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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
To illustrate with a hypothetical, if he added an airbrushed mural of UBG on the hood for $1000, I doubt it would raise the resale value of the car $333, and in fact it might reduce the resale value. Extremely odd example yes, but people do odd & sometimes expensive things to their cars, and those changes would not add to the value of the car. Another hypothetical is if you jack the AC out of the car. Even if it cost you $$ for an AC delete box or something, AC raise the value, so taking it out logically cannot also raise it. I'd also argue the $$ value of the NOS setup is worth zero on resale, and may in fact be a negative to many buyers.
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but KBB takes into account whether the car has AC or not (at least i think it does), so deleting it wouldn't be a minus. his labor taking it out would be lost, is all.
as for the mural of UB on the hood, well, the hood would be worth what it's worth. we all know UB is worthless.
even a mural of an eagle over a flag with mountains in the distance would be for a specific audience. not everyone would want to rock that on their hood. i thought we were specifically speaking about go-fast stuff, anyway, which is why i made the general statement. if we are talking chopping, frenching, bobbing, lowering or any other "stylized" modifications, as in the car would be considered a custom when done, then no, i wouldn't think you'd be able to add the work and/or parts when done. the target audience of any type of custom is much smaller than the public at large; this goes without saying.
true.