jdmauto

in my town EVO's are so hard and rare to come by, definitely would keep it .

johnw_415

Definitely rather see a car with the mods than a car returned to stock form. That way the seller can adjust the price to the buyer if necessary.

rk7

iTrader: (2)

Think it really comes down to each specific case. If its a low mileage build with a few bolt ons, it may be worth converting it back to stock. Especially here in the Midwest where it appears cars that are stock command a higher premium those that have been "molested". Then again, each market is different. I've seen crappy built cars go for more than stock :?

Mr9S

Definitely stock. I have seen stock car goes for higher than highly modded ones. I guess the reason is buyers of the evo want to stamp their own brand of personalisation to the car.

GordonVIII

If I was selling my Evo I would keep her modded, and provide the buyer with as much original parts as well. An act of good faith, and that way they can mix and match which parts that they'd like, until they build the car of their dreams.

Jayd8b

keep modded unless you can sell more stock

sblvro

iTrader: (2)

This. If you're unfortunate to try to sell it modified vs stock, keep it modified but keep the stock parts. That would give max value.

wysiwyg

So I shouldn't immediately discard the OEM parts? Woops.

ZTesta

Depends on how extensive the return to stock would be. If you don't have the ability to do it yourself and are paying a shop labor, the cost to go back to stock plus the difference in cost of selling the parts might not even make it worthwhile

lingxiao584

good idea

Littleidea8199

Thanks for the info.. I'm still trying to decide whether to leave my AB exhaust or put the stock muffler back on before selling...

BluEVOIX

iTrader: (69)

What is the intention of returning back to stock ? I hope its not so you can post it for sale as “stock never modified” .

Here is my opinion when I was looking for Evo’s. Stock never modified is worth less. Modified close to what I’m looking for was more valuable. Mods that I was not interested in I saw as opportunity to sell and get some money back. Cars modified then returned back to stock, I had zero interest unless they were in mint condition body as well as a price tag that was so low it felt too good to be true. Otherwise returned back to stock was a definite no!

When you find an Evo returned back to stock, the buyers dont know what condition those stock parts are ... Did the owner keep the original parts to reinstall or buy ****ty condition used ones for cheap just to save money return stock and sell etc... ?

S.Brewer

Frankisrock

I would hope you don't put it back to stock and try to sell it as if it were never modded. As of now stock evos are quite valuable. If I had a stock evo I would probably leave it stock and buy a modded one to beat on. The stock car will be worth a lot of money in 10 or 20 years.

bendercars

Great info here!