Hello all

I recently put up my 2005 BB RX8 GT For sale in the classified section here:

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...77#post2391277

Pics a plenty - etc etc My reason for this post, if I get no bites on the car I will (reluctantly) trade it into a dealer for cash. My question is on the tradein value for our cars (i was looking at KBB and have a ballpark) but are there any tips one could give me?

Is it like a reverse negotiation for the buying of a car? Meaning if they lowball me (which everyone does) i can ask for a higher price till maybe we are both happy?

If i do go that route I need to spend a weekend or two taking as much custom stuff I can. I realize that aftermarket parts don't really do much for the value in resale, is there ANY wiggle room at all for negotiation to a dealer on a price seeing as how there will be about 2000 dollars in custom parts I can't remove due to time and labor costs? (suspension/audio mostly)

Like any sane person -- I just don't want to be bent over and raped by a dealer on a tradein. I know I wouldn't get as high of a price if I could wait 4 months to sell, but still I don't want to only walk away with them offering 10,000 dollars or something CRAZY like that.

Looking forward to your input.

 

i think they'll probably offer you ~14-15k.

also, mods take value away from the car in the dealers perspective.

 

bring it back as close to stock as possible.

 

Lemme know if you wanna sell the supercat, I remember you living in the area

 

yeah thats what I think I'm going to do -- if I can get 14 or 15 from a dealer... thats fine I guess. The parts I won't be able to return to stock are the mazdaspeed suspension and (depending on how much time I can devote to it) the audio system. I have all the parts for both -- its just jesus I'd have to tear apart the panels in the car again :-p

 

Why cant you take off the MS suspension? You just need standard tools and a spring compressor....lol

 

because I don't know how LOL

was done at an install party

 

im doing the same thing with my rx8. just take as much stuff off of it as you can. more you take off. the more you will save. and the dealer offered me 12gs for mine. so im guessing you might get maybe 13-14gs for yours