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Title: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: basman on April 26, 2015, 12:04:09 pm

Ive done loads of mods a spent thousands to get car and running gear to get car where its at, but from any ones point of view would it be be better to revert it to a stanadrd k04 car what would be best money wise to max my money back?

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: th3_f15t on April 26, 2015, 12:15:38 pm

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,96479.0.html - didn't even need to use the search bar! :happy2:

Its a slightly trickier situation in your case but personally I'd target enthusiasts and tuners so may be quicker and break even financially to sell as it is.

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: vsgti on July 01, 2015, 11:18:21 am

Try selling it as is targeting enthusiasts as no point putting the effort taking it back to standard if you can get good money as it is.

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: garrardrj on July 02, 2015, 09:38:21 pm

Back to standard 100% , very few people want modified cars as they would want to do it themselves , takes away all the fun of car modding if you buy it already done ... You will benefit financially too by selling the bits on here , seen it happen many times  :innocent:

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: Ricky123 on July 02, 2015, 10:34:25 pm

Depends on mod's, how the car looks, reciepts for work and even the person selling.

I personally always like to buy a standard car but I don't mind tasteful mod's or something that you can tell is enthusiast owned by what's been done... That said if the cars been modified and you turn up and the guy selling it is on a rough estate with a big spliff hanging out of his mouth then everyone would no it's been hammered lol

Couldn't think of another way of putting it but you get what I mean

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: dansmith180 on July 03, 2015, 01:05:09 am

Best way financially will be breaking 99% of the time. But its a ballache, so maybe work pit how much youd make breaking the car and then advertise it in the right places for about that money and see what happens. If you get no interest then bite the bullet an break her.

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: GTI-Pirelli on July 03, 2015, 05:00:06 pm

It depends on how you are planning to sell.

I took my Milltek Cat-back, Neuspeed intake, Forge DV off as it made no difference to the PX price. I even kept the Pirelli logo'd mats that my wife got me. Already sold the exhaust. Left the WALK on as it wasn't worth the hassle.

If you have time and patience, then sell it complete - you will get more for it (from the right person - eventually). I didn't want test pilots to be wasting my time because they just wanted a shot of a Revo Stage1 Pirelli.

Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: white91 on July 15, 2015, 05:10:20 pm

I'm after loads of bits if you want to sell


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Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: white91 on July 15, 2015, 05:12:51 pm

I also have standard items to p/x


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Title: Re: selling modified or back to standard?
Post by: Matto on July 16, 2015, 05:28:46 pm

Personally I will be going back to standard as will probably use the car as trade in against a newer one when the time comes.

Plus you'll do fine on here selling parts with all the vultures circling the forum and waiting a 'back to standard' thread to appear.