i can tell u this from first hand experience, what you have into a car means absolutely nothing when it comes to selling it. if you have basic work done you are not going to get more then a couple hundred over what they go for stock. a new paint job doesn’t put your car above the good or excellent condition. i had stupid amounts of money into my mr2 (i don’t feel the need to put down a figure but i do know how much), and i traded it for a 93 rx7 that was purchased earlier that year for $15,000, after trying to sell it for 10-13k. i’m not saying any of this to insult you, just put a little better perspective on it before you go getting mad at people if you are asking a lot over the book value of a car with minimal mods, which i didn’t really read, just skimmed the thread and that’s what i pretty much got out of it. and this is advice to anyone, not just you. that’s why i hope to never have to sell the rx7, because i don’t want to have to take the hit again, but in 7 years i might get bored and sell it like the mr2.