Which way is better to sell a D4?

When I sold my D4 it had Rhino bars on the roof, ARB bar, rwc, long range tank, yellow top dual battery, etc. Based on the price I got vs similar cars on the market without accessories, I think I got nothing for them. I suspect some potential purchasers may have been put off by the extras, but who knows. Either way, I got a rubbish price for a very good car. I sold the cargo barrier separately and regret not taking off the light bar and dual battery system. I also took out the uhf radio and have reused it in my D5.
The whole experience led me to believe that the resale price of Discoveries is pretty poor, with or without accessories.
Tony

I 100% agree with that statement I copped so much flak for buying one, and people just don't know what they're capable of, or that 9 out of 10 people probably don't have any issues at all, they run scared of the complexities but don't understand that all cars are covered in modules these days. The dealers don't help, I had a mate go to buy a hse in the north west, asked them to guarantee they wouldn't tow truck it to Perth it something went wrong, they said no, he drives a LC now.
The other problem is the automotive industry moved forward very quickly, meanwhile training in that industry went backwards, leaving no one to comfortably support the product. Not to mention the incorrect idea that parts are expensive.
Rant over, back to subject, I've got a mate who is interested in buying one in a year when he does the lap with his family, I know he'd rather have a bull bar and dual battery then not, so while it might not add value to the sale, it might make the sale happen allot sooner, which depending on your circumstances may be great or of no consequence at all. With the amount of depreciation suffered, I'd persuade the "boss"

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Originally Posted by twr7cx

Personally I’d be very put off by a vehicle with plugs covering holes from previous modifications. For the same price I’d definitely find one without that.
Would much rather the additional accessory was still there. The fact it’s missing makes me wonder why - is the owner trying to pretend the vehicle never did any work meanwhile the evidence of it (such as a trailer brake controller) having been there indicates otherwise.

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I agree with the above - I went over my prospective purchase (as an over-researched buyer) carefully and signs of previous mods would have taken money off the table vs unmodified.

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Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Not necessarily. Mine is fully kitted out but is babied along, whether that be in the city or in the bush. With regular servicing and updating, I venture to say it is better maintained and serviced than any dealer serviced car. And probably in the top percentage of Landrovers being properly driven.
By all means avoid a kitted out car from a boy racer or anyone who has ever driven like they do in typical 4WD ads!
But a car that has been prepared by an experienced Landrover owner will almost certainly be a good buy.
In any event, a little time spent just looking underneath the car will tell you everything you need to know about how it was driven.

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I agree with you, but when you are looking at a list of 50 cars from strangers you don’t know the level of care you in particular took. You just rule out any that present a risk

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Originally Posted by Lukeis

I agree with you, but when you are looking at a list of 50 cars from strangers you don’t know the level of care you in particular took. You just rule out any that present a risk

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Yes, I take your point. Most people will be looking for a second hand car that presents as close as possible to a new showroom car. And if you have an intention to sell your car within a few years of new, then it makes sense to keep it original. But we all know and must accept that as soon as we personalise our cars we are limiting their future desirability. Or at least narrowing the saleability to those who plan on making similar changes to the car.
I guess the general consensus of advice to the OP is to either market the car as is with all mods positioned as being well thought out, engineered and desirable OR to restore the car to standard specs if it can be done without leaving any traces of the mods.
It's the OP's choice and I'd have no argument either way.

Sounds like I did it all wrong. Was looking for a D3 for primarily off-road. Started looking for a low km city vehicle. Looking at around mid $30k at the time.

Then included off-road mods and the figure got a bit above what I wanted to spend.

Ended up getting a 2008. 170,000kms with winch, 17" rims, bullbar, traxide dual battery, Safari snorkel, aux fuel tank and RWC. Had been used off-road and towed a caravan. Price $26k. Off-road accessories about $10k.

For a lower km city vehicle plus $10k for accessories looking mid $40ks. Close to $20k difference.

That will get me a transmission rebuild and a long way towards an exchange engine.

Been a great vehicle so far. Need a new torque converter soon but is something I had expected.

In my case the accessories went a long in my purchase decisions.

I’ll just bloody well keep it then. Too much invested in well thought out mods and too few babied on-road kms to give it away to a bottom-feeder who doesn’t know what they’re buying.

You don't get back the value of accessories so the choices are to either remove them or to leave them on and cop the loss.

If anyone is looking to sell a kitted D4 then flick me a PM. I've just messaged drowell about his and may be in the market (km, price, condition depending).

I'd sell it as is - there will always be a buyer for something that's ready to go. For me personally I like to buy a vehicle that's as clean/neat as possible if buying in stock condition. But I do like to go offroad and if is fully kitted out then I don't mind dropping my expectations on the condition - If a vehicle has most/all of the accessories I would put on then I can save a heap of $$ having to shell out myself to put it onto a clean slate.