Hey all, its been a while since i've posted here. I know 4th gens with a 5spd are hard to find, so what is my car worth? I've been thinking about selling it. Its in GREAT shape mechanically and visually. Heres more about it:

1997 Maxima SE
87k miles
5 spd, standard
Superblack with Black/Grey interior (cloth)
Sunroof
ABS
KYB AGX Adjustable Struts (about 3000 miles on them)
Sprint Lowering springs
FSTB
20% tints
AE styled smoked headlights (not shown in pictures)
Warpspeed Y-Pipe (cracked flex pipe included! )
Adjustable Custommaxima Short Throw Shifter
Red Clears in back, Clear bumper lights up front

The bad:
Small dent in the hood, due to a rock that fell off a truck
Exaust leak in the Warpspeed flex pipe - Thanks warpspeed !!

And the pics....

 

 

its worth what ever KBB says its worth. mods dont mean ****.

5-speeds may be harder to find, but autos cost more. you will make more money if you take off hte mods and sell them seperatly. you might get lucky and find someone who is desperate and may pay a few hundred bucks more with the mods included, but that could be hard.

 

Yeah i agree. I wasn't planning on making money with the mods, but I'd rather just leave em on. Maybe I'll sell the suspension seperate. I thought sticks were alot more saught(sp?) after.

 

No more than $5,000.

 

to the eyes of the demographic consumer for Maxima's, an automatic is more preferable vs. a manual. But to enthusiast, a 5speed is priceless.

 

well ya there are people out there who are really looking for one on stick and might pay a little more for it, but in actual reality, cars on auto will go for more than their manual counterparts. go to kbb.com and type in all your info, then do it again with auto selected, it will be worth about $500 more.

as for your mods. yeah, taking them off is a pain, but you could just spend one saturday or sunday just taking them off and putting the stock parts back on, like the suspension and ypipe, you could easily make a few hundred bucks on the side. plenty of people on here that would be looking for thoes things for cheap.

 

a million dollars...give or take a few...hundred thousand :

 

Its ignorant posts like yours that drew me away from maxima.org...
Anything to get that infamous post count up.

To everyone else that provided me with helpful information, I thank you.

 

If you want an ACTUAL number... its worth between $5000 and $8000. Wholesale book is $5725 but a dealer wont take it on trade for more than $3500-$4000 unless he's got a buyer...
I'd stick it on autotrader... i think you could get $7000 if you could afford to sit on it for a bit...

Real life example is ME! I paid $1500 EXTRA for a bone stock 5 speed only cuz i couldnt find one in good condition for 9 months! all my friends called me an idiot... but a black 5 spd is not easy to find. If you find an enthusiast like me wanting one then you'll get good money for it, especially as nice as it looks AND you have nice mods AND pretty low miles..

Good luck.
oh and P.S. dibs on the suspension if you sell it separate

Devin

 

if it went back all stock, you would appeal to a larger targeted market. Instead of just appealing to enthusiasts, you would appeal to those looking for a nice V6.

Sell the mods, sell the car bone stock. I would say:

6500 for the car
1000ish for the mods.

 

sell your car...then go buy yourself a sense of humor. i have been here for almost a year and have a whopping 200 posts so get your facts right before you make moron comments. not my fault you asked a stupid question!

you want an answer...kbb.com

 

kbb says my car is like 7000 dollars! Yay for a loaded SE 5-speed. I <3 Bose. and leather. And the amazing deal I got on this car from Acura.

 

hey cscm i might have a buyer in ct for u if u decide to sell
car looks good for a quick sell set the price 5500-6500 and it will be sold fast

 

i guess id say wat every1^^ up there said, if u wanna make good money off ur mods u gotta find some1 young, like me, that doesnt know much about cars, like me, but who doesnt know the real worth of stuff, not me,
my friends a couple years ago in high school paid outstanding amounts for civics that just had some visual pleasing stuff, so im sure u could find a guy like that, go to a rich neighbourhood and bag urself a hunny