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I have a question for those of you that follow the auctions and sale prices on BAT. I have a slicktop 1991 318is with 119k miles on it now that I am the second owner of. I acquired it this year and I have been debating about selling it. The interior is mint with very few flaws. The body is straight with matching VINs on all the panels, but it needs a complete respray. I have every single service record since new to verify that the mileage on the odometer is in fact correct. I have done a refresh on all the coolant/ vacuum hoses, fluids, plugs, wires, timing chain tensioner, clutch master/slave cylinder, ect... I am putting Bilstein sports on it, but I am debating between a stock spring or a very mild lowering spring. It will be a completely OEM car except for the suspension, so I am leaning towards the stock springs.
When I bought it the car had sat for almost a decade and the original owner no longer had the tile nor was he interested in acquiring a duplicate from the DMV. I had to get a bonded title for it. It is a clean title, but it has a bond on it for another 2 years. After those 2 years the bond is removed ant it is just a regular ol' clean title. With that being said how much would the value be effected if I were to list it on BAT? What kind of price range do you see this car selling for on BAT with a complete respray and everything refreshed?Last edited by playdoh850; 12-24-2017, 12:55 PM.
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Expect to get a million questions about the title. I'm not familiar with bonded titles but if bonded = clean I think you'd get ~9-10k for it in current condition. I would limit work on it to mechanical maintenance and repairs so that there are zero issues other than the paint. You won't get your money back on a respray and there's too much risk of it not coming out right IMO. As factory as possible is preferred for buyers as there's less chance you're trying to hide something.M119 M42 M62 S52 S62
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Yeah it is a clean title not a salvage or anything like that. In Texas they require you to get a bond to register a vehicle if you don't have the title. So you think it would pull 9-10k as is?
Originally posted by She loved E View PostExpect to get a million questions about the title. I'm not familiar with bonded titles but if bonded = clean I think you'd get ~9-10k for it in current condition. I would limit work on it to mechanical maintenance and repairs so that there are zero issues other than the paint. You won't get your money back on a respray and there's too much risk of it not coming out right IMO. As factory as possible is preferred for buyers as there's less chance you're trying to hide something.
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Originally posted by Torston View PostDon't paint it. Original paint even if flawed is a better selling feature. Respray or repaints always have that question mark over them.'72 2002 | '88 M5 | '89 330is | '89 M3 | '95 911 | '02 M5 | '04 RR HSE
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Originally posted by playdoh850 View Postect... I am putting Bilstein sports on it, but I am debating between a stock spring or a very mild lowering spring. It will be a completely OEM car except for the suspension, so I am leaning towards the stock springs.
Shouldn't use Sport with stock springs. They are shorter then the HD's and cause OEM springs to have excessive pre-load (making them feel very stiff).
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4 door 325i ends today. Its been sitting at $7k for a little while now, but just got bumped to $8k... I wonder if it can break $10k
edit: Made it to $13,250!
Also a sexy Mtech1 S52 car is up and already at $9500Last edited by 2mAn; 12-26-2017, 12:38 PM.Simon
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Originally posted by 2mAn View Post4 door 325i ends today. Its been sitting at $7k for a little while now, but just got bumped to $8k... I wonder if it can break $10k
edit: Made it to $13,250!
Also a sexy Mtech1 S52 car is up and already at $9500
but it's a fairly clean car and that's a fair price for how nice it is.
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Originally posted by Johnnyboy101 View PostBuild Date:1990-08-24 - they didn't get plastic bumpers until 1991 I think?
Shame about the pics on that vert listing, and failure to do the timing belt before putting it for sale. Should be a $15k car but won’t get that farLast edited by bradnic; 01-01-2018, 07:15 PM.I BUY/SELL REFURBISHED CM5907s & CM5908s
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