Comments on: Goodbye J30! http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14 Carlos' Blog @ Fuzzycats.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Carlos http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-31 Carlos Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:22:01 +0000 http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-31 The Bose head unit was fine after the repair. As a matter of fact, I put it back in the car before I traded it in. I figured the original head unit would look better for the dealer doing the appraisal. I also had a CD changer in the trunk that was operated by the stock unit so that's why I put the Bose back in the car. The Bose head unit was fine after the repair. As a matter of fact, I put it back in the car before I traded it in. I figured the original head unit would look better for the dealer doing the appraisal. I also had a CD changer in the trunk that was operated by the stock unit so that’s why I put the Bose back in the car.

]]> By: Wen http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-29 Wen Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:01:48 +0000 http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-29 Yah I think you're right. I'll fix the oxygen sensor and stereo for sure. If anything, the buyer will see it as a huge hassle and may not want to deal with it. I see on your website that you fixed your head unit AND ended up replacing with aftermarket? Did your head unit break again after you repaired it? I'm seriously thinking about just replacing the entire unit with an aftermarket and using an adapter like you did. I'll look into Crutchfield for the parts. It just seems like you get so many more functions with the aftermarket units and I don't want to spend $150 fixing an old unit when $300-400 will get me a new one. From your diagrams it looked like a pretty easy install anyways. Thanks again. Yah I think you’re right. I’ll fix the oxygen sensor and stereo for sure. If anything, the buyer will see it as a huge hassle and may not want to deal with it.

I see on your website that you fixed your head unit AND ended up replacing with aftermarket? Did your head unit break again after you repaired it? I’m seriously thinking about just replacing the entire unit with an aftermarket and using an adapter like you did.

I’ll look into Crutchfield for the parts. It just seems like you get so many more functions with the aftermarket units and I don’t want to spend $150 fixing an old unit when $300-400 will get me a new one. From your diagrams it looked like a pretty easy install anyways.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Carlos http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-27 Carlos Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:39:04 +0000 http://blog.fuzzycats.com/archives/14#comment-27 Thanks for the comments about the site. About the J30, as luck would have it, the things that had broken in my car (head unit, sunroof, window regulators, etc.) were broken and fixed long before I traded the car in so it really did not have anything wrong with it at the time I traded it. I dont think you would get ALL the money from the repairs back out of it. That 4K price is for a J30 in fairly good condition. I feel for your dilemma, however. Don't fix it and risk getting a low offer. Spend the money and risk not getting your money out of it. If I were you, I'd fix the stereo and oxygen sensor. If the O-sensor is bad and your check engine light is on, that will definitely spook any potential buyer. The broken stereo may spook a buyer into thinking that repairing the Bose unit may be costly even though it is not. The $500 worth of body damage may or may not be worth fixing. I guess it depends on what the damage is and how bad it may look. Good luck with the sale. Thanks for the comments about the site.

About the J30, as luck would have it, the things that had broken in my car (head unit, sunroof, window regulators, etc.) were broken and fixed long before I traded the car in so it really did not have anything wrong with it at the time I traded it.

I dont think you would get ALL the money from the repairs back out of it. That 4K price is for a J30 in fairly good condition. I feel for your dilemma, however. Don’t fix it and risk getting a low offer. Spend the money and risk not getting your money out of it.

If I were you, I’d fix the stereo and oxygen sensor. If the O-sensor is bad and your check engine light is on, that will definitely spook any potential buyer. The broken stereo may spook a buyer into thinking that repairing the Bose unit may be costly even though it is not. The $500 worth of body damage may or may not be worth fixing. I guess it depends on what the damage is and how bad it may look.

Good luck with the sale.

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