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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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I just found a 97 SC400 at a pull it yourself junkyard and picked up a set of good condition side skirts for $20 (front and rear bumper were ruined and tail lights were gone ).

So heres my question, should I paint em red and throw em on my car or should I turn around and sell em, make some profit and buy some Vertex skirts instead, if so, how much should I sell these oem skirts for?



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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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You kinda juz put urself out of a sale....IMO no one is going to give you more for what you paid for those skirts, now that we know you paid $20 for them....unless your going to get them (professionally) primed/painted but then you end up putting more money into them...

So you might as well paint them red and throw them on ur car, and enjoy ur glory of a $20 dollar OEM part pickup
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by shboni
You kinda juz put urself out of a sale....IMO no one is going to give you more for what you paid for those skirts, now that we know you paid $20 for them....unless your going to get them (professionally) primed/painted but then you end up putting more money into them...

So you might as well paint them red and throw them on ur car, and enjoy ur glory of a $20 dollar OEM part pickup
Your funny.... yes they will.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Well more power to you, GLWS
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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If you plan on matching the rest of the Vertex kit, sell them. If not, just rock these and they will flow much better with a stock body.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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If I do sell em how much should I ask for them
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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Lol or you could trade me for my red skirts.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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lol personally 97+ are pretty good looking man id keep them and paint them
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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Was the pick ur part missing the door moldings? Cuz u should of picked those up too
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:56 AM
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Was the pick ur part missing the door moldings? Cuz u should of picked those up too
No but I didn't grab em cause my car already has them.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ihiryu
Lol or you could trade me for my red skirts.
If you lived in Colorado id take you up on that offer.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 11:51 AM
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let me know how much you want for them i would buy them and allow u to make a profit.

im in canada I dont know if that is an issue for shipping
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MattStarr
No but I didn't grab em cause my car already has them.
Go back and get them if you want something else to profit on. And if you want to know how to price your items, do a quick search of older for sale ads in the classifieds to find the fair market price
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:39 PM
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If you bought those lower door moldings, I would buy them off of you. The door moldings are the only part I need for my body kit. You should keep the side skirts and put them on your car.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:57 PM
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red em out and keep em, u save money, and itll flow with the stock bumpers, plus if u get a full vertex kit later on ull be able to sell these later, or u can get the vertex bumpers and itll still flow so id say keep em and make a profit later wen u get ur kit

but if u wana make money grab the moldings and let em go since u alrdy have sum
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