These parts worth the premium?

What are you looking for in a car? My thoughts are that this car has been tampered with, thus more issues down the road. Do you know who or when the work was done?

I personally would not trust a car touched by anyone other than myself or a few trusted mechanics. I have had friends purchase modified vehicles and unfortunately it has ended very very badly.

If you want volume, mod it yourself, start with a valve controller and move up. Carbon airbox won’t add much power, mostly aesthetics. Novitec tunes are great, but again, would you trust a vehicle modified by someone else? Wouldn’t the fact that it’s modified hint that perhaps it’s been driven harder than most? Lastly, no seller should expect to recoup the money he put into mods. It’s a rule I’ve learned the hard way when selling four wheelers I had dumped endekess amounts of time and money into.

If a close friend came to me and asked me, I would say to go for the unmodified car and save the extra money. I’d ask him to see how he liked the car stock and then do the mods he feel are important to him. I personally have left my car alone aside from a exhaust controller. It’s m perfect in every way and I’m glad nobody modified it.

Hope this helps.

 

Supply and demand...IMO, A seller should not expect a 20k premium for mods but if there is that rare buyer that is specifically looking to add novitec to their car, they might just get it. For the normal buyer, they are looking for stock and may just "tolerate" someone else's mods. If that dude wants to recoup his $$$ he should sell the mods and return his car to stock or else he will never get the ROI he is looking for. Mods are worth more off the car than on, and are just a selling point at best. My car came with several mods, which I sold and put that $$ back into maintenance and repairs.

 

Unless these mods are exactly what you are looking for, take a pass and save the 20K.

 

It appears the "Novitec Power-Optimized Exhaust system" is just a rear muffler section. While it will make the car sound better, it doesn't do a ton for power. The best exhaust setup in my opinion is headers, high flow cats, and stock rear muffler section. While Novitec does make quality product, there is a price premium attached to the name; a product that gives you the same benefits can be had for less, and like other posters commented... modifications almost never (if ever) add value to the asking price of cars (unless it's a private party sale looking for that specific car with those EXACT products).

 

Pass.

You'll never get the money back on Novitec mods. For that matter.. if you break even on a modded car consider yourself lucky.

 

i wldnt spend exta money to get the novitec stuff unless you really like novitec, which i personally do...also if someone spent the money for the novitec i wldnt think the car has been mismanaged. The exhaust probably sounds amazing and the airbox is a nice touch - i ordered my 07 with the CF airbox. The suspension isnt a bad thing either.

only piece i dont have experience with is the ECU on a 430 - anyone know if they do much? if they do, id say its a car to consider but not for a 20 percent premium

 

if that's the case negotiate the right price. novitec is top shelf. no one modifies a car with novitec unless they really care, even if they have the money to burn. i wld add headers and hi flow cats. on my 430 i went capristo for those parts. if i ever do the mufflers it wld probably be the novitec. i have a full novi on my FF and its divine.

 

I have some Novitec parts on my 360 and F430. My F430 actually has the full Novitec/KW suspension and it's a night and day difference from stock and exactly what I was looking for. My 360 has some of their carbon parts and the quality is really exceptional. It's clear that Novitec does a lot to deserve their name.

I can't talk about values because nothing occurs in a vacuum. In other words, I'm sure that the only difference between the two cars in your comparison is solely that one has the Novitec parts and one doesn't. Condition, care, history, type of owners, mileage etc. all are major factors and they're not even mentioned. Those things alone could easily be a $20k difference with no Novitec (or Ferrari Challenge parts, etc.) entered into the equation.