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Old 08-18-14, 12:56 PM
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Long story short I have to move on from this particular SC after a brief stint of ownership. Many variables involved, mainly the fact that I will be commuting weekly a VERY long distance for a new opportunity. I purchased this car from a forum member and it has been perfect. I am not in a super hurry to sell it so I wont accept a silly offer, but am curious - what do YOU value the car at?

Basics:
99 SC400
Pearl white
Full black interior
~130k miles on chassis
Excellent condition - no rust anywhere
All suspension is perfect
Includes spare auto TT trans

Engine:
2jzgte Inline 6 Aristo Swap
Blitz Access ECU
Garrett GT3582R .82 A/R (4" Turbine inlet with 3" v-band, water and oil cooled)
Greddy Style Exhaust Manifold wrapped with header wrap
Tial 44mm Wastegate dumped to atmosphere
Tial BOV . 4" Polished Aluminum Intake Pipe
12" K&N Filter
Precision Front Mount Intercooler with t-bolt clamps (750HP)
Catch Can
Polished valve covers
Polished intake
Polished throttle body
Automatic Transmission Cooler

Fuel:
550cc Injectors
Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump
-6 AN Return Fuel Line from tank to motor
Return style fuel tank from pre 97 SC
Transmission/Rear End
2jzgte (Aristo) 4 Speed Auto Trans
3.76 Supra TT Rear End w/ LSD

Suspension:
Bilstein Supra TT Shocks
Eibach Supra TT Pro-Kit Springs
Prothane Bushings on lower control arms
Prothane Power steering rack bushings
Exhaust Upgrades:
3" Boostlogic Stainless Steel Downpipe with header wrap .
3" Boostlogic Stainless Steel Midpipe
Magna Flow 3" custom mandrel bent turbo-back Exhaust

Wheels/Brakes:
17" Toyota Supra Twin Turbo Rims (Polished) with Lexus center caps
235/40/17 in the Front and 275/40/17 in Rear
Toyota Supra Twin Turbo 2 Piston Calipers Front and Rear with Goodrich SS lines.
8mm spacer in the front to prevent rubbing of fender liner

Exterior:
5k HIDS Driving lights
3k HIDS Fogs lights
Custom clear side markers with LEDs
LED HID and DRL
New front bumper
Soarer badges
New Lexus emblems

Electronics:
Innovative Boost Gauge
AEM Uego Wideband
Interior Upgrades:
OEM Black Interior Swap
Acura RSX Seats
Lexus IS300 Steering Wheel
New Floor mats

Custom Stuff:
Fuse Box Relocation
Battery Relocation with circuit breaker and 0 gauge wire
Stealth Gauge Pod
Painted Valve Cover
Phoenix Tuning Wire Harness (Mr. Tweak)
Radiator Cooling Plate
Stereo
Pioneer AVH-2300bt bluetooth, dvd bypass, backup camera
Alpine 5 channel amp
Infinity speakers with crossovers forgot size
infinity rear speakers forgot size

Other recent updates & extras included:
All the turbo coolant lines made out SS braided and wrapped them with fire blanket.
Pioneer TV head unit with backup cam
Alpine 5 channel amp
Pioneer 10in sub
Infinity speakers with crossovers.
SS overflow tank
SS braided boost controller lines
HID headlights and fog lights
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Old 08-18-14, 01:10 PM
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I remember this car for sale. what did you pay for it? that's your answer
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Old 08-18-14, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
I remember this car for sale. what did you pay for it? that's your answer
I understand your logic, but am really just curious what others would value the car at...
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Do you have proof/receipts of the "perfect suspension"?

It's sad that knowing how much money and time spent on this car will never see a return. NADA says $5800, just $400 more than my bone stock 97, with 80k more miles and 2 years older...

That being said, I would offer you $9500 to save the trouble of a swap and because its factory DWP. What are you expecting to ask for it for real though?
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I don't know how you price a heavily modded vehicle like that, other than adding up the cost to do all the customizations and lopping off some arbitrary percentage. There's no such thing as market value in your case. No matter what, selling it is going to be dependent on finding someone who wants that exact setup, so you have to appeal to their wanting to buy something with it all done and save on the cost of doing it themselves.
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Originally Posted by Kris9884
Do you have proof/receipts of the "perfect suspension"?

It's sad that knowing how much money and time spent on this car will never see a return. NADA says $5800, just $400 more than my bone stock 97, with 80k more miles and 2 years older...

That being said, I would offer you $9500 to save the trouble of a swap and because its factory DWP. What are you expecting to ask for it for real though?
The suspension was inspected by Sound Performance, and all components were deemed to be in excellent condition.

There is a ton more work done here than just a simple swap... this is an extraordinarily clean swap, wouldn't you agree?
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Originally Posted by t2d2
I don't know how you price a heavily modded vehicle like that, other than adding up the cost to do all the customizations and lopping off some arbitrary percentage. There's no such thing as market value in your case. No matter what, selling it is going to be dependent on finding someone who wants that exact setup, so you have to appeal to their wanting to buy something with it all done and save on the cost of doing it themselves.
Totally agree with you. I am not dying to sell it, and could cover it up or just keep driving it as my second/third car. That said, what would YOU value it at?
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Originally Posted by iContango
Totally agree with you. I am not dying to sell it, and could cover it up or just keep driving it as my second/third car. That said, what would YOU value it at?
I would value it at whatever you would offer in trade for my SC.
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IMO, I would price it somewhere between $14k-18K based on what you have listed there. But Im different than most people, I could care less what NADA/KBB THINK a car is worth. Personally with the mods listed, car being in great appearance condition, I would pay closer to $18k+. Would consider $20k if it was 6-speed.
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the swap alone is worth at least 10k

I would not take less than 15k for it...would fetch more if it has manual trans
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Welcome to CL, this thread is a classic testing the waters thread and its not allowed in this forum. We do have a vehicle classifieds for helping our members sell our cars. If you actually do want to sell your car then please post a price and place it in the vehicle classifieds section. Surely if you bought the car you can come up with the price for it.
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