That being said, if I ever sell my Z it's getting sold as-is. I made that decision when the turbo kit went on. I'm selling off all of the OEM parts to clear out the garage and shed.

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