t1blackout

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I'm trying to figure out how much my car is worth. It is a heavily modified 2006 Corvette Z06. It has 145,000 miles on the original body, but most of the major components have been replaced within the last 1,000 miles including the engine block, fuel system, supercharger system, carbon drive shaft/torque tubes, clutch, stereo, rims, etc... It also comes with the original rims and a set of M/T's.

I'm not sure at all how much it is worth but I'm curious to hear offers on it.












Modifications (less than 1,000 miles on new setup):

Body:
Carbon Creations Carbon Fiber Hood
Carbon Wrapped side mirrors
Carbon Creations Carbon Fiber body kit (front lip, side skirts)
Carbon Creations Carbon Fiber Spoiler
ZR1 Black Chrome rims 19/20 (comes with Sport Cup 2 run-flats)
Stock Z06 Polished Aluminum Rims (front Nitto, back Mickey Thompson ET Street with 90% tread)
Updated Z06 Supercharged badges
Smoked Tail-light covers
Carbon Fiber Flag Decal Emblems

Interior:
RPM Roll Bar
Corbeau Leather A4 Seats w/ Lumbar, heated
Corbeau C6 Seat Tracks
Corbeau Cam Lock Harness
Autometer Boost Gauge
Autometer Wideband Air/Fuel guage
Autometer A-Pillar Gauge Pod
Custom Chrome/Stainless Fuel Rail covers, alternator covers, red LED lighting
Fire extinguisher
Meth control switch

Stereo:
VIP Customs, custom stereo system
Pioneer AVIC-8000NEX Stereo with hard drive, GPS, DVD, etc.
PAC GM Radio Replacement with On-star, Bose and Navigation outputs for corvette
1/0 gauge amplifier kit
Illusion Audio Ultra-slim 12” subwoofer Carbon Series
Illusion Audio Carbon Series 6.5” component set (front)
Stinger speaker wire upgrade from amp to front
Illusion Audio Carbon Series 5.25” coaxial Speaker (rear)
Mosconi 4-channel Amp, 4x100w, audiophile grade (highs)
Stinger PRO Series 17ft RCA (front/rear/sub)
Custom sub box enclosure, amp rack, etc.
Backup Camera
Roadkill Sound Dampening

Performance:
Street Trail and Track custom build
Fully balanced and blueprinted engine
Polished stock crankshaft
Titanium connecting rods reconditioned
CC and milled stock heads
Heads rebuilt, multi-angle valve job w/ throat clean up
RHS-54905 RHS Aluminum block 4.100” bore std deck
JEP-311917-8-J and E 4.1275 dish pistons
JG31F8-4125-2 – J and E rings
ARP-234-6302 – ARP Rod Bolts
CLE-CB663HNK – Clevite coated rod bearings
CLE-MS2199HXK – Clevite Coated main bearings
CCA_5407 – RHS LS7 Timing Cover
Comp/RHS LS7 Timing Set
Custom Cam .635/.635 lift, 236/245 duration @ .050, 114 LSA
CCA-8408-16 – Comp Hi-Tech Pushrods, 5/16”, 7.550”
Comp LS7 Hydraulic Roller Lifters
CCA-13702-KIT – Rocker Trunion Upgrade
CCA-4282-16 – Comp Valve Spring Seats
CCA-511-16 – Comp Valve Seal
CCA-1717-16 – Comp Tool Steel Spring Retainers
TFS-30694160-045 – Head Gaskets
ARP-234-4317 – ARP Head Studs
12623097 – GM LS7 Oil Pump
Monster LT1-S Clutch with New Slave Cylinder Throw Out Bearing
Lightened Billet Steel Flywheel (18lb) from Monster
Monster Remote Speed Bleeder
Monster Billet Release Bearing Support
Drive Shaft Shop – Carbon Fiber Drive Shaft
LS7/Dry Sump Innovators West, Corvetter 8 rib balancer – 10% overdrive
Complete Direct Drive kit
Paxton 8 rib 3.47” supercharger pulley
Paxton Novi 2200 HD Supercharger System
ECS Stage 1 Fuel System
FIC Bosch 850cc High Impedance LS7 Drop in Injectors
Harmonic Balancer Pinning Kit
Hawk Slotted Front Rotors
Hawk Street/Race Front Pads (track)
Hawk HPS front pads (street use)
Hawk Slotted Rear Rotors
Hawk HPS Rear Pads
Russel Stainless Steel Flex Lines
Kooks Longtube Headers
Off-road Y-pipe
2x DMH Performance low-profile electric cutouts

Firebrian

All that engine work and nothing done to the 145K mile trans, suspension or rear end?

