Right guys and girls, I am seriously considering selling my Slicktop. For no other reason than I fancy something else. Something with a retractable roof :biggrin:

So I would appreciate some advice with regards to how best go about this.

 

Firstly, is this in your opinion the best/first place to advertise? My feeling is that most people have Zeds' and are here for advice/help/parts/banter, not looking to buy.

 

Secondly, if it was your car would you spend money making sure everything was 'perfect' ? In that I mean refurbing a wheel if it has a 1" kerb rub etc.

 

Thirdly, and this is my Zed specific, would you offer any potential buyers a couple of bodywork options? Bumper/tailgate are not to my exacting standards (long story!!) Despoiler, lose parking mast.

 

My Slicky has wanted for nothing during my ownership, apart from a manwell obviously!! It handles fantastically, runs as sweet as a nut and looks gorgeous. I have aquired £1200 worth of parts to fit, should i sell these with the car or seperately?

 

This is what i've done in the last 15 months

 

HANDLING:

 

DW adjustable tension rods

Cyberspeed front camber arms

DW total hicas eliminator

Cyberspeed rear camber arms

DW polybushed rear

MiesterR zeta-r coilovers

Falken FK452 all round

 

EXTERIOR:

 

Stone chip removed and smoothed

All car park dents removed (dentman)

Smoothed and de wipered tailgate

Full respray in Cherry Red Pearl

New scuttle panels

Roof trims repainted to as new condition

Genuine '99 spec rear lights

Genuine '99 spec centre panel

Wheels stripped and powdercoated

Calipers painted black

 

INTERIOR/ICE:

 

Headunit, Sony GT730

Speakers, front Hertz ESK165 comp, rear JL 650CXI coax

Amp, Vibe slick A4 under custom cover

Subs, JBL GTO804 in custom enclosures

iPhone holder (custom) in place of ashtray

Replaced drivers seat.

 

MAINTENENCE:

 

Conzult

Oil and filter change

New brake pads front and rear

Caliper overhaul

Brand new series2 PTU

Blitz SUS induction kit

Red Stuff front pads (1/7/11)

 

All work has been carried out by Silverbullet. Reciepts for all parts/work carried out.

 

Any advice at all is welcome.

 

Regards, Daffy.

Dont do it Daffy, you have spent far too much on your baby to let her go and your bound to regret once she`s gone!!! what are you thinking of getting mate?

Agree totally with Daz, I reckon you'll soon be hankering after it again when you realise nothing really compares!

 

But if you do want to go through it then put an advert up on here, any serious buyer would join a forum to do their homework on the cars first, and owners forum cars are known to be (usually) well looked after by an enthusiast, and yours is a shining example. :thumbup1:

As someone who sold their SWB slickie

DON'T DO IT

that is all

For those that haven't seen it

 

 

 

 

 

 

With '89 spoiler (i still have this tailgate)

 

Hi Dave,

 

I am shocked that you are thinking of selling a fine example.....

 

.....but if you must then as a subbed member you have nothing to lose by advertising it on here as it's free!

 

You're right about the general help/advice/banter thing but there are always newbies who come on looking for a ZX; plus the odd ZX owner is somtimes looking to move on to another ZX.....

 

As for more coverage, forget Fleabay as their buyers only want something for nothing. I'd also whack it on Pistonheads or Auto Trader (not necessarily in that order) and see how it goes.

 

Making it "perfect" depends on the price you're looking for. If you're asking top money (and I'm comparing it to what one sees for sale at the mo) like £6-7k+ then yes, refurb that wheel.

 

Otherwise leave it - considering the age of the car, one or two parking "rubs" are acceptable.

 

Thirdly - no. Advertise the car as it is; any potential buyer might well change a few cosmetic items to suit their own tastes so let them do that at their own expense once they've bought it. It will cost you far more to change things for someone else than you would recoup from the sale (plus they might pull out of buying at the last minute), so don't waste your time and money!

 

Finally, if you have ZX bits that you never got round to fitting, then you have 2 options:

 

1 - offer to include them with the sale at an extra cost

2 - advertise them for sale on here separately

 

Good luck in whatever you decide mate - and what "retractable roofed" car are you looking at.....?

 

Richard:sorcerer:

So I should keep it lol!! If I do, i'll get the conversion done and have full interior re-trim. Then it'll be a keeper for sure.

I just have an itch that I feel needs scratching.

daffy if you sell her, ill hunt you down (still got your address lol) and die your hair pink.

 

But, as you asked, don't sell the parts you bought with it, sell them separately, but seriously DONT DO IT.

My advice - go and get yourself checked out as it is clear you have had a bump to the head :wacko:

So I should keep it lol!! If I do, i'll get the conversion done and have full interior re-trim. Then it'll be a keeper for sure.

I just have an itch that I feel needs scratching.

 

You can see your Dr about that! DON'T SELL YOUR ZED!!!

Right who is this using Daffy's log in:sneaky2:

I have to say, that is one HELL of a Z.......Superb would be doing in an injustice! You would need to see a shrink not a doctor if you sell it, although obviously everyone on here will want you to keep it :)

You lot are being extremely nice and complimentary this evening. I'm going to post less frequently more often.

slickies rule remember you can't go selling after the work you have put in a real stunner

You lot are being extremely nice and complimentary this evening. I'm going to post less frequently more often.

 

Hey I've told you, I would give almost ANYTHING for your car, its my perfect car!!

Cheers Marty, they do indeed. So basically I should start a 'Anyone available to do a manual conversion??' thread instead.

Cheers Marty, they do indeed. So basically I should start a 'Anyone available to do a manual conversion??' thread instead.

 

exactly. :clap:

You lot are being extremely nice and complimentary this evening. I'm going to post less frequently more often.

 

We can also be nasty and rude :xxx:

Cheers Marty, they do indeed. So basically I should start a 'Anyone available to do a manual conversion??' thread instead.

 

have you got all the parts and do you have transport avalible to get me to and from you? if the answer is yes to the questions, then drop me a PM

Hey I've told you, I would give almost ANYTHING for your car, its my perfect car!!

 

It's still an auto, but hey we can negotiate :blushing: When do you qualify Jane? I suppose I could enjoy it for a while longer.

It'll be manual, leather and prolly rebuilt engine by then.

It's still an auto, but hey we can negotiate :blushing: When do you qualify Jane? I suppose I could enjoy it for a while longer.

It'll be manual, leather and prolly rebuilt engine by then.

 

hehehe, I don't start uni for another 11 weeks yet (not that I am counting down!) - i will PM you next time I'm at my sister's in Woodley, so I can sit in it for a bit lol

hehehe, I don't start uni for another 11 weeks yet (not that I am counting down!) - i will PM you next time I'm at my sister's in Woodley, so I can sit in it for a bit lol

 

No problem, if I still have it you can drive it. Good luck with the whole uni thing.

No problem, if I still have it you can drive it. Good luck with the whole uni thing.

 

N'awww thanks! You better bloody have it mate!! You're not allowed to sell it

Take it from me all other cars are a pile of w@nk

hehehe, I don't start uni for another 11 weeks yet (not that I am counting down!) - i will PM you next time I'm at my sister's in Woodley, so I can sit in it for a bit lol

 

having watched top gear last night with the forensic tests they did on geeza's merc, im not sure i want females sitting in my zed now, getting all moist :huh::lol:

Any women wanting to get moist in my Slicky are more than welcome :cool2:

have you got all the parts and do you have transport avalible to get me to and from you? if the answer is yes to the questions, then drop me a PM

 

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