Modifying Cars, yay or nay?

[battered]

Fancy wheels are more likely to be stolen than boring ones, hence the need to inform. See also fancy stereo, leather seats, etc. Less frequently stolen these days than in the past, but still a risk to the insurer.

[xjay1337]

You don't really modify a car to gain money - it's almost NEVER a wise decision.

However if you want to personalise / modify your car then do so.... If you are at all worried about resale just keep the original parts and return to standard prior to sale.. easy...

[RDMcG]

xjay1337 said:

You don't really modify a car to gain money - it's almost NEVER a wise decision.

However if you want to personalise / modify your car then do so.... If you are at all worried about resale just keep the original parts and return to standard prior to sale.. easy...

Precisely. Of course, its your car and you are perfectly entitled to do anything you wish. My own strategy is to but the bast spec car that meets my own requirement and leave absolutely original. My only exception is that over time i occasionally experiment with different tires

[silentbrown]

You'd certainly need to tell your insurance company about change of wheels

I don't know enough about airbag coding to know if changing a steering wheel is sensible or not.

[battered]

RDMcG said:

Precisely. Of course, its your car and you are perfectly entitled to do anything you wish. My own strategy is to but the bast spec car that meets my own requirement and leave absolutely original.

My own strategy is to buy the cheapest POS that will do the job, then carry out nothing other than safety or longevity improving repairs until it dies. The current shed has done almost 40k miles in a little less than 3 years of this. It's become a better car than it was when I bought it, go figure. All I have done is service it, fix the MoT points and patch up the odd bit of rusty metal. It's liberating. I must however return to my previous habits of buying halfway decent cars. It's just the value that you get from sheds is outstanding. The current one is <20p a mile covered, all served, if it dies tomorrow.