Despite that work, 1/2 to 2/3 of the original components are still in that car.

Value of $18K-$20K? The mileage is still a killer imo. You can buy 25K mile 2002-2003 Z06's for $20K-$25K. Mileage is king.

99 Black Bird T/A

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I very much like your Z06. The Z06 build reminds me of my fully restored LS swapped 91 RS Camaro that has ~ 400,000 showing on the odometer. Many folks wrongly judge modified cars based on the odometer instead of the actual condition of the car. If the car is a forever car like my RS then market value is irrelevant because I'm happy with my RS.

The issue comes when a loving car owner wants to sell their "baby" - is very rare to find a buyer that will value the car as the owner did. If the car is mod'd its more difficult. The challenge multiples with high miles. Worst of all the typical Corvette buyer is all about low miles in most cases. The list of potential buys is very small. To entice someone the price must be aggressively agreeable.

So I apologize in advance if I come off as another online low balling, know it all jackass - that's not my intention but sometimes my word choice is - suboptimal. I once told another Corvette owner face to face who wanted $50,000 for his 1975 L48 automatic base model Corvette that needed a full restoration, his car wasn't worth 5,000 because it had sat undriven for 20 years. He got upset. He thought his set of 35 year old original tires on 75 Vette were valuable.

Pricing and value for the masses for sale in six months or so..

I would value a nice C6 Z06 at about $32,000 with excellent mechanical, cosmetic condition and medium miles. With 145,000 miles on the transmission, differential and suspension I would deduct $10,000 as repairs or more upgrades will be need to drive the car hard in the near future.

Mod dollars only add a small fraction back to the cars value.
Mod's scare a lot of buyers . It may be passing emissions or maintenance or reliability or a desire for a stock car as a starting platform. Back in emissions unfriendly North Carolina I've seen a set of long tube headers cut $2,500 off the sale price of a C5 convertible compared to stock C5 convertibles that were otherwise identical. That car sat a very long time on the dealers lot.

For the mod's listed for the Z06, I would add back $7000 - definitely good stuff and value the car at about $29,000 to sale within six months to the typical potential buyer. Wintertime could easily trim $3,000 off of that depending on local or wintertime could be irrelevant. I think in th spring or summer $31,000 to $32,000 be obtainable as sale price.

I'm sorry these numbers seem harsh and aren't pleasing to consider. There are so many new or newer hit muscle and sport cars now it's very hard on the market for older performance cars. I have 99 TA with 168,000 miles that's like new mechanically and understand the frustration that would go with selling such a car. New 416 with new everything, new Magnum T56, new accessories, new Racetronix fuel pump, and new 8.8 rear end and so on - would be shocked if anyone would pay $15,000 for the car. It would probably be more like $9,500 offers with a lot of folks saying that car has 168,000 miles on it!

If you sell I hope you find a good buyer would will value the car highly. Otherwise, I hope keeping and enjoying the car could be an option.

BTW - I bought a 02 Z28 last year with 239,000 miles on the original everything. I know mileage doesn't matter with older cars - only condition matters & being happy with the car matters. Most are going to try to beat up on the Z06 due to miles.

I would offer to buy for the Z06 for $45,000 if I had a spare $45,000 on hand - sweet car!

Bandits96ss

I could go into a lot of explanation like the others but based on market price for what I see C6 Z06 going for and accounting for the ups/downs of this vehicle I would say that somewhere mid 20s would be a good starting place (i.e. $25-26K) and adjust accordingly based on interest.

Kingc8r

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Probably best to part out/swap to stock parts to make some of the money back and then sell your car close to stock to recoup the rest of your money. I agree with 99 Black Bird's reasoning/opinion.

AndyTA

Your whole post was very well said. And I agree.

I had to quote this part of your post because of how eerily similar it is to mine.
'99 TA, 170,000 miles, with a fresh built 427. Refreshed every part of the driveline/powertrain.

So now for the OP:

Just like Blackbirds TA, My TA, and your beautiful and extremely well-done Z06... NO one will appreciate the car the way you will, and the way some people will on an LSx platform oriented message board.
I would be fooling myself if I thought I could sell my TA for more than $11,000 after investing over $18,000 in the past 5 months, plus the $7,000 I originally paid when I bought it.

Edit:

Which is why I'll "never" sell my TA, unless life circumstances force me to.

99 Black Bird T/A

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Andy TA, it's good to know another 4th Gen TA's got some serious 427 love even when the general public doesn't fully appreciate.

t1blackout

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