1jzdrftr

i have a 1990 GTUs runs great. does anyone know what these go for? i need to sell it asap

heres what it looks like: www.youtube.com/1jzdrftr

solareon

iTrader: (1)

Not trying to rain on your parade but here are some tips

WASH THE CAR BEFORE YOU TAKE A VIDEO OF IT!!!!!

It's an S5 NA. Which while nice there is still a bunch of them around and people want Turbo FCs. What happened to the radio and speakers? Replacing that can easily cost 300-400 bucks if not more. The car also looks like it has been repainted and the paint on the doors sucks. Also try not to rev a cold engine please.

Problems I could tell from the video
Paint looks questionable
Missing stereo and speakers
Oil pressure gauge is pegged (sensor unplugged or the condenser is unplugged/missing)
You didn't let us hear it fully warmed up. High revs can mask idle problems such as vacuum leaks.

Questions
How many miles are on the motor/chassis?
Do the mousebelts still work correctly?
Is the interior blue or black? I think it's blue but the camera may be distorting that.
How much tread is on the tires?
When was the clutch last replaced?


If it is a black interior with the working mousebelts and lowish miles (120k or less on chassis) you might be able to get 2500 for it. Higher miles (especially if it's the original motor) are going to drop the price substantially. While the motor maybe running good now it could die at anytime once the miles are piled on

If it is a blue interior then you are looking at 2k or less. The sketchy repaint (white engine bay and black exterior) drops the value down a bit.

Please wash the car and take some still photos. Also maybe get a compression test done to get a better idea of how much life the engine still has in it.

1jzdrftr

Ya honestly I just bought the car and I don know too much about it. I was planning on doing a 1j but some things came up thatare more important right now. The odometer says I think 180k but the guy said it was rebuilt about 8 months ago. I'm not sure about the oil pressure guague. Honestly I diddnt even pay attention to that when I was buying it considering I wasn't even gonna use the motor. I have better pics on my myspace when it was clean(er) the stereo wasn't even in it I diddnt care about that because it was planned to be a Track only car. Interior is blue. Does not have any problem starting up. No funky noises. It feels strong. I never asked about when the clutch was replaced or anything else motor train wise. All I know is it's a straight body. A little scrape on the driver fender and obviously it was white before.

Here's the myspace www.myspace.come/aceman69411

Spirit-RE

iTrader: (25)

Should take the differential out and sell it to me before you sell the car

wozzoom

Wow. there are so many things WRONG with this car that I really have to question if it's a real GTUs.

Rims are 15" GXL rims from an S4
Front Bumper cover is an S4.
Seats are from an S4
Shift **** is S4, is the tranny S4?

Sorry to say, but nothing in the video shows that this car is anything more than a base model S5 GTU. You should show the door sticker showing the stock tire size.

As for value? The paint is a 3 out of 10, there is body damage, the interior is a mess. In the current condition, that car isn't worth much more than $800-900. Part it out.

FelixIsGod29X

iTrader: (50)

I see the car used to be white because the door jams and engine bay are white. WOZZOOM you say its only worth 800-900 id have to disagree. I doubt its a real GTUs but it has a few goodies. Its worth 1500 tops to me. Part it out? Why??????? Hopefully it isnt rotted but the car is worth repairing.

wozzoom

Just because a car has "goodies" installed does not mean that the value of the car is the total of all the installed parts. Ask anyone who has installed $10K in turbo parts on a car, to find out afterwards that the car is only worth $4000.

Car value is subjective to overall condition and presentation of the vehicle. This particular car is in rough shape with the body damage and lots of missing/mismatched parts. It's a project car that would require a lot of work and money to save it.

Of course the TRUE value of any car is what someone is willing to pay for it.

rotary#10

iTrader: (38)

mmm could this be an s5 engine swaped into a s4 body? its kinnda hard to tell. What your vin #. that will tell us whats the car has or is.

daviddeep

iTrader: (4)

That's always the bottom line on any car.

That said, I'd guess this car is worth $1500-2000 depending on mileage and whether or not it's a real 1990 GTUs or not. Obviously even if it is, a lot of good stuff is missing: it has the wrong seats (those are from a GXL), wrong front bumper cover, missing 16" GTUs wheels, missing AM/FM radio (non-cassette, I believe only found on the GTUs), etc. One seriously hopes the 4.3 LSD is still there. Looks like it does have a Racing Beat exhaust.

I would bet this car was made up from an S5 car and an '88 GXL parts car that donated the seats, transmission, shift ****, wheels and front bumper. Contrary to what was said above, I don't think a blue interior is enough to knock $500 of the value of the car. Some people hate the S4 red interior that much, but not the blue.

A photo of the firewall VIN stamping and the label in the door jamb should help us resolve this mystery.

JunpoweR

iTrader: (1)

It's a GTUs and just not in original condition and parted together with non gtus parts.
It's worth about $2000 give or take 500.
Needs original everything to be worth around 4grand