Good asking price?

[mnutt346]

I'm trying to find out a good asking price for my R. I don't want to sell her but I'm short on cash so I have to let her go. It's a 2000 PY USDM Type R with about 49k miles and a salvaged title from being rear ended a while back and is currently in Austin, TX. Aftermarket parts include tein type flex shox, skunk2 camber kit, spoon sports mid pipe with fujitsubo muffler, jdm spec headers, aem cold air intake, skunk2 pro series intake manifold, and a password jdm x bar in the rear. The front 2 speakers are alpine type r's and the rears are type s's with aftermarket deck and alpine 500 watt amp and one 12" infinti sub. I also just recently replaced the valve seals and thermostat along with all the coolant hoses. There are three missing paint spots in the rear and a few small dents here and there.
Sorry if this is under the wrong forum, I just wasn't sure whether to put it in the for sale section or here.

[Dave_B]

Motor and trans VIN match the chassis?

[mnutt346]

Yeah.
All the VIN's match up.
It also has a viper alarm and it's been garage kept the whole time I've had it, along with oil changes every 3,000 miles with Mobile 1 Synthetic.
B&M Short shifter w/spoon sports shift knob. Spoon sports radiator cap.

[mnutt346]

Any help?

[Dave_B]

I would think given a rear end collision that was deemed "totaled/salvage" would be worth less than a stolen recover rebuild.

I dunno man, it's hard to say given the current market.

[coolhandluke]

The title status is really a hearbreaker here. Banks generally will not issue a loan for a car with a salvage title, which drops the price significantly. The low mileage is a huge selling point, but I would go ahead and do some pre-work to help the sale like alignment specs print out (prove the frame is straight), compression test numbers, and compile a list of maintenance items etc.

All the aftermarket parts should be removed and sold. Replace them with OEM parts. You simply will not make any money off of those parts. In most cases they decrease the value of your car. Source missing OEM components if you need to and part out the car. I say all of this from experience.

In terms of price, I'm leaning towards 8-10k for the car. The market right now is extremely difficult which will not help. Prices across the board have fallen on average 2-3k from a year ago. These cars always took a while to sell, but now they can take over a year to reach your asking price.