Testing the Water - Value of Supercharged Z4?

[cj10jeeper]

Well judging by subsequent comments my numbers and opinion was not so far out.

You might make £17k on the car if you leave the lights and wheels and based upon the great service history, care, etc.
£3k for the super and £500 for seats and you're not far off the number you want.

 

[gwatson]

£500 for seats

I paid £1700 inc p&p for these last year from Germany........ maybe that's my bad I think those who have the standard all know how bad the standard seats are anyone who has upgrade or bought a Z4M will confirm it completly change the driving experience, at least I can now stay in my seat when cornering. I also find them more comfortable on a longer drive due to the leg support.

G

 

[cj10jeeper]

How much is an item worth second hand - it's always a real challenge. . If they buy they have to consider shipping or driving to collect, say £100. You P&P is a sunk cost. 30% after 12 months may be right.

I purchased a complete leather interior for my daughters KA last year for about £200 (fr & Rr seats, door cards, steering wheel, gear knob, gaiters, etc.)

An 'as new' 2006 front end for my Z4 at £50 a few weeks ago

I just brought a pair of X5 headlights on Ebay last night for £25.75 the pair. They retail at £350 each

Bottom line is they're worth as much or as little as someone will pay.

Please don't take my comments the wrong way I'm just very aware of how much I've lost (and saved by buying them) over the years on upgraded items.

(So I suppose an offer of £1000 is out of the question on the sc...lol)

 

[gwatson]

No offense taken at all.... that's the point of this thread

The seats were used, but only for 1000 miles or so.

As I say, not like I am desperate to get rid of it, if the money adds up then great......

 

[che]

heres a nice loaded 3.0 (admitedly higher mileage) but its not sold yet at £14,500
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/226017.htm

Not trying to be disrespectful in any way, just the prices are coming down, the guy I know's wouldnt shift until he dropped it to 15k (40,000 miles).

If you get someone who really likes the mods you may be ok cos you really have looked after it, if your in no hurry to sell you could place an advert as standard and see what level of interest you get, just say its sold to everyone who rings up but at least you'll know where youre at

Che

 

[gwatson]

Had a few enquiries about the seats.

I have to state that I would need to swap seats, standard for M Sport plus cash as I don't have my original. Therefore we'd need to meet somewhere to do so, not ideal as I am up in Aberdeen.

They would also need to be black, heated and electric

G

 

[gwatson]

heres a nice loaded 3.0 (admitedly higher mileage) but its not sold yet at £14,500

Jeez, I bought my car at 2 years old for £24.5K just over two years ago. I was hoping at this point depreciation was slowing down. £10K in two years, ouch!!

As for trying to sell it, well I'd have to remove the supercharger, then if it doesn't sell I'd be stuck with a bog standard Z4, not a situation I want to be in, so slow LOL

G

 

[cj10jeeper]

Strange since the conversions I would do over time are:
Supercharger (If I could do it without my wife seeing the cash vanish)

Clear 2005 Xenon headlights to complement the changed front end

Perhaps the seats, but I'd not really thought of it

I also have black electric, heated and memory seats on a 2003 3.0i...

 

[gwatson]

Sounds like we shold just swap cars and some cash. If it's the same colour she'll never notice LOL

 

[cj10jeeper]

Sure is - Sterling Grey with I think 24k on the clock

 

[Wondermike]

gwatson: sorry, didn't mean to offend, was just saying modding can be a toss up when selling...

It certainly can be, it was a fair comment TBH.

...So call it £5300k...

Eeeekkkkk! Plus fitting on top too??
:heat:

...I think those who have the standard all know how bad the standard seats are anyone who has upgrade or bought a Z4M will confirm it completly change the driving experience...

100% agree. When I bought my Z I only considered cars with M sports seats, wouldn't compromise on this at all, they are awesome.

 

[561design]

I've shopped for and owned a heavily modified car. The more you add the to vehicle the smaller your buyer base becomes. The more non-warrantied items that get put on the car. Then the assumption is that it lowers reliability and it increases repair costs. The best way to recoupe your money is to part the car out and get it back to stock.

If you're not willing to do that then you should expect to take a loss on the parts you've added. There is no real formula but I've found that for every $1,000 you spend it only increases the value by the hundreds. An this is IF you sell it to an enthusiast. Everyone else will question the reliability of the vehicle and the cost to repair such a car if it breaks.

I had a Stage III turbo GTI and it was difficult to sell until I parted it out. I had to do a full motor swap back to stock. Other things I had to remove were the high pressure fuel pump along with a few other bits.

 

[gadgetJunky72]

hi gwatson,

could you tell me where you originally sourced your seats from please? I've been hunting around the web without any luck. can i go into a dealer and just buy them and have them retro-fitted? although i'm sure it will probably cost me a small fortune.

thanks

 

[fire-n-ice]

^^^love your forum name

 

[Curtis]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-Z4-CONVERTIBLE-3-0i_W0QQitemZ330158996326QQihZ014QQcategoryZ9837QQcmdZViewItem

Just found this on ebay. Higher mileage at 67k but unsold so far for £12500.

 

[Wondermike]

hi gwatson,

could you tell me where you originally sourced your seats from please? I've been hunting around the web without any luck. can i go into a dealer and just buy them and have them retro-fitted? although i'm sure it will probably cost me a small fortune.

thanks

He got them from Germany (Ebay or similar IIRC) for an eye-watering price -

...I paid £1700 inc p&p for these last year from Germany...

Forget about getting them retro-fitted from a dealer, you'd be as well swapping your car for one with them.