do mods such as cold air intake and exhaust decrease or incrase the resale value? of a g35

 

they could cuz the potential buyers would think you drove the car hard, most ppl or dealerships would rather get the car stock. You're gonna lose money leaving aftermarket parts on

 

+1 people dont trust modded cars. part out and then sell the g

 

well i just got my G not even two weeks ago and im just trying to decide if i want to spend money on upgrading/moding it

 

+1, just part out your car and go back to stock when its time to sell. Intake and exhaust are easy to remove.

 

what do you guys think about a performance chip? any suggestions on one

 

so you just bought the car and are considering modding it? then why are you asking if aftermarket parts decrease resale value if you're not trying to sell your car?. There's not such thing as chips for a g35 there's a ECU reflash which is done after you do all the performance mods that you want for your car to get the most out of them but is a bit pricey

 

is that bad? to just buy it and consider modding it?.....well i will be selling it in the future!....what about this bullydog and cobb ones i found ?

 

nothing wrong with modding the car, you could always go back to stock if you wanna sell it. Get a motordyne plenum spacer, exhaust, intake and hi flow cats or resonated test pipes and you'll be good

 

i think we all will sell it in the future but unless you are planning to sell it within a yr i would mod away.

cobb isnt a chip its an ecu management system. If you want to go that route Uprev Osiris has been proven to work well with our cars. Cobb has more success with STIs.

 

I consider most of my mods "Upgrades." If the mod isn't better than OEM I probably wouldn't bother. Tires/Wheels way better than what was on it when I drove it off the showroom floor, that goes for all the other mods I've made. If I was selling Slick the buyer would have to like what I've done. Disliking the mods I've made would be very unusual....but she's not for sale!
Gary

 

Generally speaking mods will always negatively impact resale value. Any mods that nullify the warranty will most definitely do so. In essence, mods will seriously diminish the potential pool of interested buyers - and you'll likely find that those remaining have the least purchasing ability (most likely younger, of dubious credit worthiness, subject to higher insurance costs, etc.). That said, there are always exceptions - but those are few and far between... and in this economy..? Good Luck...

 

+1 keep all your stock parts, don't sell them to get money for your next mod, unless you know for sure you won't be needing them

 

+1 on keeping your stock parts. When come times to sell or trade in the car, put it back to stock and then sell your parts.

People like to purchase stock cars (i know i do) and dealers can sell stock cars easier. Besides, a dealer isn't gonna give you more on a trade with aftermarket parts, so you might as well strip them off.

Sometimes you do get lucky and find a buy who likes your car the way you have it and will buy your car, but there are cars i've looked at to buy where aftermarket parts were not installed "up to my standards" and i've walked away. It's one thing to have mods on your car, but it's also another to have "cheap" mods that were not installed cleanly.

 

you will have a much narrower audience of buyers if you leave your mods on.
Plus, they will know this and try to get the price down.
Like everybody else says, keep your oem for when you sell/trade.