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Old 04-08-2009, 02:42 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Well i do have a cold air intake, and headers, and a newer slightly bigger exhaust, and the head has been ported... but i mean other stuff, like my current lack of sideskirts, i mean that seriously kills the value of the car, and looks like ****.

But i do like the fact that all my body panels are the same color and that i don't have some badly fit bodykit

I do drive it lots, and i drive it hard but i do want it to actually have value, not be some junker, and have a retarded rebuilt status on it! GRRRR!!!

PS: i don't care about under the hood mods that hurt value, as long as they make me go fast, in that case i consider it value well wasted

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Hmmm I think I know what you need then.....a mk1.5
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Would it be worth rebuilding this car or would you be better off doing a body/motor swap with a car in better condition?
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Hmmm I think I know what you need then.....a mk1.5
I know, i wanna do that so bad, it's just getting an engine here thats the problem, if i go to vancouver i could pick one up, but thats 10 hours away, and buying one off of a jdm importer is kinda a bit outta the question because they're all priced in american dollars and the canadian dollar is so low right now.

Also i can't easily get a 20v because as far as i'm aware they never came to north america except for from jdm importers.

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Would it be worth rebuilding this car or would you be better off doing a body/motor swap with a car in better condition?
It really depends on how easily you could register/insure it, if you could register it without too much trouble then ya it'd completely be worth it to restore i think. Keep in mind i haven't actually seen it up close so i wouldn't know how bad it is.

But if you bought it simply for part you could part out the shell or various parts and make back a fair bit of money, look it even has the sun visor! You could get at least $100 right there! Plus good mudflaps, sideskirts, all the body panels look good, and you could part out the engine you pull out of your existing car.

I think you could make the $500 back easy given the time to sell the parts.

I do admit i would feel a bit bad sentencing a good car like that to such a cruel fate...
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