I'm planning to sell our car soon and whereas it has a high mileage it is technically still ok but certainly not a beauty. Lots of scars and dents all over the place and also inside some work needs to be done.

 

It's a 2007 Honda Civic 2 liter, full option.

 

Can someone advise me where to go in Pattaya for:

 

• full pain tjob, dent job for the entire car. There is pretty much no part that has no scratch. How much would that reasonably cost?
• Driver seat is very worn out and should be replaced
• The arm rest in the middle is totally worn out
• The "leather" imitate on the driver door has suffered

 

The big question is....if I sell the car as it is I get X Baht. If I add the repairs would that make X + repairs + an easier sell / some extra money or just sell as it is?

 

 

Sell it as it is ,1 million baht then negotiate downwards.

great advice. Thanks.

23 minutes ago, raro said:

great advice. Thanks.

Look at one2car.com and civic for an idea

 

As it's high mileage and really wants re-trimmimg as well as a total paint job it will not be worth a lot.

 

You must be looking at least 30K for a paint job and trimming 10K +

 

If, as you describe it's pretty tatty ...200K would be more like it I think.

 

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Edited February 15, 20179 yr by JAS21

just exploring it. Yes, the bottom end for 2007 Civics seems to be 250,000 - this is the 2.0 l model after all!

 

so yes, 40 to 50k investment is maybe a bit too much for the old lady.

48 minutes ago, raro said:

just exploring it. Yes, the bottom end for 2007 Civics seems to be 250,000 - this is the 2.0 l model after all!

 

so yes, 40 to 50k investment is maybe a bit too much for the old lady.

I don't think it's worth to do a respray/trim job, unless you were planning on keeping it for 5 more years. You wouldn't get the money back on resale. I also have a 2.0 but ES model. It's in pretty good condition and cannot sell for even 230K I think. The 1.7 and 2.0 are close in value at this age. Look at the cars on one2car.com. I wonder how long they have sat on the lot. 

 

When i sold my old city to a tent they didn't even look inside it; thy just quoted what they would give for it. Private buyers may be a bit more fussy. Just drop the price more to sell it faster. 

Some on here have said they got a respray for 8,000-10,000 baht ! reupholster the seat + some interior for 2,000 more

wind 100,000KM off the clock  sell for top money. ? 

Edited February 15, 20179 yr by johng

Maybe with spray cans. Add some masking tape and make it the Eddie van Halen model...

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i had a price to recover one x 3 seater seat = 3000 baht, maybe 2nd hand interior fittings as required, i would hawk it around the tents and see what they offer, i had a quote of around 20- 25,000 for a 2006 honda city with a few other peoples bumps.....