This question was raised when my dad said i was"dumb" to swap my tan interior out for a black one because he claimed it would depreciate the value because it didnt come factory with it.I think if anything it would add value because of how much more sought after the black is. what do you guys think?

 

Well, it depends on a few things. Is your FD a collector's model to begin with? Extremely low-mileage? If not, then I don't think you'd be hurting the price any. Black interior cars are much more sought after than their tan counterparts.


Besides, if you are really that concerned, just keep all your original parts so if need be you can always swap them back on. Just a thought...

 

27,000 miles? If you plan on keeping it for years and years and years as a collectors car then YES your dad is technically right. Its not factory.

That being said, an FD is an absolutely RETARDED investment. There are a million other things that would net much better return than an FD. Drive your car, enjoy it, do what you want with it. There is no guarantee the FD will EVER be worth alot of money.

Also, if you dont want that black interior I'd be happy to take it off your hands

 

True True ,i personally dont mind if it does i want black interior either way i was just proving a point to my dad.Any how i do see where he is coming from,he collects older corvettes and something like a wrong color interior on a car like that and it will mess up the value.

 

I think an FD will appreciate eventually. A 27k car is somewhat rare but judging by how you even want to swap the interior and the mods you already have on it I'm guessing you are going to put some miles on it. If you had a 10k FD I would say don't touch it but lets be honest here, you look like you are going to be driving that sucker. Change the interior out. It will be worth more to people buying non-cherry cars.

 

the only reason i would keep tan is if it was retarded clean, but go with black and call it a day..

 

I think they will too. i dont understand why supras went to the moon and Fds are still kinda cheap in comparison.and yes i will fore sure be putting alot of miles on her,on a side note is my tan interior worth anything?

 

Tan interior is not worth much. I think I sold my whole set for around
$400 - $500 and it took a while.

I think FDs havent sky rocketed because of the problems people have with rotaries. God knows its not because of its killer looks.

 

I would rather have black interior and wouldnt decrease value.

 

One has a crazy reliable engine that everyone and their mom understands how to work on. The other has a pretty unreliable engine that needs "reliability mods", and not many people are keen to touch.

I cant imagine why the supra would skyrocket in value and the FD stay "cheap"

 

true i personally like Rx7s better because of the interior and lightweight.
exactly the tans just ugly too.
yea i understand that but still TT supras with 120,000 miles are still worth like 25gs and up.wasn't the car new only like 40 ish?

 

Went black never looked back, the cars a bit shabby and has 126k, I don't give a **** about value, cars are mean't to be driven.

 

thts the way to go.

 

im doing the opposite.. im gutting my black interior lol

 

gasp!How dare you lol.

 

I agree, it kinda boggles my mind that a 15 year old car with 170k miles can sell for that much. It's not a daily driver, it's not a classic yet, it has enough miles that you would think its almost time to replace every bearing, seal, and piece of moving metal on the car can still go for $25 grand in a 10% unemployement and declining import scene economy.

That being said, I've been in the market for a new car and have looked at Supras, but I just can't justify that much money for a car that old with that many miles on it.

 

exactly,its a sick car and one day i would love to own one but as of now i doubt i will dish out tht kinda money for a car with tht many miles on it....