have owned my 1999 type rb for 6 years now and very rarely drive it i only done 400miles between mots in the last year!!sorry i cant post any photos as i let my membership lapse.the question is how much do i sell it for as i just cant get a price for it being the 99 is rare.it has a veilside bodykit blended into the bodywork resprayed in silver/blue crystal pearl,18"chromes,custom stainless spoiler from finland,blitz exhaust,blitz induction kit,blitz dump valve,alternator+strut brace+exhaust manifold chromed.on the inside the seats have been retrimmed in black/cream leather with rx7 embroided into seat backs(they look the dogs bs)and a full ice install including a west coast customs amp.
this car has only done 17500 miles from new.
the car has to go as i am moving house and as much as i love it i have to stop throwing money at it when its nearly allways sat in the garage.
does anyone know how much this car would be worth-i will probably try selling it on e-bay.
The market is pretty poor for selling. I think there was a Blue one that had been for sale for a while around 13k but you\'ve got loads less mileage. Stick some pictures in photobucket, or just subscribe if you are putting it for sale. Is it manual or auto?
its manual-what is photobucket??
email me pics and i will post them for you
antnicuk@msn.com
cool nice one,i will do it now
here are the pics of the car
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/Antnicuk/99spec1.jpg)
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/Antnicuk/99spec2.jpg)
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/Antnicuk/99spec3.jpg)
cheers 4 posting pics!
any ideas on what price i should put on this or reasonably expect???
Hi mate, car looks great, going on previous sales the price could be anywhere from 11k to 15 ish, just depends on what someone is willing to pay.
By the way, those are the best seats I\'ve ever seen, who did the re-trim and much did it cost if you don\'t mind me asking.
Good luck with the sale.
one of my mates done them for me front and rears done and handbrake/gear stick gaiter for £1000 which considering the detail i thought that was a bargain
i can offer you 5k cash :)
at the risk of sounding cheeky i\'ll raise that to 7! :)
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i know its worth a minimum of 10k now!!!!!!
What have you got it insured for?
My 98. is insred for 11
A place to start
John
yeah mines insured for 15 thats what i want but thats different to what i may get thats why i might try auction style on e-bay after trying to get it in a mag-have e-mailed jap performance.
cheers john.
Although mines insured [guarantedd value] at 11 I doubt I would get that.
It\'s Oct 98 with 54k miles.
Yours is rare by way of age and milage i can\'t see you getting 15 although it may be worth that much there is so much choice.
ppl with that much money may well choose to buy an oder one and spend the money on modifications to their own spec.
good luck
John
i think on a car of this (late) age and millage that fact that it is bodykitted etc (and in my opinion particularly the fact that the kit is veilside, cause you either love it or you hate it) is going to make the price suffer big time.
just my opinion.
Must admit I did think the same thing. I\'d sell my Granny for a late 99spec with standard body.
sorry, had to write post in a hurry. didnt mean for it to sound harsh etc.
it just seems that the majority of true 99 spec cars are prodinately left standard. even engine work is rarely done, i guess because the engines dont normally need looking at due to age, so therefore you dont see much in the way of single conversions etc. the only assumption i can make is because other than documentation there is nothing to say the car isnt the same as harrys 1992 FD down the road. both have same kit.............
however the interior is nice, and the millage is stunningly low, so they are very big plus sides. will ber intrested to see what you get for it. out of interest do you still have the 99 spec bumper etc, because if you sell with that, it could make it more attractive to the buyer as they are rare to come by genuine ones.
I also agree with D1, A Veilside kitted 99+ is going to take one hell of a hit on the price.
as you say its down to personal preference i think , i didnt like it without the bodykit the difference here is you dont notice any joins on the bodykit as they have been filled and smoothed so it looks like part of the body.my mate also has a 99 spec in his garage(we imported 2 of them)which is in standard form but not on the road as he missed the sva deadline!!and you put the two together but 80%ish prefer the "boy racered" up style.:)
the original parts were sold to andrew at jimmys some time ago.
Quote from: nickenglishas you say its down to personal preference i think , i didnt like it without the bodykit the difference here is you dont notice any joins on the bodykit as they have been filled and smoothed so it looks like part of the body.my mate also has a 99 spec in his garage(we imported 2 of them)which is in standard form but not on the road as he missed the sva deadline!!and you put the two together but 80%ish prefer the "boy racered" up style.:)
the original parts were sold to andrew at jimmys some time ago.
fair enough mate. that is cool, i am into bodykitted rex\'s but it just seems that the veilside one is quite a contraversial kit. it isnt to my taste, but hay if we all had the same taste it would be very boring.
just though i would say my opinion on price and what would affect it
what is blended in just the skirts and spats. lots of people do it. some people even go as far as to blend the front bumper in. from my experince with blending kits in is after a few years they normally start to show as filler etc cracks. i am sure not all but some examples i have seen tend to.
yeah no worries i need opinions to get a true feeling for what someone would pay for it:Thumbs-up .didnt do bumper in case it needed removing.but yeah filler tends to crack but this is what most garages do but me and my mate done mine and spent ages doing it and is normally a lot stronger if you mix fiberglass with the filler and as i have resprayed it three times in six years there is loads of paint on it-probably not so lightweight anymore:3Confused
the sentiments re the veilside i have to agree on. i think this is mainly due to the fact that you can get that body kit or a copy for just about any car so most think it is just too common perhaps more than ugly.
I dont think this affects the price so much but perhaps just the prospective market is smaller but as for everything somebody outhere is probably dreaming of that car with that kit.
hold out for a good price if you can basically as it is worth every penny. These cars are but they normally only get sold at the last minute when the owner has no choice so they end up undersold by a huge margin to the extent that most can be broken for more.
good luck anyway.
hth
i do agree with the veilside part of it as they have been tainted by people copying them and fitting them to novas/escorts type cars,but i think the rex is the best looking car around and can carry it off easily.im not in any hurry to sell it as i do love the car and dont think i could part with it for anything less than 12k i would rather stay in the house im in and kick the missus out!!!!
Personal view, if I had the money to buy another rex, Standard body - I\'d look at ~10k. With this kit maybe 8k (although the veliside kit would put me off the car completely!).
considering the mileage and conidtion regardless of mods i would be gutted to see this go for less than 12 at the very least!
I would want 15 purely on the rarity and fitting a standard nosecone or other is gonna be worth doing if it means 2,000 odd pounds so if need be i would say to do that
i do still have a 99 front bumper off my mates maybe it would be worth selling the car with it giving people the option as all they would have to do is respray the bumper as i have the paint!!!
Quote from: nickenglishi do still have a 99 front bumper off my mates maybe it would be worth selling the car with it giving people the option as all they would have to do is respray the bumper as i have the paint!!!
That might sweeten the deal a bit...
First dibs on the 99spec bumper if you sell seperately!
ok i will see how much my mate wants for it.
became a full member last night-anyone got an idea when i can use members area???it still says i am a guest
I would be interested in your mates front bumper. If you decide you dont want it, let me know.
ok i will be selling it with the rex sprayed up the same silver as my car but if i dont sell the car i will sell it on e-bay and let members know depending on offers.anyway suns out here in the south west perfect day for cruising!!!!about bloody time getting the rex out-first time in 3 weeks!!!!!!!!