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Old 08-04-2010, 09:33 AM
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What is your guys opinion on salavage to clean? How much should be taken off the top for being a salavage?
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:39 AM
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I'm guessing you mean salvage? It's gonna depend on how well the car was rebuilt, kind of case by case. I shouldn't have paid as much as I did for my rebuilt wreck because stuff didn't line up and corners were cut all over the place.

If a car was professionally rebuilt, everything lines up and the paint matches, I wouldn't take much off at all, maybe a couple hundred. If there's nothing wrong with it except for a few newer parts with fresher paint, what's the big deal?
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:43 AM
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Sorry i did mean salvage, I have a 08 Honda civic si that my shop rebuilt and was wondering what a good price would be to start at. I have pictures of before and after and during the repair process, just trying to get it out there now to some people that would be interested in it.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:51 AM
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Post up some pics of the before, during, and after. There are several people here on HCF that rebuild cars. We can probably give you an idea to go by.
 
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i have attached a couple of photos. Please review and let me know.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 10:31 AM
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Looks like an extremely professional job. Depending on mileage, I wouldn't go less than 14K, probably $15,300 is about fair. I'd like to see some other opinions though.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:04 PM
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thank-you. Vehicle has 38k on it. That was the number i was thinking around 15k dont think i can take less than that.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:46 PM
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I know it's not fair to compare online selling vs locally, but many clean title 08 Si's with less mileage are going for no higher than $15k on ebay.

If you start higher and get no offers, then you probably want to ask for less than $15k.
 
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Old 08-05-2010, 05:10 AM
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Why is it they are going for so cheap online? These are great vehicles that are going to run for a very long time salvage title or clean.
 
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