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There's a "How to value your FD" thread in the 3rd gen section, but I don't see anything similar for FC's.
I've had my FD for 25 years, and had ~10 FC's, but haven't done much for the last 10 years.
I'm just curious how much you guys think a clean S5 TII is going for now days.
I'm thinking of selling in the next couple months and doing some research on what to ask, I hope the mods don't mind.
The last couple S5 TII's on BaT have gone for over $30k, but not sure if it's trending down.
1989, 84k miles
All stock except for Turbo-back RB exhaust, boost gauge, FCD, & short shifter.
Exterior 9/10 (just a couple of rock chips)
Interior - 9.5/10 (perfect except for the A-pillar, hole for the boost gauge pod)
A/C blows cold, heater's great, new tires (since the pic below).
The only things that aren't perfect is the stereo screen, and a small oil leak.
Cluster was also replaced by the dealer years ago, sticker in the door sill with the mileage when it was changed.
Thoughts?
its hard to set a value because one sold for $65k and the other was like $20 something, and those are the only examples we have!
Where were those sold, on BaT, and more importantly, what kind of condition were they in? I'd guess the $65K one was a super low miles, all original OEM museum piece example that the collector types go crazy for, and the $20K one was probably a well sorted out resto-mod, that's a turn-key solid driver's car? Agree the market sample size is small, which makes valuation very difficult.
I've had my S5T2 for 25 years, but In the last 3 years since I've acquired & built my FD, I haven't had as much time to drive & enjoy my S5T2 as I used to, so I've been contemplating selling it. Though I'm so attached to the FC that it would take lots of $$$ to pry it away from me! It's best described as that well-sorted out resto-mod driver's FC - it looks like almost new OEM, but with a lot more punch in the performance & reliability department. Dyno at about 360RWHP in 2017 and did all the corresponding turbo/fuel/engine management mods. As of today, it has high chassis miles (~175K), but low engine miles (~15K, built in 2017), 9/10 body/paint, 9+/10 interior, and all key systems/accessories were restored over time to work as intended. Where do you all think I should price this if I decide to let it go?
Deals Gap, 2021, mine is the black on black '89T2 Deals Gap, 2013
the expensive one is this, https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-rx-7-turbo-3/
ive seen it in person and as you'd expect its NICE, and its got most of those little details that would be impossible to duplicate, or really really hard.
Great thread. Albeit I do not own a real S5 TII I did my best to model one (late Infini) This is my second FC in 20+ years and the results I've achieved have far exceeded my expectations of what the car could become.
Since it's a "swap" car I don't think I could get much above $15,000 for it. I do love seeing the trends of Actual S5 TII's climbing. The 2200 mile example was absolutely mint...
the expensive one is this, https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-rx-7-turbo-3/
ive seen it in person and as you'd expect its NICE, and its got most of those little details that would be impossible to duplicate, or really really hard.
Interesting sale, really nice S5T2 collector car example, but in reading the comments the buyer here was the wife of a guy who's been lusting for one for a long time, and she mentioned in comments that it sucked that the bidding went so high, but that she would have bid anything to get it! Crazy emotional auction response I guess.
Another clean example, but with a bit more miles on it (67K). Not really sure why that one bid & sold for as high as it did ($34K), because I suspect it had some resto-mod work done to it - don't recall Mazda ever making a S5T2 with grey cloth seats & dash/door panels. Thought all the S5T2's (in the USDM at least) came with black leather interiors?
If anything can be gleaned from these sales and the other sales linked, is that very low miles and originality get top dollar.
Interesting sale, really nice S5T2 collector car example, but in reading the comments the buyer here was the wife of a guy who's been lusting for one for a long time, and she mentioned in comments that it sucked that the bidding went so high, but that she would have bid anything to get it! Crazy emotional auction response I guess.
my neighbor is that guys co worker, and that car was a present from his wife, which just makes the whole thing even more interestinger
i got parked next to him at the last Rx7 meet around here, he's cool,
most expensive next to least? i have no clue how much i've spent on mine
Another clean example, but with a bit more miles on it (67K). Not really sure why that one bid & sold for as high as it did ($34K), because I suspect it had some resto-mod work done to it - don't recall Mazda ever making a S5T2 with grey cloth seats & dash/door panels. Thought all the S5T2's (in the USDM at least) came with black leather interiors?
If anything can be gleaned from these sales and the other sales linked, is that very low miles and originality get top dollar.
leather was an option! the other option was the CD player?
Thanks for all the responses!
My thread went a week with no replies so I thought people didn't really know or care to reply.
The last 2 S5 TII's on BaT that I referenced in my original post were these:
$34,250 - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-mazda-rx-7-15/ (this one was originally from Greece and imported, that white looks amazing though)
$34,000 - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-rx-7-turbo-4/ (j9fd3s referenced this one already, mine actually has the same interior/black cloth seats etc., although it doesn't look as grey as the pics for this one)
The TII that sold for $63k was only 2,200 miles, and the wife really wanted it for her husband. I can just chalk that up as an outlier.
There's quite a few S4 TII's and 10AE's on BaT as well, but not S5's. I guess these are even more rare than I was expecting.
Not that BaT is the end-all for pricing out cars, but I guess it gives me an idea. I went through the Marketplace on here and there weren't any S5 TII's that were even listed, just WTB's.
I couldn't find any S5 TII's for sale on Autotrader, CarGuru's, carsforsale.com, ebay, cars.com, Hemmings, or Autoblog.
Thanks again for the replies and posting some pics of your cars, I always love seeing a clean S5!
I paid close to BAT prices for this private sale, 36k mile S5TII. I had been searching for YEARS, and when the opportunity came I could not pass it up.
Beautiful example. I don't think I've ever seen that particular head unit combo.
Wow, that's the same head unit combo my S5T2 originally had - OEM (Clarion or Pioneer I think?) AM/FM/Cassette & Equalizer setup, no CD. It had speakers in the door, under the dash at each corner and in the rear shock towers and at least 1 separate amp that was mounted under the dash on the passenger side by the speaker. When I got the car in '99, all of the speakers were pretty much blown out, the head unit was starting to have issues. I initially replaced just the speakers with aftermarket speakers in the door & shock towers, and just disconnected the dash speakers. When the head unit finally died, I replaced that with an aftermarket single DIN JVC unit.
I think it's super ironic how nearly every owner tossed their original radios when they upgraded, and now they're incredibly rare and hard to get a hold of.
I think it's super ironic how nearly every owner tossed their original radios when they upgraded, and now they're incredibly rare and hard to get a hold of.
I might still have mine boxed up in the basement somewhere, it's been so long I forget, but the thing was completely dead - display issues, random static/volume extremes, not working at all, dead cassette drive, etc.. If I knew of a competent electronics shop that could have restored it and maybe add a bluetooth or USB interface, I probably would have had it restored.
I sent mine to Factory Radio service in California. New lamps inside, added an aux switch and made everything work. Althought I have not used the tape deck... Now I usually just stream to an FM tuner plugged into the cig lighter but I can say the Aux plug was a nice addition at the time (2018 ish )
EDIT: Now it appears the website is DOWN. I still have his email somewhere I can dig up and see if he's still in business.
I think it's super ironic how nearly every owner tossed their original radios when they upgraded, and now they're incredibly rare and hard to get a hold of.
I still have a few, the problem is they don't work, and no one has parts or experience to repair them. I wish I could get it repaired or somehow modified to work with an aftermarket line out to an amplifier.
I still have a few, the problem is they don't work, and no one has parts or experience to repair them. I wish I could get it repaired or somehow modified to work with an aftermarket line out to an amplifier.
