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Too Ambitious? Swap '13 Touring parts w/ '14 Base parts to create a new '14 Touring

I'm thinking over a grand plan to possibly buy a new '14 Base Sport, swap over nearly all the Touring upgrades from my '13 Touring Sport and then sell the

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Old 07-27-2014, 03:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Too Ambitious? Swap '13 Touring parts w/ '14 Base parts to create a new '14 Touring

I'm thinking over a grand plan to possibly buy a new '14 Base Sport, swap over nearly all the Touring upgrades from my '13 Touring Sport and then sell the '13 as a 30k mile Base Sport model with brand new seats and a Bose Stereo a week or two later. I know I will get less money selling my car as a '13 Base Sport rather than a '13 Touring Sport, but the resale lost is far less than the extra required of me to buy a '14 Touring Sport. I'm wondering if I'm being too optimistic about the entire plan and missing some obvious problems. Here is what I know for certain:

1. I found the very useful base seat swap out for Touring seats guide by Martin82 that I can do myself: (estimated 5 hours)
installing Touring seats in BASE/SPORT

2. I've got the panels from the '13 Touring to swap into the '14 Base and vice-versa. I'm assuming this part should be easy and straight forward. (estimated 1 hour)

3. I read through the multiple links about how much effort swapping the Bose stereo is, so I figure I will just leave it in place in the 2013 and later upgrade the stereo in thw 2014. (0 hours) Bose install in base model

4. I can follow the installation instructions posted by Felix 808 to swap the standard review mirror from the '14 with the Homelink with backup camera rear view mirror from the '13. (estimated 3 hours) Factory Mirror w/ camera ?'s

5. I can simply move the tonneau cover over from the 13 Touring to the 14 Base. (estimated 0.1 hour)

6. I can swap the '13 Touring pedals to the '14 Base pedals using kenchan's directions: (estimated 0.5 hour) DIY: Installing Touring pedals on your Base

What am I missing or not taking into consideration with this unusual plan?
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Y would you want to do that? U have a brand new Z already....sorry but I'm co fused as to what is the point of it???
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Why are you going through this much effort?
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Odds are, potentially buyers won't like the fact that the VIN is for a Touring Sport but you're selling it as a Base Sport. I know when I was looking and saw stuff like this, I stayed away from those cars.
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I think you would end up getting buttfucked in a legal dispute.
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I think you would end up getting buttfucked in a legal dispute.







Sell the 13 privately so you won't get screwed on trade in and use the extra to get into a slightly used fully equipped 14.

If you can't afford it just wait a little longer.
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Way too much, plus it's fraud. Better safe than buttfucked as falcon so kindly put it lol
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To clarify, no intent to defraud anyone by selling my '13 Touring model as a less expensive '13 Base model, for less money, and leaving in the Bose stereo. Our cars don't have any lettering on the them to identify the trim level and as far as I can tell from this post by AK370Z, our cars don't appear to have the trim level designated in the VIN number: 370Z VIN no Decoding!

Thinking about the plan because I already have 30k miles and the factory warranty will expire soon.

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so you're doing this because you want to have a factory warranty? what the ****.
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so you're doing this because you want to have a factory warranty? what the ****.
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