RoryK Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hello All, I never thought this day will come, but I am seriously considering selling my beloved celica on and buying something rear wheel drive and turbo'd, likely be a 200SX. Anyway the car, Only one owner before me, its a 55 plate, used to belong to the Royal bank of Scotland as a company car, I bought it in 2008/09 from Car Giant with only 29k on the clock, she has now done 67k and has genuine stamps up until 40k, the rest has been done by myself properly following the toyota service guide. The oil has always been kept topped up and changed every 6k miles, sometimes sooner. The mods I have done are Apexi N1 custom exhaust Tanabe Strut Brace APEX 35 mm lowering springs HID conversion AEM CAI Interior light change to Blue Short Shifter ACT HDSS stage 1 clutch Pioneer AVH 3300BT head unit come with 2 x SD cards and SD card reader JDM wind deflectors The car will come also with all original parts + some extras The reason for selling is that I have reached a dilemma, I have a plan to go turbo with her through SE7EN. but the money spent on a turbo could instead go towards something that is already turbo'd. Would I be asking too much for £4500 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbaranx Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 I would say a pretty fair price considering all the mods but with T-Sports going so cheap you may struggle to get the full £4500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 put her back to standard mate , sell off the goodies and i think you will get your 4.5K between the two, maybe a bit more. The mods would probably put off a private buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted October 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Cheers guys, yeh I expect if I do decided to part with her then I will have to demod and sell on its own. The reason I am considering it is I want to be 100% sure before I commit to the turbo build I had planned for it, I have asked the missus and my dad to see what they think, but they dont understand either the turbo for the celica or selling it for an older car, which I was suprised about with my Dad considering his history with crazy V8 builds. So what do my fellow enthusiasts think ? The car I have in question is the Nissan 200SX s14a, A couple of my mates had these a while back and since driving one I have never forgot about it to be honest, my mates was stage 1a, so it had 300BHP at the rear wheel, a ful Apexi exhaust system including decat and mani, coil overs, tracking rods, front mount and so much more, the thing shifted to say the least and it just had so much aggression and feel to it Edited October 14, 2012 by RoryK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 It really comes down to a matter of personal choice. I opted for the rotrex because i still love everything about the car .I could have sold up and put the money towards something like an evo but i wanted a car that is quicker that everyone expects. The way i justified it to myself was if i bought a newish car i would probably lose the same amount of money that it cost for the build in depreciation in a couple of years and i dont plan on getting rid of her at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) I'm also looking at a 200SX S14A drift ready with welded diff, coilies, Nistune ECU, decat exhaust, intercooler. Pushing out around 260/270bhp it'd only cost around £500 to bring it upto 300bhp (boost controller and tune) But I'm keeping the Gen 7. Good luck. Edited October 14, 2012 by Zorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Mods don't add value, take'em off and sell'em separately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 i don't think breaking it will get you much extra once you factor in all the time and effort that goes in to removing parts and having to find stock bits to replace them with... Plus it's not like you've got a huge amount of mods.... You could maybe sell the Apexi N1 and Tanabe Strut Brace seperately if you can get a stock exhaust put back on, but those items might make it stand out more from the crowd of other t-sports for sale. £4-4.5k looks like a fair sum I'd have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serratia Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Personally I think its a fair price, but like people say you can get T sports a lot cheaper. I would remove everything bar the clutch and sell them separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 problem is with the 200sx is you could be buying a dog, at least you know the history of the celica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Yeh It will be hard finding one that's not been treated like a slag, but there are plenty of tidy Automatics out there, I havent written off the idea of a manual conversion just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 My point was more towards don't price it higher just because it has mods, to the general public.. A loud exhaust = keep away By all means aim high, you can always come down. If you go in low and someone buys it straight away, you'll kick yourself that it was worth more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) Yeh I know all about the mods not adding to the price bud, if I was to sell it and I got 4500 with the mods on, it would save me the ball ache of taking it all off etc but it wont happen now anyway Persuaded the missus to let me keep the celica and get a 200sx lol. My Tsport was my first car, so selling her would be like chopping off a testicle to be honest. Thanks for all the help guys! Edited October 15, 2012 by RoryK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Persuaded to the missus to let me keep the celica and get a 200sx lol. epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J03 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Good call mate, you would've struggled to sell when there are awesome motors like this available for the same money. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-TOYOTA-CELICA-VVTI-RED-Premium-Style-pack-/300795877044 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Good call mate, you would've struggled to sell when there are awesome motors like this available for the same money. http://www.ebay.co.u...k-/300795877044 I just nearly sicked up in my mouth, still everyone to their own lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev 16v Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Good call mate, you would've struggled to sell when there are awesome motors like this available for the same money. http://www.ebay.co.u...k-/300795877044 Good God, that ought to be listed.."What not to do with a Gen 7" :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Must agree. Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 no-one in their right mind would buy that heap of crap though i hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adex Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Persuaded the missus to let me keep the celica and get a 200sx lol. Good man! How many slaps did that take...? http://www.ebay.co.u...k-/300795877044 Best line from that ad? ",lambodoors kit(only left side,right side is normal)" Presumably so only your passenger looks a complete twat...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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