Price Of Cars Vs Price Of Parts

[rtune]

http://www.uniquecarsales.com.au/pls/carsa...e_id_list=41825

Look at the parts on this car. I imagine the owner could be beaten into taking ~50k

Ohlins flag R? they are 600,000 yen plus, so whats that? $umpty billion aud now?

Brembo 6 pot / 4 pot? thats over $10k

Fully worked engine.. cost a fortune to build and tune i bet

trust and tomei catalog everywhere

z-tune style crank, stroker kit..

Motec M800, theres $4k+ right there.

twin T517z ..

coppermix twin & OS Giken box .. $ouch

eibach .. even $1500 LED lights still in their box

nismo body kit

proper fuel system.. 1000cc injectors..

And somewhere under all that is a very nice R33

The cost of desirable parts goes to the moon and the cost of the cars with the parts

goes to hell. How long can it go on.. I was pondering the insanity price of a big brake

kit and new suspension and rims, and i would end up spending 50% of this car.

'buy my suspension and brakes -- and get a free car thrown in that is better than yours'.

sheesh.

[GTR-N1]

Interesting...

With only 50 Grand at stake, you can get a bunch of interested SAUers 'er HYENAS to surround that car,

Count 3-2-1- and then, GO FOR IT!!!

(It beats a table of shoes surrounded by women on December 26th)

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

do want

[Beelzebub89]

Its always been like that though. People need to realise that modifying a car does not necessarily increase its value. Cars like this have a very niche market with few people who are willing to spend that kind of money on a weekend toy.

I don't see the point in modifying a car to that extent only to sell it on. If I ever do a build like that I will be keeping it forever. The cost of shipping that car overseas to where ever he is going to work would be minimal compared to rebuilding the same car. I just don't understand why you would sell it...

[rtune]

Its always been like that though. People need to realise that modifying a car does not necessarily increase its value. Cars like this have a very niche market with few people who are willing to spend that kind of money on a weekend toy.

I don't see the point in modifying a car to that extent only to sell it on. If I ever do a build like that I will be keeping it forever. The cost of shipping that car overseas to where ever he is going to work would be minimal compared to rebuilding the same car. I just don't understand why you would sell it...

yep,

But now it has become insane as built cars are worth nothing and parts

are astronomical.. I wonder how tomei/hks/etc can survive 2009..

The lesson is to keep all stock items removed even the very cheap ones,

so you have the option of returning the car to stock, and selling the parts..

[Beelzebub89]

They will always survive. Nobody modifies everything all at once. Most of these built cars are from projects that span 4 or 5+ years. Its not like they purchased all of these parts in one massive hit. People aren't going to start to buy an already built car just for its brakes because it seems like good value when you compare the price of the brakes and the cost of the complete car. At the end of the day modifying a car is still a very personal experience and many people do it just for the build because its what they enjoy. As long as there are people who are willing to modify a car then the parts suppliers are going to be fine. No matter how extortionate the prices seem.

[sneakey pete]

you also have to remember that some of that 130K spend is going to be for labor and consumables, and, as well as that, if you did strip everything off and restore it to stock parts, you sure as hell wouldn't be able to sell all the parts for full price. they're used!

[Bakes]

yep and its not like the ozzy dollar is going to rebound in a hurry either