I’ve owned my 1998 Maxima SE for 4 years now and it has been the most reliable fun and luxurious car I have ever had. After putting hundreds of hours of work and dollars into exterior, handling and stereo modifications I have enjoyed every minute of it, so, I am disappointed to say I’m selling it, because I need a truck. This is primarily because Maximas can't exactly tow a Wakeboard boat or haul around dirt bikes (not that I’ve tried).

As the title of the thread says; I’m considering listing it on EBay. I have successfully sold numerous things on EBay just never anything as expensive or as complicated as a car and despite how well EBay Motors is doing I’m still unsure if this is the best route to go. What do you guys recommend doing so I can get the best price for the car and easiest sale. Any other suggestions about selling it are welcomed.

If you are interested in the Car let me know and I can answer any questions you may have. Bellow are some recent pictures and basic info.

You can get more pics and info at: http://www.bassmintaudio.com/maxima/web/index.htm


1998 Nissan Maxima SE
Location: California: bay area and Chico (where I go to school)
Mileage: 65,000
Exterior Color: Arctic White Pearl
Interior Color: Tan Leather (excellent condition)
Transmission: Automatic
Stereo: Currently upgraded system, But willing to sell as stock Bose CD

Suspension: Ground Control Coil over w/ Koni Yellow Shocks, Stillen sway bar and front strut tower brace

Wheels: 19x8.5 Mille Miglia Evo5
Tires: Kumho Exta MX, Size:235/35-19 (good condition)

Other Mods: Led tail light conversion, custom fiberglass eyelids and aluminum round bar grill, cefiro Headlights w/ Hella Micro DE projectors in corners, clear turn lenses, Will sell with the aftermarket stereo if the price is right,

ALL ORIGINAL PARTS WILL BE INCLUDED FREE WITH SALE!

PRICE: $11,500 OBO with the stock Bose stereo (If interested I can inclued the aftermarket stereo, but, it would cost more). It blue booked for $9,265

Pictures:

 

That is one sexy Maxima. Too bad youre selling it though.

 

Wow nice maxima! Very tastefully done!

 

Yeah, that's one clean max. I hope you get what it deserves (money wise), and good luck in finding a replacement.

 

how much do u want for the caR?

 

Oh my god...... I think I just........ had an accident!!! that car is fu***N beautiful, I could never part with that!! Sell the stupid dirt bikes and boat....

 

$11,500 OBO: with the stock Bose stereo (If interested I can inclued the aftermarket stereo, but, it would cost more). It blue booked for $9,265

 

I'm surprised noone said anything about the front grill.....

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i didn't know you could get an se without fogs

...that grille is fawking hot

 

thats hot man, hope you get paid well..

 

I removed them b/c it looks better IMO. But they will be included with the sale.

 

Wow that looks so good, I really dont think you sell it it looks to nice to sell.

 

That is the best looking maxima i have ever seen, im gonna use it as a background on my computer. Wow i cant believe your trading that for dirt bikes and jet ski's ... I hope the new owner appreciates it as much as you did.

 

thats a very nice looking max, but if you are going to sell it on ebay you wont get anywhere near 11,500 for it. there are 00-01s going for less than that on ebay. you'd probably be better off selling it locally. ive sold 2 cars on ebay and they went for quite a bit less than blue book.

 

How long have you had your Maxima?

To me every car represents a history. And ten years later if you still have that car no matter what condition it was in or how bad some mods you did to it you will still think back at the car's history and how it reflects upon yours. Really precious thing to have really.

 

Sharp looking max !!! mad props to members who go that extra mile to make their car stand out form the crowd of .org postwhores. sell it on www.autotrader.com for like $50 listing fee,
selling on ebay isn't cheap

Nick.

 

you tryin to trade + cash the tail lights for my red/clears?? they are sweet!!

 

off topic how do you like your ground controls? how would you compare it to the koni alone?

 

sick car, everything is hot.

wish you didnt have to sell cause sadly you wont make the money you'll want on it, unless someone else who likes/want aftermarket parts on their car will buy it.

you should sell the rims and tires and get some stockers and put on, you'll pull alot for thoe evo5s that arent made anymore

 

Nice car! But your not gonna get that much money on eBay for that car.

 

love the led's can you pm me on how to's. Is it simple? I def I would to give it a try.

 

i dont kno if i can part with a max that looks like that.. even my 4x4 with sawblades still makes me love it more and more. i'd just put it in a garage and look at ur car all day. play with the taillights.

 

I have like 400ish+ feedback on ebay from selling and I actually bought my Max from eBay but i seriously think you could get more here on the org or locally. Tons of ppl in Cali have Maxs' and you should easily be able to sell it.

I just know after listing fees on ebay, fielding numerous questions and having people want you to ship the car you will wish you didn't.

Also you simply won't get as much....ebay is made for cheap items and if you put a pimped out max on their you might not get what you are hoping for.....even though you could set the reserve, if it isn't met, you will be out those listing fees.....

Just my 2c

 

Btw Sweet A$$ Car!

 

I like how nice those backing lights look! Hot $h#T

 

that is beautiful

if you ever think of selling some of the mods seperately to gain a little more money, i would pay handsomely for your LED tails...........and give you mine in return

 

i called them first

 

Thanks, thats exactly the info I was looking for. I think Im probably going to wait untill this summer when I have the free time to part out the mods and put the car back to stock.

 

I've had it for 4 years now and I love the car especially because all the time and hard work I’ve put into it. I literally have not had a shop do anything. I totally agree with you. It might sound kinda weird but when you sell a car that you've put this much work into (I’ve had to do it once before) It feels like your selling a piece of yourself and it hurts. I have had numerous people tell me that to this day they regret every car they've ever sold and I feel the same way, but, the car is just not function for all the sports I'm into (dirt biking, mountain biking and wakeboarding), and I can't afford two cars while going to school, so, unfortunately its got to go.

 

This is good news, I think im going to waint untill summer and part out all the mods. Ive still got the stock rimes, suspension and all that crap.

 

Thanks for the info; I defiantly won’t be going the EBay route

 

I think I will be come May when I part out the mods. anyone who is interested send me a PM so I will have your names. That way I can contact you when I'm ready to sell/ trade them. Trade is good though; I will need something to put back in the holes!

 

man is that a sweet max.....!

 

I would look at autotrader.com instead of ebay. Personally, I'm scared to buy something like a car off of ebay because in the back of my head I'm thinking I'm gonna have to buy a new engine with it or something. I'd rather go for a test drive and see it in person before laying down thousands of dollars. I used autotrader to buy my max because I can select options ... Mine was 4 door sedan with a manual tranny.

Also, drop the mods as everyone else is saying. The only people that will pay extra on blue book value for car on your mods will be orgers. I highly doubt you'll get anywhere close to 11k for it. If your lucky you might get a little more than 8k if it were stock. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here that would take your rims in a heartbeat as well as your lights.

You've got the best looking white maxima I have ever seen.