- Hey guys, what's goin' on?
Before we even get into it, I wanted to let you know
we're doing another giveaway, except this time
with a coilover company, toss me the shirt!
This is a large and that's why I'm not wearing it
but we have partnered with BC Racing
to give away a free set of BR series coilovers.
It's absolutely awesome.
This is probably one of my favorite back designs.
Absolutely killer job.
We already shipped out a ton of these already,
so, the good news is is every single shirt
that we end up selling is gonna help us make a difference.
We're donating to a not-for-profit.
It's another same awesome thing.
The shirt is absolutely killer.
It gets you a free set of coilovers,
so you guys are interested, obviously check
the description link below because that's,
we just keep doin' 'em every month
and you guys like it, we like it,
we get cool tee shirts, you guys get cool tee shirts,
chance to win some coilovers, and then I get to beat Dakota
in another competition even though
I do have to announce he did win the hot wing challenge.
So, he does take a W.
I feel like I owe it to him to let you all know
that he did win.
Finally my reign has ended after seven months.
Anyway, let's get into the video.
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The best car flip story I have.
We bought a $600 Mazda Miata to repair
and flip as a project to help pay for college classes.
My best friend and I had a goal
to graduate from our four year with no debt
so we thought we would take this junky, single coat,
NA Miata that had no exhaust, no soft top,
and attempted our darnedest to fix it.
When we were trying to fix the exhaust though,
my buddy Michael thought it would be a good idea
to install the test pipe using electrical wire
to hold it in between the exhaust system
and the patter, I guess you would wanna say.
Yeah, I mean, you can probably figure out how that went
but as we were doing our final test
to actually sell to a guy
that wanted to drift it, we took it down a round
about 45, 55 miles an hour and all of a sudden
we heard a clunk and a pop and then a pipe hit the ground.
The pipe hit the ground at 55 miles an hour,
it shot about 30 feet into the air,
at 55 miles an hour and nearly took out the car behind us
because the car behind us was one of our friends
to make sure that the car never broke down.
And it was a pretty hilarious moment of our life
to realize that maybe we probably just shouldn't flip cars
to try and pay for college.
Well, maybe college should just be cheaper.
We've all made rookie mistakes when trying to sell a car,
maybe flip a car, and sometimes we wanna admit
those things that we've done and sometimes we don't.
I'm Alex, Alex at FI with socials
and today we're gonna be talking about rookie mistakes
when selling your car.
If you haven't caught on yet or maybe you're looking
to maybe just hear the plug again,
wheels, tires, suspension,
maybe looking to get some before selling your car,
you know, because modifications definitely add value
to the selling price of a car.
Head out to fitmentindustries.com
where we've got it all.
Coilovers, air suspension, a few wheel brands,
and a coilover giveaway which I already talked about before.
Anyway, let's get into it.
The first and most common mistake
when it comes to selling a car is not giving
all the details in your ad.
I know it's a simple one, it's one that you're gonna
be like, "Yeah, no (bleep), Sherlock.".
No one knows where you are when you put your location
on the marketplace as California.
Not just that but a DSG and an SMG is more of an automatic
than it is a manual.
Stop tryin' to trick those people by selecting manual
on Craigslist, I see you.
BMWs are just iconic for it.
Details help sell your car.
Lack of details result in you being asked 9000 questions
that you ultimately screenshot to share on your wall
because you wanna make fun of them
and actually it turns out it was you
because you just never put the price on the ad.
Everyone believes that they'll be ready
for when their car sells.
After all, if it's your daily driver
why would you need to take out your six sunglasses cases,
14 CDs, half ate bag of Cheetos,
you never know when you're gonna wanna finish
the other half, and your favorite three hangers
that haven't been used in the last three years.
Rebecca, I'm looking at you.
The same hangers in the back of the jeep,
since I've known you, they're still there homie.
We gotta get them outta there.
And then the car sells and as the car
is rolling down the road, beautiful sunset, evening,
you're smiling, little tear comin' down your face,
cold hard cash in your hand, you realize that,
one, you forgot to take your damn plate off your car.
Which is dependent upon your state,
but in Wisconsin, you gotta keep it with you.
It's the most ridiculous thing in the world.
But more importantly, two, you forget to eject your
brand new CD that you've just burnt
and you're never gonna get those hangers back.
People leave so much stuff in their car
when they sell it because they never anticipate,
I don't know, selling it.
And then they do and then they forget
all the stuff that's in it.
People leave so much stuff, it's insane.
