Help valuing a 07 GXP with hail damage w/pics

[Kejross]

I never updated it but I had a post about buying this car in the member rides section. It was beat to crap with hail and had front glass back glass and moon roof busted out, both mirrors broken and both tail lights and the hood was missing and interior was completely torn out minus the dash and carpet. Anyways after having it over a year I got it put back together and on the road finally(after I sold my GTP earlier this year) I've had fun driving it for the past few months but I got a GTO last weekend and got to thinking about selling the GXP. Needless to say the GXP doesn't get great mpg's and I really don't need 2 LSx cars so I was wanting to maybe sell it. Which leads me to this, I have no idea how to value the thing with the body damage or if it would be worth it for me to go ahead and get it all repaired before I sold it(if I decide to) That's where you guys come in....


Details:
Less than 48k miles
runs and drives perfect aside from radio needing "calibration"
Has every option except for the nav.
Guy didn't have insurance so he never made a claim so the title is clean and clear
I got a stud welder and pulled the dents out enough to be filled in, replaced glass, trunk, tails, hood, mirrors, any missing interior pieces.



Day I got it:

Pulling dents:

Inside before:

Current condition:

KBB for my zip:

 

[blackspike2710]

Assuming the interior is complete, the car is repainted, and there are absolutely no other issues, I'd say anywhere from $8k-12k.

 

[Kejross]

Assuming the interior is complete, the car is repainted, and there are absolutely no other issues, I'd say anywhere from $8k-12k.

So you think spending the cash on paint would be worth it? I was really wanting values for its current condition. Interior is complete...

 

[blackspike2710]

From the customer point of view, it still has hail damage until it is repainted. I wouldn't pay more than $6k for it in the present condition.

 

[Kejross]

From the customer point of view, it still has hail damage until it is repainted. I wouldn't pay more than $6k for it in the present condition.

I think in anyone's point of view, even mine it still has hail damage... I though that was a given lol. $6k is still more than I have into it, but if that's all its gonna sell for I'd probably just keep it. Anyone else have a "bid"???

 

[NegativeOne13]

I have half a pack of Orbit peppermint gum and half a thing on Grizzly wintergreen... I think that is a pretty even trade.

















On the straight train.... I wouldn't say it's worth more than 6k until it's done. If it has a clear title, fix that beast up. Sell it for around 11k prolly. Not very many people want to buy a GP that needs work when you can just go down to the next block and buy one that is ready.

 

[NegativeOne13]

And damn do those look like my headlights.

 

[Scottydoggs]

didn't another member here pick this car up as a fixer up'er last year? and it had a salvage title i think.

 

[Slick2500]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing scotty. I swore I saw that car before.

 

[Scottydoggs]

if its the same car, he did a sh1t load of work to it, as i recall it being pretty damn bad. it don't look half as bad as i remember it.

 

[Kejross]

On the straight train.... I wouldn't say it's worth more than 6k until it's done. If it has a clear title, fix that beast up. Sell it for around 11k prolly. Not very many people want to buy a GP that needs work when you can just go down to the next block and buy one that is ready.

Yeah, I figured that would be the vote... I may, I'm still debating if I wanna get rid of it or not. I'll probably start some more body work once I get my shop built here in the next month or so then figure it out after that. And it's not quite a down the block car, more of an across town or the next city over car compared to the standard GP. Plus that "ready" GXP is gonna cost several thousands more so it's not really apples to apples there...

And damn do those look like my headlights.

I am gonna attempt to remove that tint, then try to buff them out back to stock. I live out in the sticks now and the brights look like low beams on these dark roads. I found it odd the guy tinted the headlights, but the tails were stock(minus the giant hail holes in them lol)

didn't another member here pick this car up as a fixer up'er last year? and it had a salvage title i think.

That was me... I did have trouble with the title and ended up getting it even cheaper because of that and I had to wait several months before I got the title work done, which deterred me from finishing it til I sold my GTP and had nothing else to tinker with. It's perfectly clean and clear now though... Guy had about $10k into it and still owed $15k when I got it. If he had insurance it woulda been a simple deductible and she woulda been all repaired, but instead I got it and have under $4k into the whole thing so far and he lost out and still owes the bank that $15k.

if its the same car, he did a sh1t load of work to it, as i recall it being pretty damn bad. it don't look half as bad as i remember it.

