playinJ30

Hey guys, it looks like it may be time to move on and look at something more economical.

I have a few questions for you.

My car is nicely modded, it does have some rubbing issues on the front tires and the exhaust is very loud and a bit rattly right now.

I have the original 545i wheels in my garage.

My question to you is will a dealership look at a car with modified body work and a custom exhaust, but with stock wheels, negatively or will they not really care and just wholesale the car, would this affect the wholesale price?

Is it better for me to remove my DPEs and sell them independently or keep them on the car, if I plan on trading them in.

If the DPEs were the only modification, I would obviously remove them and put on stock wheels, but the cost of changing the entire car back to stock far outweighs the benefit of selling some of those parts on the market.

Thoughts?


Also, is a BMW/Mini dealership definitely the best place to get the best trade in value?


Thanks for all your help.

1600

Just put your vehicle in stock condition and sell your mod parts here for some nice extra cash.
Certainly you'll get more than another brand dealer is going to give you for them on the vehicle.

playinJ30

right, i understand that.

The problem is, that if I take my car in with stock wheels but it has a modified rear bumper that is clearly not stock and a custom dual exhaust, also clearly not stock, are they going to penalize me for having a car that doesn't look "right".

We can all agree that a car with modified bodywork and stock wheels doesn't look "right". Is a dealer going to notice this or not?

1600

Ask another dealer, other than the one you want to do business with, what he (or she) thinks.

530ISPORT

as i being a dealer and aprazing car all the time.. yes it will hurt you to have a car moded.. to a dealer the car can have issues that we can not see... if i was you put everything back to stock you will get more on a trade in.. if you leave it moded they will deducted for the add on`s...

MiamiPhill

They are going to low ball no matter what you do...so you should get whatever you can by selling the parts. It sounds to me like the biggest problem you have is that the '......exhaust is very loud and a bit rattly...', not a good thing on a luxury car, .....unless you could arrange a trade (not easy) with another E60 owner with similar taste. GL

playinJ30

this is good information, thank you.

Any other opinions?

530ISPORT

glade to help... sell your mods on the forum... they will go quick... and if you can the ext just make so its not as rattaley you should be fine.. listen just understand when someone comes in with a car like or`s the car is looked at a little more then others... cause of the type of car.. so get your shit together and go... gdluck

skylolow

Just try selling it out right.

Like another poster said no matter what you do your going to get low balled. Sell it privately and you should no problem getting an extra couple thousand. You just have deal will all the bs of selling your car.