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Originally Posted by Table 5
Nice car Hoot, from what I hear those Genesis coupes are great to drive.
How long do you plan on keeping it? I'm always curious to see people modify their cars, as doing so generally tends to lower a car's value substantially once you try to sell it, so it's a definite risk to do so. I know most buyers (including myself) would never consider a car if it wasn't stock....too many negative connotations (driven hard by some pe@kerhead, mods weren't done right etc) that go along with it to risk it. But hey if you're going to keep it for a long while, or can reverse it when you sell it, it might not be an issue.
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I'll chime in as a car modifyer.
I dropped a decent amount into my current car.
- $2.5K for suspension
- $800 exhaust system
- $500 engine managment
- I don't even want to say how much for wheels/tires
- $1000 for OEM nav system (dealer wanted $3800)
- $800 for CF interior trim
- $600 for CF roof spoiler (not as cheesy as it sounds, very subtle)
If I went to sell it there are only a few of those items that would have positive value (and some negative value like you say).
The navigation, wheels (everyone loves getting 2 sets of wheels with a car) and CF interior all have value. At the very least the CF interior makes it so that your car will sell first if there are a few for sale.
Suspension is likely a negative value, as it implies the car was tracked/driven hard. If you take it off and sell it, I can probably recover 50% of the value.
Exhaust, the labour to take it off isn't worth it, and the space to save the OEM one makes it impractical. You're only chance is trading it with another local person with the same car who will take care of the labor and flip you a few bucks.
Engine management, stuck with the car. I wouldn't even tell someone it had it unless I could tell they were an enthusiast when buying the car.
In summary, you get absolutely worked modding a car, financially, but you get slightly less work if you put it back to stock.
I'd never buy a modified vehicle.