Hiya fellow FC owners
well the car is still sat on the drive looking sorry for itself
im tempted to sell as a whole - but was wondering if its worth more in pieces
SOOO .... what are these prices like , are they well off , or about right ?????
And before you all start grabbing for bits , this is a more of testing the water to see what the best course of action is .. any ways .. a list ( of sorts )
1 - Engine done about 6K on a rebuild - £600 - £700
2 - 16 inch enkei wheels and tryes - £100
3 - full set of drilled and grooved disc - £100
4 - Bonnet ( ally ) - £100
5 - Unmarked and unripped roof - £200
6 - tan leather seats and door cards - £100
7 - front splitter ( ohhhhhhhhhhh :) - £60
8 - Front strut brace - £20
9 - FCD - £20
10 - Cone filter - £10
11 - Magnacor Blue Leads - £20
12 - Turbo Timer and FC Harness - £10
13 - Tannaue Cover - £75
14 - JDM Rear Lights - £30 a pair
15 - Front Fogs - £25
16 - Fully decatted exhaust with 2*4 inch exits - £100
thats about the main stuff i can think of , and the only things that give me a problem is the engine removal
so thats adds up to .. errr .. £1500 ( ish ) working on the lower ends of the prices - but then im left with a car thats only worth scrap ( shame as its rust free chassis with 65k on it )
So what are my prices like .. way off .. or about right ?
Not sure of the pricing of the roof or the engine to be honest , and prob 2 of the more arkward things to remove
if the engine was to be sold , i would want the buyer to come and listen to it and help with the removal though
like i said - this is just an initial thought , so be calm at this point and stop circling ;)
Stu
I would of thought the roof and the jdm rear lights were worth a fair bit more than that.
i thought that !!
But being as cheap as i am , those are the prices i think they are worth .. prob not what they should be worth
in the grand scheme of things - i dont want to be left with a load of stuff - i would rather it all go thats all
Exhaust should be more plus is the ECU chipped?
Can\'t you wait a few more months and i can buy lots of goodies off you then! :Giggle
Shame your selling up though man.
the ECU isnt .. but i have a chipped one somewhere :D
this isnt a definate choice - just weighing it all up to be honest
show someone the engines working and maybe compression test it and it should be worth a lot more than you\'ve suggested!
also more for the wheels!
If the roof has no rips - that would be worth more too - I\'d be tempted to chage almost that for the frame and motors alone. Removal isn\'t too hard by the way - it\'s just heavy as hell so you\'ll need 2 people to get it off without damaging the car !
Personally I\'d go manual and keep it ;)
thanks for the info chaps
although the parts might be worth more - its the risk selling high but taking 6 months as opposed to sell cheap and shift quick
its a very sad state off affairs when a car is worth more in bits ( and only 17 of them ! ) than a car
still cant believe i cant find an auto box to be honest
there isnt a mark on the roof to be honest , not even a sign of wear and tear :(
Nickson motorsport said that they had lots of parts for a manual conversion
it is a shame that they are worth more in pieces!
but if you are for breaking would be interested in turbo timer and leads... fire me info sure if you are lad nuttykrust (at) hotmail dot com
Ross
Don\'t do it mate, with the manual conversion the car\'d probably be worth £2K (I cannot remember the state of your paint/body though).
Some of those parts you could definitely ask more for though, even I would spend £30 on JDM rear lights, and there\'re those out there that\'d spend upto £100 or so!
IMO most things could have at least £10 added to the price, and that\'s a min of a £160 increase. (I do realise I\'m potentially doing myself and others out of a deal here)
All I can say is...
You WILL regret it.
Quote from: Skifledanabit;780117All I can say is...
You WILL regret it.
This man is correct! :WaveBye
i know he is !!!!!!!! :(
the body could ideally do with a respray to be honest , there is water under the lacquer and its looks iffy :(
Like i said - this is not a comfirmed way forward .. just looking at ideas and working out what is the sensible way forward
if i had a big garage etc.. or space for 2 cars on the drive then i would prob attempt the swap - but i dont have that luxury of space :(
my grandma alwaus used to tell me "Where there is a will, there is a way." It seems apropriate to share this with you, mr Grinder.
i reckon you should by the parts you need, then have a 2nd gen\'ers meet at yours and get this thing fixed!!!
Quote from: dthebuk;780208i reckon you should by the parts you need, then have a 2nd gen\'ers meet at yours and get this thing fixed!!!
How long have we been telling you to do this now?? You\'ve been offered the majority of the parts you need for nothing or very little, PULL YOUR FINGER OUT! :Grrr
Quote from: Lacey;780258How long have we been telling you to do this now?? You\'ve been offered the majority of the parts you need for nothing or very little, PULL YOUR FINGER OUT! :Grrr
Never a true-er word spoken.
At this rate I\'ll have the lot off you and show you how it can get fixed !
Shaun
I would have thought you could at least double the wheels. Most enkei\'s are pretty light weight.
