$22k to $23k. And is anyone really paying $2500 for non-S3 clusters nowadays? Shoot, I have 3 S3 clusters. Who wants to buy them all for $7500? Send them my way.

 

Its not about being a non-s3 cluster lol. Its a collectors part people who buy it obviously know its old and super analog but it is a very limited production genuine ralliart part which yes, people are paying up to 2500 for. If this makes you angry, too bad. Why are people paying up to $100k plus for skylines which could be had for 15-30k only ten years ago?

 

Well.... That makes it sound like buyers are getting raped but still willing to pay. Actually ​​very few skylines will sell for $100k+. Not like people are out there doing it every day like they did
​​​​when they were priced lower.
To find someone who can spend six figures on a car that is also into a 25yo Japanese car is pretty uncommon. They all want them Ferraris and Lambos. Blang blang.

 

I think you need to speak for yourself haha, not everyone wants lambos and Ferrari. Its actually not that uncommon, import tuners are the new classic 60s and 70s muscle cars. Many into this hobby have spent enough to buy any exotic they desire but have chosen imports for their own reasons. You can do more with them in terms of modifications, they can outperform when modified correctly. Some including myself prefer the way they look over exotics.

If you build an evo using rare parts such as ralliart, arc, hks, greddy ect..you can easily hit 6 figures. Thats why these companies exist. Not to "rape" the buyer as you said.

 

Usually modifying a car lowers its value. If you put 6 figures worth of mods into the car it does not make it worth 6 figures. It's like the opposite of a real investment, like a house, where putting money into it can make it worth more. Usually with old cars the more "original" they are the better. I've always heard you can't argue taste though. Ultimately the market will decide what something is worth.

 

Time will tell.

 

An R34 GT-R M-Spec with 309,000 km on the clock sold for $82,000 US last week in Japan. It was basically a project car. Yeah, the market is going there.

 

Sounds like Rallysport9 lives in a playstation.

What actual evo owner that builds for performance actually uses all hks, greddy, etc?

Maybe owners that live in playstation land with signed Paul Walker posters on their wall.

 

According to this, https://gtr-registry.com/en-r34-colours.php, they only made 366 of that car.

 

No, he's right. Limited period correct modifications are in heavy demand right now. A clean, lightly modified Evo 3 with 1995-era modifications just smashed through the record price paid for one of these by like $10,000 (hammer price $50,475 equivalent).

People are paying absurd money for OEM tuning parts. A set of mint Ralliart pedals is $700, 18x8.5 Enkei Tarmacs over $5,000, Ralliart Recaro bucket $5,000, bent ARC exhausts $2,500, ARC strut tower bar for $3,000. Collectors don't want USDM parts on their cars but are bonkers for proper JDM parts, that's an absolute fact.

See for yourself: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closeds...&n=50&select=2

 

True, but everything that made it "M-Spec" was gone. The seats are the major parts; the front heated leather seats were replaced by Bride seats and the rear was torn to shreds, the M-Spec specific dampers no doubt were long gone, etc. A mint M-Spec Nur sold over $400,000 - people are indeed paying those prices and $100,000 for an R34 GT-R is not out of the question.

 

The legal R34 GTRs are already $100k or more. But, of course that's "I want it now" and "Commiefornia legal" money. I'm sure asking prices will be the same once they are all legal. I don't know that any of are saying they won't be advertised at $100k+. Some will even sell. My comment was more meant that, out of all the cars with $100k asking prices: either few of them will sell or they will eventually sell for less. But yes, they will all have six-figure asking prices.... at first.
It's gonna be fun to watch everyone loose their ****
That being said, I'm doing the math to liquidate a couple of my toys and buy one overseas to store. Still overpriced, but not as bad as it's gonna get. If I every plan to have one, now is the time.

 

What I was getting at is that R34s already sell for 6-figures overseas and they're not US-legal until 2024. The common trend for cars like the R32 GT-R, Evo 123, FD RX-7, etc has been to increase prices by roughly 80-100% worldwide immediately upon becoming US-legal. I doubt we see ANY R34 GT-R sell below $100,000 in 2024. Heck, the cheapest BNR34 on Goo-Net is $109k already. The cheapest BNR34 on USS Fixed Price is $112k for a grade 3 car with 352,950 km on it.

 

That's a shame. probably like my Evo: I don't really want to sell it but will let it go for the right price LOL

 

S3 are rarer and more valuable than the S1 and S2. I have 3 of them and 2 with original boxes. Also I didn’t realize I was angry. Remove the stick from your rear apparatus and take a breath and cool down.