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If I swap chrome bumpers/wheels to black and decide to sell it 2-3 years, will the truck loose value?
I want to swap out chrome bumpers with a good, black bumper. Better rear lights and a rugged, but classy look. Replace the chrome wheels with black and eventually the, grille, mirrors, handles etc. But if it's gonna loose much value, maybe it's smarter to wait and find a stock truck with those features. Not looking to get the money back I pay for the mods. Just don't want to the truck loose its value.
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
2017 | Ruby Red | F350 | 6.2L gas
3:73 | Lariat | Camper/Snow package
My opinion is that it would lose value through a more narrow field of potential buyers, I generally wouldn't buy a truck that someone has customized, because their taste is often differing from what I'd like.
That probably aligns with my concerns about mods. When I was looking at used trucks, I avoided most with mods, even when I liked them, because I start wondering what else they tinkered with. I think I'm so tired of chrome (and didn't realize how much when I bought it) that I can't see others liking it, but I guess more might prefer stock chrome to even an upgraded aftermarket bumper.
If you're putting lower trim body parts on, IE XLT chrome for XL plain grille, yes, that's gonna devalue it a bit, but more to the buyer than on paper. If you go from chrome to painted however, less so.
Can always keep the stock parts to sell with the truck when the time comes.
If I swap chrome bumpers/wheels to black and decide to sell it 2-3 years, will the truck loose value?
I want to swap out chrome bumpers with a good, black bumper. Better rear lights and a rugged, but classy look. Replace the chrome wheels with black and eventually the, grille, mirrors, handles etc. But if it's gonna loose much value, maybe it's smarter to wait and find a stock truck with those features. Not looking to get the money back I pay for the mods. Just don't want to the truck loose its value.
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
2017 | Ruby Red | F350 | 6.2L gas
3:73 | Lariat | Camper/Snow package
This concern is for the 2017 truck shown in this post???
If so, then a 2017 is already 6 model years old, and in 2 to 3 years will be 8 to 9 years old when you think you might consider selling.
Well, IMO, a 2017 6.2 gas truck won't be worth a lot anyway when it is 8-9 years old, mod the heck out of it if you want.
Heck, when I read the title, I thought you were talking about actual body mods, not just bolt-on stuff.
You could even save all the stuff you change out in case you, or the next owner, would want to change it back.
I think you are worrying for nothing.
Any major mod in my opinion limits potential buyers. There are some who would pay more for desired mods, but in my opinion it limits you to a degree. I for one would never buy a newer truck with the emissions modified to where I could not return to OEM because we are one law away from having a unsaleable or very hard to sale truck. The cosmetic mods are sometimes an acquired taste. I like a classy truck, but wheels and bumper color would not sway me as long as it looks good and is quality. I like chrome, but if I could I would have removed much of it from my current truck. Now if you squat the rear end and raise the front a few feet, I am sure it will be worth a lot more in a few years, lol.
Interestingly, when I sold my '20 SuperDuty F350, every FORD dealership wanted the truck to remain modified. I offered to make it stock. The dealership that bought the truck for $11,000 more than I paid for it, sold it effortlessly for a tidy profit within two weeks.
This goes against all logic, but it worked out for the best for all parties. I'm putting the same accessories and more on my '22 F-350.
Interestingly, when I sold my '20 SuperDuty F350, every FORD dealership wanted the truck to remain modified. I offered to make it stock. The dealership that bought the truck for $11,000 more than I paid for it, sold it effortlessly for a tidy profit within two weeks.
This goes against all logic, but it worked out for the best for all parties. I'm putting the same accessories and more on my '22 F-350.
Was this during the covid times when truck values were way overpriced?
Blacked out has been the rage for years now. 20 years ago guys were starting to run black wheels on off road rigs to signify their dedication, I thought it looked bad then, still do. My truck is purposely the antithesis of blacked out. Silver sparkle wheels, chrome grille, bumpers, emblems. I am in the minority anymore, just go build and price a new truck and try to avoid the blacked out look. Most wheel options are black, or mostly black. many higher trim options force black trim.
Subtle changes do not make much difference in value but I also am in the camp that never buys somebody else's mod project. That has never gone well for me. There will be some like me and some that find value in the changes you made. I suspect it is a wash unless you really over decorate your truck.
Visible modifications seen external to the vehicle suggest that invisible modifications unseen and internal to the vehicle are more likely to exist, or have once existed.
(chips, programs, wire splicing, stereo systems, broken clips from accessing panels, deleted or defeated emissions, dissimilar metal fastening, holes drilled in locations that weaken the structure or initiate corrosion, etc).
These are assumptions, not absolutes.
But when glancing through a list of for sale photos, the bodies with a whole bunch of modifications are generally not the first draft picks.
Was this during the covid times when truck values were way overpriced?
Exactly. They wanted that truck in ASAP as they probably already had a buyer lined up and ready to go. Any delay meant that the seller might change their mind or find a better buyer.
I'm not going to buy a truck that has been modified.
Instead of replacing the bumpers, could you have black PPF applied?
A lot depends on exactly what the mods are. The one above with the cow catcher and arches, well, thats cosmetic, so those who it appeals to will buy it. If it can be removed without damage, someone will buy it at full asking price.
Lifts, after market wheels, etc, devalue it IMPO. I saw a few F-450 with larger wheels to replace the 19.5 that were ugly as sin. Im sure the young pup who had it thought they looked badass, but to me they looked Mullet head redneck gaudy. In that situation I would either want the originals reinstalled, or knock off the cost of replacing the wheels and tires.
A lot depends on exactly what the mods are. The one above with the cow catcher and arches, well, thats cosmetic, so those who it appeals to will buy it. If it can be removed without damage, someone will buy it at full asking price.
Lifts, after market wheels, etc, devalue it IMPO. I saw a few F-450 with larger wheels to replace the 19.5 that were ugly as sin. Im sure the young pup who had it thought they looked, but to me they looked Mullet head redneck gaudy. In that situation I would either want the originals reinstalled, or knock off the cost of replacing the wheels and tires.
When I see the “arches†aka fender flares I keep on cruising. It tells me the fenders are rotted out and they were installed to hide it.
If they were not rotted out when they were installed, they will be because the flares hold the salt and sand in there and you cannot wash behind them.
May not be quite the issue with the aluminum body but the concept is still there, NaCi and AI in a damp and enclosed environment? Not good.
Covid will always be with us. I sold it on 12/10/21 and ordered a ' 22 SD F-350 SCLB Lariat 6.7L the next day. It arrived 4/11/22.
Covid made the truck market bizarro, so everything being sold during the truck shortage is an exception to the normal market. A few years ago (2018) you could buy a well equipped Super Duty Diesel for 55K, 8-10K off MRSP. The same truck today is 80-90K with no real discounts for a truck on the lot. Covid created the imbalance, but we will get to a point where people are not buying everything on the lot and the prices will become more competitive to a normal market. I don’t know when, but the cycle will return. It already has for the F150s as far as discounts off MRSP.
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