FEELER: 2008 BMW 135i

[GodSpeed135]

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This is just a feeler as I am not ready to sell my car yet. I am just looking to see what people would be willing to pay for my car with the mods. NOTICE: The photos were all taken at different times so not all mods may show up in photos. Thanks in advance for the feedback.

2008 BMW 135i(Black Sapphire Metallic Exterior, Red Coral Interior), Steptronic Transmission, Premium Package, Sport Package, 56,000 miles.

The Mods:
Cobb Accessport Tune
aFe Stage 2 Cold Air Intake
Ar Design 3" Catless Downpipes
Remus Race Quad Exhaust
ER Chargepipe
HKS Ssqv 4 BOV
e93 M3 Front Sway Bar
Icarbon 2X2 CF Quad Diffuser
BMW Performance CF rear spoiler
BMW Performance Black Kidney Grilles
BMW Performance Tii sideskirts
LCI Blackline Tailights
Smoked Side Markers
18" Breyton GTS-R (17.5 front, 18.5 rear wrapped in Vredestein ultrac Sessanta, 225 fronts, 255 rears)
Shadowline Emblems
Lux Angel Eyes
BMW Performance Electronic Steering Wheel V2w/M3 style steering wheel cover
BMW Performance CF Interior Trim
BMW Performance Gear Selector W/boot
8% Lumar Tint all around W/35% on windshield

Note:Hopefully I remembered everything, things get crazy when you get the mod bug, I sometimes cannot remember everything that I have put into this car!

[KellyK]

I'll take the kidneys haha I've been looking for gloss black

[GodSpeed135]

Originally Posted by xoxkellly

I'll take the kidneys haha I've been looking for gloss black

Yea, I wanna see if I could get a reasonable offer with all the mods before I part out!

[That_1_Guy]

Originally Posted by GodSpeed135

Yea, I wanna see if I could get a reasonable offer with all the mods before I part out!

Booooo! I vote straight to part out! Haha

[M3Newbie88]

If you are part out.. I am interested in the side skirts..

[phrenetiK]

interested in exhaust and quad.

sure you can sell your car...with all these mods you might get 1-2K over bluebook.

take them all off...get near bluebook...and make 5k~ in mods? easy choice

[GodSpeed135]

Thanks for all the inquiries, but I'm not planning to part the car out yet guys. I was just gauging to see what you guys would be willing to pay for this car so I could get a good figure in my head. Not to say I won't end up parting out

[PhantomCypher]

I vote for part-out.

[TheBreeze]

That's an impressive list of mods and the car looks very nice .. however ..

I'd have no interest in a slushbox car myself (DCT maybe), but if I did, I would not consider a modded car like this unless all the factory parts were included and the PPI came back 100% perfect. IMO, mods don't add much $$$ during resale time and significantly lowers the pool of people who would be willing to willing to buy it, much less at a premium. Most people would much rather buy a used car that is bone stock and looks like it's been driven by your grandma's grandma. This is especially true of performance mods or mods that affect day-to-day drive-ability and comfort. When selling a vehicle, the best approach to a quick sale is to appeal to the masses rather than the few.

Given that, I'd say somewhere around low-mid 20s if you found the right buyer that wanted an auto with a bunch of mods.. very close to what you would get if the car were stock.

Cars mods are a funny thing .. you do mods to further your enjoyment of the vehicle. Mods are never an investment.

[135Pats]

I'd be interested in the Lux H8s, sidemarkers, and blacklines; should you part out. And I agree with what has been said, seriously modding a car can actually prove counter-productive from a resale standpoint. People want to buy a used car that's been driven gently and is bone stock, once you get into power mods the pool of potential buyers shrinks. But GL with sale, the car's a beauty.

[kkrikkett]

Originally Posted by TheBreeze

That's an impressive list of mods and the car looks very nice .. however ..

I'd have no interest in a slushbox car myself (DCT maybe), but if I did, I would not consider a modded car like this unless all the factory parts were included and the PPI came back 100% perfect. IMO, mods don't add much $$$ during resale time and significantly lowers the pool of people who would be willing to willing to buy it, much less at a premium. Most people would much rather buy a used car that is bone stock and looks like it's been driven by your grandma's grandma. This is especially true of performance mods or mods that affect day-to-day drive-ability and comfort. When selling a vehicle, the best approach to a quick sale is to appeal to the masses rather than the few.

Given that, I'd say somewhere around low-mid 20s if you found the right buyer that wanted an auto with a bunch of mods.. very close to what you would get if the car were stock.

Cars mods are a funny thing .. you do mods to further your enjoyment of the vehicle. Mods are never an investment.

You also forgot that if a guy traded it back to a bmw dealer they would not keep it on there lot. In order for them too certify the car it would have to have all stock parts on it. Im in the same boat lots of mods and thinking of selling would have too part it out put it back to stock to get anything out of it. Sucks

[SHFT]

Originally Posted by GodSpeed135

Thanks for all the inquiries, but I'm not planning to part the car out yet guys. I was just gauging to see what you guys would be willing to pay for this car so I could get a good figure in my head. Not to say I won't end up parting out

Did you sell ?

[GodSpeed135]

The car is now for sale. However, it has not sold.