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Good price on a 1989 GXL....?

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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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Good price on a 1989 GXL....?

Ive never owned a RX-7 before and want one thats reliable. What is a good price for this.

ENGINE

o Rebuilt street ported engine

§ Turbo II rotor housings

§ 3mm apex seals

o Full Racing Beat exhaust

§ Header

§ Presilencer

§ HKS y-pipe

§ Two Stainless Racing Beat mufflers

o A’pexi intake

o Magnecor spark plug wires

o High pressure oil pump

o Throttle Body mod

o Removed:

§ Air Control Valve

§ Variable Dynamic Intake

§ 6-port Induction

§ All Emissions systems


· EXTERIOR

o Custom made front air splitter

o Painted wheel center caps

· SUSPENSION/BRAKES

o Energy Suspension sway bar bushings

o Yokohama AVS Intermediate tires (6,000 miles)

o Hawk HP+ Brake Pads (brand new)

o New brake fluid

Currently at 101,xxx miles

Approx 10,000 miles on the engine



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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 11:10 PM
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Probably around $4k in most parts of the country... but I personally would only offer $2000, because of all the engine mods.
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Old Mar 4, 2003 | 06:14 PM
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Bump.. Any more suggestions on its price.
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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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Maybe ten bucks
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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 10:24 PM
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Dont listen to them or anyone on the forum for that matter. 2000 is a steal and I would never sell it for that price. I have an 89GXL with shitty paint and 28k on complete engine rebuild with ton of mods. Perfect idle to...It should go for 2500 as is but what your talking about if the interior is great and paint to with great compresiion on rebuild I would definatly take it for 4k but nothing more at all...3500 would be a good deal. The mods only devalue the car if you dont plan on modding it in the future. Its a poor excuse to lowball a seller.
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Old Mar 12, 2003 | 11:15 PM
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Originally posted by von
The mods only devalue the car if you dont plan on modding it in the future. Its a poor excuse to lowball a seller.
Not at all. 60% of the modded cars I have seen have been hacked up by some kid trying to save a buck. How many threads in this forum alone are: "help me my car doesn't run right every since I..."

Also when going to resell, a car with low miles on the body as well as a good engine is a prime concern. Anything over 100,000 miles radically drops the value.

And this guy has made a car that won't pass emissions, so it can't be sold except as a race car for off road (read raceway) use in California, well alone questionable things like removal of the 5th/6th ports and VDI and how was that TB mod done??? To top that off he even thinks the car should be worth more because the brake fluid has been changed... big wow its a 30 minute job that should be done every year.

Sorry, it screams power over driveabilty and when driveability drops so does value.

To add on top of that, most 'verts I have seen over the last couple of months on dealer lots are selling for under $4k, with 88 and 89's going for around $3k... a 89 'vert is worth $500 to $1K more than a 89 coupe.

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