I did do a ****load of work, mostly tracking down the deals and little clips and stuff. All in all there's not more than a few days of actual work with mostly me alone done so far. After I got rolling, I couldn't figure out why I had put it off for so long. The actual body work is another story... That will take me some time!

 

[crazybrownklick]

I would keep it. Where y'all find all these cars low millage for cheap?

 

[Kejross]

I would keep it. Where y'all find all these cars low millage for cheap?

I got this one off my local craigslist, think he was asking 5 or 6 thousand and I showed up with cash and worked my magic...lol

If your looking for damaged cars new or older for projects or parts, copart is a good insurance auction webpage, along with erepairables(they charge more of a brokerage fee)

 

[crazybrownklick]

I got this one off my local craigslist, think he was asking 5 or 6 thousand and I showed up with cash and worked my magic...lol

If your looking for damaged cars new or older for projects or parts, copart is a good insurance auction webpage, along with erepairables(they charge more of a brokerage fee)

Don't you have to have a membership and a license to buy salvage cars,? And after the bidding auction you go to a live action?

 

[Kejross]

Don't you have to have a membership and a license to buy salvage cars,? And after the bidding auction you go to a live action?

Nope, that's why they charge you a brokerage fee... And you can just sign up with copart and once you sign up you can go the yard, check in, and go look over the car. I've bought a car through erepairables before, its a pretty easy process really. Was my wife's 2009 HHR LT with just a touch over 60k miles, they were $10-12K for similar options/miles on a lot. I got it for around $4k with not nearly as bad hail damage as this GP, and had to spend a whopping $20 for a mirror glass to get it "rebuilt" and back road legal. Then it needed front brake pads shortly after purchase and has been going strong for 8k miles now. She is not very good about taking care of cars and with all the dirt that's on it you can hardly tell it has hail damage, I have absolutely no intentions of ever touching the body on it. I've never financed a car in my life and don't intend to so I gotta get as good a deal as I can. I've probably had over 20 cars go through my hands(I'm 26) and out of those, there has only been 2 that I've bought running and driving with no major issues. Coincidentally I've never lost a dime(usually a good chunk of profit) on any of them except for 1 of those 2 and the other is my GTO which ain't going anywhere.

 

[crazybrownklick]

That's some good info thanks man. I always thought what dealers would tell me, now that I know I might do a account. For the account they charge right?

 

[Kejross]

That's some good info thanks man. I always thought what dealers would tell me, now that I know I might do a account. For the account they charge right?

Account is free, you have to put a hold on some cash in your bank account to be able to bid but they never take it out even if you win cause you either wire the money or cashiers check it to them. I think it's like 10% or something of the max you wanna be able to bid. Then you bid up to your max and then the online part ends (that hhr ended online at like $3300) but then the day of the live auction someone will bid up to your maximum on your behalf. That's why they charger the brokerage fee cause they have the dealer license or whatever most auctions require and they use it to bid for you. But copart as far as I know anyone can sign up and bid online or in person and go check them out at the yard before the auction. I'm no expert and that's just from my small experience with it so read up on it all before you start to bidding.

 

[crazybrownklick]

So on the live auction the price could raise more?

 

[NegativeOne13]

Yeah, I figured that would be the vote... I may, I'm still debating if I wanna get rid of it or not. I'll probably start some more body work once I get my shop built here in the next month or so then figure it out after that. And it's not quite a down the block car, more of an across town or the next city over car compared to the standard GP. Plus that "ready" GXP is gonna cost several thousands more so it's not really apples to apples there...

You know what I was getting at. I know what you are getting at. Finding a GXP w/ less than 50k isn't something you see often.

 

[Kejross]

So on the live auction the price could raise more?

Yes, so think long and hard and just bid the max your willing to pay and see what happens...

You know what I was getting at. I know what you are getting at. Finding a GXP w/ less than 50k isn't something you see often.

I know And it wouldn't be such low miles if that guy hadn't let it sit nearly a year and then me letting it sit a year on the side of my house. Her lifters were a little gummed up from sitting so long, I got misfire codes on a couple of the DOD cylinders when I first started running it after so long. I ran a few bottles of detergent in the oil a couple hundred miles which got rid of them. I thought I was gonna have to pull the heads to replace the damned lifters, I was relieved it was so simple to fix.