Mark
My FC is priceless as it will never be for sale :)
i\'ll take engine for grinder price of £50 ;p
thought about buying this and transfer my parts to it lol
i NEED an engine!!!!!
make me an offer for the car then ;)
I can\'t believe you are thinking of breaking the car due to the gearbox, it might be cheaper if you still want an auto to get an FD box and sort a bell housing adaptor, or indeed just ask for the parts as most of us have offered basically all the parts :)
Quote from: grinder;780335make me an offer for the car then ;)
Stu, if you do this, I\'mma give you a kicking. Granted I can barely walk a few feet, so it might not be a good one, but I\'mma do it anyway!!! Stop being so depressing, most of us have offered you 95% of what you need to sort your gearbox for
BASICALLY OR ACTUALLY NOTHING!!!!Stop being a pansy, pull your finger out, get these parts off people and convert your lazy-man-drive system into a REAL CAR! :Grrr
The truth is.... He has lost his FC mojo :(
Otherwise he\'d have already planned fixing it with the help offered. The question is weather on not he wants to get it back, he knows if it\'s fixed and drivable again he\'ll love it. It\'s a war between grinder and the inner tight arse!!
The thing is he hardly drives it with his family commitments plus the fact he\'s too tight to fill the tank up and actually insure it for more than 100 miles each year. If he did drive it then
A/ It probably wouldn\'t have thrown a wobbler and broken in the first place. (we all know these cars like to be driven).
B/ He\'d fall in love with driving it again and then couldn\'t live without it.
Come on Stu sort your head out!
Where\'s your head at?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hFwJm41h4
Havn\'t heard this in yonks :D
Quote from: grinder;780335make me an offer for the car then ;)
£100 lol
but i like my white fc body.. white cab be nice but that just means more ££ >.<
maybe its time to get prices for the parts then ( would give a better picture overall i suppose ? )
as in gearbox , flywheel etc...
See he\'s coming round! Keep on with the pressure people :)
Ive PMed you with the prices from Nickson motorsport with the bits he has :)
i have a clutch and gearbox you can have for free aswell as the prop if its required
Quote from: the hat;780914i have a clutch and gearbox you can have for free aswell as the prop if its required
There you go stu, job done, now MOVE IT! :Grrr
Thanks Lacey ;)
coming round ish Ade , but still not 100% sure of the direction im taking
Still got a load of work going on with the house at the mo , and off on hols in 2 weeks for 2 weeks
so cant do anything either way until the end of next month really ( just as bad weather is setting in ! LOL )
Quote from: grinder;781015( just as bad weather is setting in ! LOL )
Come on Stu, you made the 99p car cover, I\'m pretty sure you and your cheap-arsed-ness could also come up with the £4.99 lean-to!
ha ha ha i had a car port on the old house .. how i miss it :(
MRC 1 : Grinder 0
Quote from: Brett;781059MRC 1 : Grinder 0
Love it :Giggle
i actually have the clutch pedal assmebly and master sylinder and hoses and slave you can just have aswell i could get it all on a pallet sat at my work so all you now need is a flywheel and courier
all that stuff is still in the car so would need some time though but the offer is there if you want it
edit you will need the shifter aswell as i robbed it as the one in the silver fc is possibly the worst shortshifter id ever expeirenced
^^^ im more then tempted pal !
Just say \'yes\' tight arse!!!
anyone know a cheap courier ?
Well you will have plenty of time too organise as I\'ve bdc at knockhill next weekend my wedding anniversary this weekend and crail stiffest on the 27th but I need too pull my finger out as once it\'s done I can mock up a manifold for my t88
Stu, my Dad delivers up around Aberdeen fairly regularly. I\'ll ask him when he\'ll be up there again for you and if he\'d be able to pick up for you.
Yeah no problem fella we have a forklift at work so loading it up would be no problem
But my work is in Ellon about 15 miles north of Aberdeen just remember I need a little time too get it pulled out and I really hope someone helps me when my gearbox explodes as this is technically my spare that is going
might not be the best idea getting shut then :(
Well if you want to keep your box, then Stu can have the one out of my car when I swap my spare over (which will be soon ish). Its fine except a slight crunch between 4th n 5th. I\'ve run it for 4 years with no probs.
Ade
And then you can start double declutching and not granny shifting like you supposed to ;)
Yeah no worries it will just get the clutch kicked outta it anyway and I just kinda flap at the shifter till it goes in a gear of sonesorts most the time anyway
when are we fixing grinders car?
errrrrrrrrrrrr ?:D lol
When he gets his shizzle together and gets all the parts !
Shaun
As above. No point in doing so before he has the parts :p
Just need to keep this thread at the top of the new posts !! Keep him on his toes !
Shaun
I agree... Grinder, get it sorted!
Hummm it will have to wait till im back from my hols
still not sure what to do
i have spotted a kitted out defender for sale , so not sure might change toys completly
Quote from: grinder;782819might change toys completly
Do you want to live? :Laugh
I\'m seriously interested in the car if you don\'t want it !!!
Shaun
Shaun your not helping mate.
It would get back on the road though !!! I\'ll most likely do the work anyway :Giggle
Shaun
True true.
ohhh dear !! :D
and yes shaun you prob would pal ;) ..
still not sure what to do - will have a think about it whilst spending 10 days on the beach ;)