I'm thinking of selling the polo coupe to buy a 6n or 6n2.

would you think its worth more as it is, lowered 70mm front & 40mm rear on jemax shocks & Ta tecnix shocks.

or if i put it back to standard height?

marginally more to someone who wants a lowered car, but to the general public it's probably worth less because it's been fiddled with.

I'm thinking of selling the polo coupe to buy a 6n or 6n2.

would you think its worth more as it is, lowered 70mm front & 40mm rear on jemax shocks & Ta tecnix shocks.

or if i put it back to standard height?

All depends on who you're aiming at selling it to, on here IMO its worth more with the lows.

For instance, I'm sort of looking for a mk4 golf estate, I'd happily pay a few quid more if one had coilovers fitted already, saves me a job!

Edited 24 February, 201313 yr by MaxVW

I have bought over 300 cars in my time, and i always buy standard. Even then, i check to ensure it's always been standard and not returned to standard. Once you start modifying a car, you start fucking it up.

Not good for those of us who wanna sell it straight on for a profit - standard and honest is good.

as said, depends which audience youre selling it to. on here, lows are good (if done properly - no chopped springs!) but elsewhere its probably better to go back to standard

I have bought over 300 cars in my time, and i always buy standard. Even then, i check to ensure it's always been standard and not returned to standard. Once you start modifying a car, you start fucking it up.

Not good for those of us who wanna sell it straight on for a profit - standard and honest is good.

I try to do the same, clean standard examples are much better even if you plan to modify yourself

How could you check that it has been modified and returnes to standard? I wouldn't be able to tell if a car had been lowered and returned to original height etc...

Believe me you know if a cars been apart or not.

I hate buying a car that's been modded. I did recently and every thing done to it was wrong in one way or another tbh lol.

Haha I suppose but plenty of people do things properly. Afterall 20 year old polos have all been taken apart at some point!

Edited 24 February, 201313 yr by Mikeloon

How could you check that it has been modified and returnes to standard? I wouldn't be able to tell if a car had been lowered and returned to original height etc...

That's because you're not looking closely enough when a car has been lowered you can sometimes see scuff marks in the arches where the tyre has rubbed which is uncommon on cars at standard ride hight unless they have been fitted with unsuitably large wheels/tyres at some point.

When something has been removed a few times you can see marks on the bolts and sometimes missing, damaged/bodged or incorrectly assembled components especially common when the car has been maintained by a home mechanic or dodgy garage.

also on older cars, little or no rust buildup on threads where there is lack of a surface coating is a good indicator, a rust coloured thread with little or no rust buildup suggests that a component has been removed recently.

Any modified cars I have bought have all been fucked up in some way or another.

Its the whole thing where the previous owner might have been quite happy with a quick bodge job on their car but you are not. Also who knows how good the job was? It could have been done really well to a high standard, but on the other hand it could have been done REALLY shit with loads of corners cut. And that is something you dont want to find out whilst driving it about and a wheels come off or something

How could you check that it has been modified and returnes to standard? I wouldn't be able to tell if a car had been lowered and returned to original height etc...

That's because you're not looking closely enough when a car has been lowered you can sometimes see scuff marks in the arches where the tyre has rubbed which is uncommon on cars at standard ride hight unless they have been fitted with unsuitably large wheels/tyres at some point.

When something has been removed a few times you can see marks on the bolts and sometimes missing, damaged/bodged or incorrectly assembled components especially common when the car has been maintained by a home mechanic or dodgy garage.

also on older cars, little or no rust buildup on threads where there is lack of a surface coating is a good indicator, a rust coloured thread with little or no rust buildup suggests that a component has been removed recently.

Its mostly down to the skill level of the person you are buying from, I wouldn't be happy with anything that wasn't right on my car and other people will be the same.

I get the tyre rubbing marks but even that wouldn't happen if a car wasn't lowered exessively.

You can say the same for garages though Matt

Even if I'm working with a bottle of cider I'm a hell of a lot safer working on my car than some stress head always on the phone or kid fresh outta college pratting about with it, trying to prevent anyone noticing that he doesn't know what he's doing..

My trust in garages of all lines was ruined many years ago, but yeah the competence of the DIY mechanic varies massively - and the type of people who do extreme modifications such as slammed suspension do tend to be of the less experienced variety.

My trust in garages of all lines was ruined many years ago, but yeah the competence of the DIY mechanic varies massively - and the type of people who do extreme modifications such as slammed suspension do tend to be of the less experienced variety.

Right there.

My trust in garages of all lines was ruined many years ago, but yeah the competence of the DIY mechanic varies massively - and the type of people who do extreme modifications such as slammed suspension do tend to be of the less experienced variety.

Right there.

agreed.

I hear far too many stories about garages to warrant trusting any tbh unless I know them personally.

+ 1 for drink, managed to fit my head and cam and time it all up with a vernier pulley steaming one night..went in garage next day and tools everywhere but was all timed up properly hahaha

Most times I've gone in garage with a few tinnys .. Gets me focused and cracking on ..

Only ever my cars in a garage is for mot lol

All this is well said, but surely, buying a standard car does not, in any way, mean that it hasnt been 'fixed' or bodged, that there are no bits just waiting to fail. At least if its modified, you know what has been done to it, and what might not have been done very well.

^^ And there you reflect how the modifications could divert your attention from problems completely unrelated. Perhaps the suspension isn't the issue with the slammed Saxo but instead some wiring from a towbar removed by the owner before the one who fitted the suspension..

Generally, most cars have been tampered with in a way which isn't ideal, you'll never stop it because even the manufacturers use staff who get it wrong sometimes, the best thing is to simply use wisdom, sense, and be vigilant.

Without giving away too much, many things jump out at me when I take a five second glance at a car. I can see what kind of a life it has, how its maintained. I can usually tell all I need to know within a minute.

Just remember, if its got a China street car spares battery, its probably got China street car spares brake pads. And if some aftermarket fog lights are operated by a switch from Maplins, them don't be surprised to find the cam cover is bonded on with No More Nails.