They also include a lot in their ad that's included
that hardly ever gets remembered once you actually do
pick up the car.
And once you've sold the car or just picked up a new car,
getting those extra pieces from the previous owner
or trying to get those parts back from the new owner
is pretty much just impossible.
Pro-tip, put all your stuff in a box
in the passenger front seat
and then that way when you decide to sell it,
you just grab the box and you get out
like you just got fired from your car.
Another common mistake is bartering wheels,
tires, and suspension into your pricing.
I know, I've seen it, we've seen it all the time.
Nine times outta 10, whatever math you're probably doing
to justify removing parts from a purchased car
is usually wrong.
Wheels, you can usually snag a good chunk of change back
on reselling but tires not even remotely a tiny little bit.
Suspension, real tough because there's so many
different Fitment options but not many people
actually buy used suspension.
Now, I know people do, so don't get mad at me
for saying that but removing $1000 for you to keep
the wheels and tires because you're gonna go put
those wheels up for $1200 and then it actually
just turns out that you negotiate a sale at $750
because you've hung onto them for four weeks,
it doesn't actually, it doesn't actually put you ahead.
It's complicated formula in terms of monetary value.
It just doesn't work out in your favor.
You're just gonna have to trust us on this one.
You're better off trying to build in those mods
as much as possible and not remove stuff
unless the base platform of the car
isn't worth too much but the modifications are.
Which goes into another rookie mistake.
Don't be a, hold on, hold one, hello?
Yeah, yeah, I still got the car.
Yeah, you're lookin' for it today?
Today, yeah, cash?
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I can definitely meet with you.
He's lookin' for cash.
Just stop it, don't fake pressure.
If people want your car,
they'll see that when they check it out.
You don't need to be the guy on the phone
doin' the fake phone sale thing.
It's painful for you.
It's painful for me.
It's painful for everybody involved.
It just doesn't look good.
And this is where its get tricky
because when you've owned a highly modified car
for five years, you get accustomed to some of the quirks.
We'll call them features of the car that you're selling.
After all, you've dealt with it for five years,
the random new owner should definitely know
that you have to tap the plastic driver's door piece
three times to start up the whole window
to go to roll down, right?
When selling your car, first off, they don't know that.
Second off, I know that because we've all owned cars
that are like that.
Sometimes we just accept 'em for who they are.
They're a beautiful ugly mess.
But when selling your car, you're gonna wanna
be absolutely honest with it.
That's going to include you being a little mean
to your baby in the description link
that is going to attached to your for sale ad.
It's going to be okay, I promise.
You're better off being honest and listing the quirks
because then when you actually inevitably get
that text three days after selling it
and someone is mad that the window doesn't work
because they didn't tap the interior drivers piece
three times when the car was on,
you can say, "Hey bud, look at the ad.
"I said that already."
Be sure your ad outlines absolutely everything.
You'd be surprised at what you're used to
after owning a car for so long.
Especially when you've built the car yourself.
Those quirks can go into everything from the switches
to the turn signals not working
to your headlights having to turn on and off.
I know all of y'all, we do the HID sometimes
and the HIDs don't always turn on
when you turn on the headlights.
Those are things that you're gonna wanna let people know
otherwise you just don't have
an overall great experience selling the car
because it's, it's just annoying to deal with.
Another rookie mistake is saying
it's rust free when it's not.
Rust free means if you could guess, free of rust.
Not mostly free of rust, not 98% rust free,
not kills 99% of rust free.
Rust free means rust free.
Free of it!
Too many times has the rust free statement been overused.
It's abused, abolished is what it should be
because when you crawl underneath a rust free California car
only to find that salt water rusted the entire subframe
and the car was just repainted.
Also, just remember emotional attachment to a vehicle
doesn't make it worth more.
I know, I'm sorry, it's just a thing that doesn't work.
Also, Facebook marketplace is gonna be a dangerous place
so be warned if you plan on trying to sell a car
on anything above Kelly Blue Book
or NAD on Facebook Marketplace.
It is a war zone.
It is a free for all and there is no white flag
as to determining what's gonna happen.
So, what is the biggest rookie mistake you've made
when selling your car?
Drop a comment link below.
And of course guys don't forget
if you're looking for wheels, tires, suspension,
fitmentindustries.com.
Maybe you're lookin' to beef up your resale value
before you sell your car.
You can put some wheels on it 'cause that always helps,
some tires, some suspension.
It's 100% investment.
Definitely not biased.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
We will see you guys later, peace.
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