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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
More than once, we have been asked to do a PPI on a vehicle that had a very recent IMS transplant, only to find metal in the sump and filter, which is why the owner tried to do a quick retrofit and then dump the car. Considering what a retrofit costs, I am always suspicious of someone that does one and then immediately puts the car up for sale.
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So in my case, I would want to do the retrofit to help actually sell the car. This would be classed as a red flag? Just like no IMS retrofit is also a red flag! You can't win!
I advertised the car at the end of last summer and got lots of "Nice car but I think I will pass since the IMS hasn't been done!", not even lower offers. People have been driven to the point of paranoia by the forums and the "specialists" who profit from the retrofits. And if I get it done and use the EPS roller bearing retrofit or the Pelican parts retrofit will that be inadequate because it's not the LN version?
In reality, my car is probably worth somewhere North of $12-14k. I would price it to sell for what it's worth but almost feel I need to inflate the price to allow for the $3K discount that people will want since they "need" to do the retrofit?
Go buy a cheaper car and then spend the $ fixing that instead!!!
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