Whipple and Resale Value

[RLE55]

Planning on having a whipple kit installed this winter, most likely by Lebanon Ford in Cincinnati. Good chance in 6 or 7 years I'll want to sell mustang for something newer. What is everybody's opinion on resale? Get none of it back, some, most? Car will have relatively low miles and be in good condition. Thanks

Before having a "car dealer" do the install, consider contacting Paul's Automotive Engineering in Blue Ash. They're one of the top Ford and Mustang Performance shops around. Their tech's have knowledge and experience that are trusted by professional racing teams, i.e. IMSA, and both Owner and Son are Multi-National Road Racing Champions in NASA as well as other racing venues.
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[armyGT]

I'm old and I watched gearheads for the past 50 years. My experience is...anything added to a stock car is money thrown down the drain. Even cosmetic things like wheels, stripes, motor jewelry are a waste of hard-earned money. Remember, what you think is a cool look may be a joke to someone else. When you customize the look or mechanics of a car, you then limit your audience of buyers. Adding a blower to a car tells a prospective buyer that you probably didn't baby the car. The blower can add to wear and tear. Even if you sell to a private party, they will low ball the price to make up for future repairs. Honestly, these cars are fast and beautiful. Give it a good coat of wax, fill the tank and go for a ride. If you bought the car and you need to dump a ton of money in it, then you bought the wrong car! If you want to drag race, buy a cheap FOX BODY and go for it! What I said isn't what the aftermarket parts companies would like! LOL!
For you older readers/members, remember the company J.C. Whitney?
Things haven't changed, only the prices!

 

[ChitownStang]

Wait for a special, buy it for less than MSRP, install it yourself, buy a set of drag radials for your stock rear wheels

$9k

Drag radials are not something I’m interested in putting on my car as I don’t drag race. I don’t want to fear rain or cold .

 

[Q6543]

I listed my whipple, 24gt for sale a few weeks ago at 55K…

so far just spammers and people trying to trade other unwanted vehicles etc…

At some point it’s “cheaper to keeper”

 

[GrabberB]

Whether or not you get any return by adding a Whipple S.C. should not be your deciding factor. The choice should be based on your desire and financial ability to do so. For most the return will be little or possible nothing.

If you decide to add a Whipple your investment concerns will evaporate after install when you step on the loud pedal as Clay Millican would say.

 

[ChitownStang]

Whether or not you get any return by adding a Whipple S.C. should not be your deciding factor. The choice should be based on your desire and financial ability to do so. For most the return will be little or possible nothing.

If you decide to add a Whipple your investment concerns will evaporate after install when you step on the loud pedal as Clay Millican would say.

Yep.
Mods on a Harley’s ,or a sports cars will be someone else’s gain if they are lucky to get one that someone didn’t abuse too much.
All a big gamble with no return.
I’ve lost 10’s of thousands over the last 30 years of modding.
I’m fine with it to an extent.

 

[young at heart]

I'm old and I watched gearheads for the past 50 years. My experience is...anything added to a stock car is money thrown down the drain. Even cosmetic things like wheels, stripes, motor jewelry are a waste of hard-earned money. Remember, what you think is a cool look may be a joke to someone else. When you customize the look or mechanics of a car, you then limit your audience of buyers. Adding a blower to a car tells a prospective buyer that you probably didn't baby the car. The blower can add to wear and tear. Even if you sell to a private party, they will low ball the price to make up for future repairs. Honestly, these cars are fast and beautiful. Give it a good coat of wax, fill the tank and go for a ride. If you bought the car and you need to dump a ton of money in it, then you bought the wrong car! If you want to drag race, buy a cheap FOX BODY and go for it! What I said isn't what the aftermarket parts companies would like! LOL!
For you older readers/members, remember the company J.C. Whitney?
Things haven't changed, only the prices!

This gentleman right here is smack dab on the money. Not only will you not get any money back from your supercharger “investment“, but the car won’t normally even bring as much as a bone stock one. That’s just the way of the world and likely always will be. I’m sure there are occasional anomalies but they don’t change the rule.

Doesn‘t mean you shouldn’t do it, just be aware of the likely financial reality. There’s a lot to be said for buying yourself some fun!

 

[MCS]

Ok, wet blanket coming in hot!

I went through this on my 21 GT Premium with a Roush Phase 2 (and a ton of other parts).
Sold it in August of last year with around 25,000km on it. Sold for like 55k Canadian.

I lost a big chunk of change on that car; supercharger, Steeda wheels, Steeda Springs, Vicrez GT500 hood, GT500 spoiler, Renegade blacked out lights, UPR dual catch cans, Nitto G2 up front and RII in the rear etc. etc. etc. The dealership was only going to offer me $40k because "We'll wholesale it". LOL Sure they would. One of their techs was eyeing it the moment I brought it in for appraisal. Dealerships dip on both ends; the new car and the used car department both want their cut.

