Restoration value and resale

[Hanuman]

If I am restoring a vehicle I bought in the junkyard, for it to have highest resale value, do i need to use 1) factory paint color and 2)factory/brand rims and 3)brand seat/steering wheel? Or can I just make it look cool and is value solely based on quality of parts and performance?


Do you guys tend to sell your cars? I just restored my first Porsche RS America and went from 150k to like 360k....it made so much money. But I kind of liked being able to look at it and drive it so maybe I'll restore one for myself to use.

Thanks

[astrofelix59]

Paint will add about 600 of the 1000 you spent to value of car, if you drive or leave car for a while, dust build up removes paints added value (600), a wash brings it back, always wash before selling. If you repaint car several times, you will be spend 1000 each time with no return.
Sum of value of added parts. No bonus for original parts.

I've always been about collecting, sell as few as possible, 800 slots to fill. That's why I try to save money where ever I can. Make extra cash with exotic mod panels and excess inventory.
Current game has around 250 in the shed, 40ish are track ready so far, the rest only built to a flip or fix minimum standard (a 4-5x return on investment if/when sold).
Not the best driving game in the world but I have fun on the tracks regardless. Keeping the cars closer to a realistic tuning and speeds, the physics is quite nuanced, run different cars with same engine, wheel base starts to make a difference for track times. Favourite cars get multiple versions made, set up and tuned to suit each track. Lots of tests and tweaks with gearboxes and tuning.

[astrofelix59]

BTW, mileage is the only real variable in base value, lower mileage will be worth more, not much and petty much negated as the junker will be a bit more expensive to begin with. Only quantifiable comparing 2 completely stripped shells, however each shell's true value is an aggregate of the parts it came with, not going to see much until you have hi-lo edge cases to compare.
Driving will lower value but you have to do some serious mileage to notice the difference.
Even a tight wad like me doesn't care about these kind of numbers (though tested to be sure)