Now; this time around I kept all the stock parts and I mean EVERYTHING. If, and I stress if, I ever decide to sell this one (now that I have a 6 speed I'm happy happy) I will revert to stock and sell it privately. Then I will turn around and sell the parts privately. Sure, I may not recover dollar for dollar but I will sure as shit get closer than if the parts were mounted on the car.

You can get a big chunk of your money back, or you can sell it fast, but it is very unlikely that you will get both.

If you are looking at buying a supercharger, with even a wiff of possibly selling down the road, either keep all your stock parts and revert. Or you can accept the fact you will take a loss. Or buy a car that has the power levels that you want from the dealership.

As for insurance, I don't know about down there in the USA but here in Canada we have Hagerty and you can quote them a dollar value of the car and that is what you pay your insurance premium on. Yes, insuring supercharged dark horse is more expensive than a Honda Civic but if you are counting dollars that closely then a Supercharged Mustang is not for you to begin with.

This isn't directed at any particular person however "I want a Mustang, and I wanna supercharge it so I can go zoom zoom and beat all the other cars on the street, but I don't want to lose money when I sell it" is a phrase so out of touch with reality that it makes me giggle cause I'm sure I was that guy once too.

 

[zpduff]

Before having a "car dealer" do the install, consider contacting Paul's Automotive Engineering in Blue Ash. They're one of the top Ford and Mustang Performance shops around. Their tech's have knowledge and experience that are trusted by professional racing teams, i.e. IMSA, and both Owner and Son are Multi-National Road Racing Champions in NASA as well as other racing venues.
https://paulsautomotiveengineering.com/pages/about
https://ultimatetrackcarchallenge.c...-utcc-champion-brian-faessler-seeks-third-win
https://www.facebook.com/brianfaesslerracing/mentions/

Awesome. Thank you for the recommendation. I hadn't heard of them. I'm going to dm beefcake before I buy anything. See what he says, they are a Cincinnati company too. I'll be driving it from Louisville but worth it to me for somebody that has done a lot of installs. Lebanon Ford does a bunch of supercharged vehicles btw, I wasn't going to use a regular dealer.

 

[zpduff]

I listed my whipple, 24gt for sale a few weeks ago at 55K…

so far just spammers and people trying to trade other unwanted vehicles etc…

At some point it’s “cheaper to keeper”

Might be something I keep for 10yrs just wanted to know how bad I'd get fucked if I sell it in 5 or so

 

[zpduff]

Whether or not you get any return by adding a Whipple S.C. should not be your deciding factor. The choice should be based on your desire and financial ability to do so. For most the return will be little or possible nothing.

If you decide to add a Whipple your investment concerns will evaporate after install when you step on the loud pedal as Clay Millican would say.

Lol. It's not. I make plenty of money to supercharge. Just interested if it holds any value or not

 

[Frogdog1]

Planning on having a whipple kit installed this winter, most likely by Lebanon Ford in Cincinnati. Good chance in 6 or 7 years I'll want to sell mustang for something newer. What is everybody's opinion on resale? Get none of it back, some, most? Car will have relatively low miles and be in good condition. Thanks

There is another issue you'll deal with one way or another. I wouldn't buy an aftermarket supercharged car, period, no way, no how. It de-values the car to the point I wouldn't even consider it. That tells me it's had the snot run out of it (whether it has or not), and I wouldn't want to have to deal with the repairs, wear and tear, and other things real or perceived, afterwards.

So, I'm not the only one in the used market that feels that way. Those people won't even look at your car in the beginning and you'll never meet them.
Just sayin.........

 

[zpduff]

There is another issue you'll deal with one way or another. I wouldn't buy an aftermarket supercharged car, period, no way, no how. It de-values the car to the point I wouldn't even consider it. That tells me it's had the snot run out of it (whether it has or not), and I wouldn't want to have to deal with the repairs, wear and tear, and other things real or perceived, afterwards.

So, I'm not the only one in the used market that feels that way. Those people won't even look at your car in the beginning and you'll never meet them.
Just sayin.........

I wouldn't every buy one either

 

[robvas]

$15k for the initial install

Another $5-10,000 in random upgrades (headers clutch tires wheels suspension etc)


$10,000 in a new shortblock or built trans at some point

$1,000 for another tune

More misc shit down the road

 

[zpduff]

$15k for the initial install

Another $5-10,000 in random upgrades (headers clutch tires wheels suspension etc)


$10,000 in a new shortblock or built trans at some point

$1,000 for another tune

More misc shit down the road

Lol. That's pretty extreme. Plenty of supercharged s550 and s650 driving around without all that for a lot cheaper

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