Whats it worth?

[LEMHEAD16]

My wife has been begging for a new car, so I think it's time to move on from the Q. As much as I love it, it is our least driven vehicle other than my project truck. I know it's worth more than NADA value to the right buyer, but I don't know where to start at.

Here is a rundown of the car. It was previously MinisterofDOOMS Q and I think a couple other NICO members.

95 Infiniti Q45
247,000 miles on Odometer
Nico ECU (8 way switchable)
Custom headers
Full Stainless exhaust system
4.11ish rear gear (Causes speedo to read high)
Alpine ipod stereo
Alpine amps
Hybrid audio imagine series 5.25 front 6x9 rear
Memphis audio 10 inch sub
Stillen front strut tower bar
Eibach springs and tokico blues
17" OZ wheels
Brand new tires 245s
Stock Mesh style wheels with snow tires 15"
Brand new injectors and spark plugs 2 months ago.
new PS pump
freshly rebuilt brake calipers on front
Godspeed front tension rods
Adjustable front upper control arms (4 months old)
Brand new MOOG ball joints, tie rod ends,
energy suspension front lower control arm bushings poly
energy suspension rear subframe bushings poly
godspeed rear upper control arm
recent alignment

Body and paint I would say are 6/10. The black paint is starting to look it's age. Someone keyed "GAG" above the rear driver wheel (I'd like to know the story on that one). There is a ~6 inch dent by the driver tail light and many small dings from years of life in parking lots

Interior is about 7/10 for a car this age. The leather on the drivers seat has finally worn through, there is about a penny sized tear in the bottom bolster. Other than that the interior is in pretty good shape. The only other thing I can think of is the sunroof needs a little help closing. The flap up front has to be held down will you close it. It has never bothered me enough to fix it. The center mounted rear tail light is burned out, and the seat control lights flash all the time, but everything still seems to work except for the column telescope.


The engine runs slicker than a wet fart on a pair of silk panties. It has never given me any mechanical issues other than an injector that burned out, but I replaced all 8 of those. The transmission loves to be manually shifted, but sometimes when running it all the way to redline it will bounce off the rev limiter once or twice before shifting automatically.

I have a bunch of extra parts to go with it as well. I'm not going to sell it to someone who doesn't appreciate the Q of Doom for what it is. I'll let it sit before I let her get trashed by someone and end up in a junkyard.

I think it is one of the better maintained and modified Q's out there. I've taken it on several 1000 miles+ trips this year and never had a problem. I would not hesitate to jump in and drive cross country in it tomorrow.




I'll try and find some more pictures.

[Q45-V8]

Given what's been done to it, and how long you've owned it, priceless.

Actual retail value: ~$2000.

Just get it repainted, I had a great pant job on my lexus for 2500 (they spent three months doing it, is why) and then keep it.

[OPG]

I agree with everything Q45-V8 said. The saddest thing in the world would be someone finally beating you up on the price and snagging it for a measly $2k or less. You'll regret it for the rest of your life! Especially if Qs by some miraclulous miracle begin appreciating in value (one can hope!).

I sold my 88 MR2 Supercharged for $3k in college and wish I could go back in time and kick my own a**. Was not worth it! AND now they're selling in the $7-12k range..

[Lokim]

The engine runs slicker than a wet fart on a pair of silk panties.

[OwnerCS]

It looks nice a well maintained car with loads of enhancements. There should be many people around NICO and on the west coast looking for a nice car like yours.

[Brew Q]

If I had the space I'd be all over it... headers and 4.11 rear end - she hauls arse!

email me if you don't mind - twelfthman01 at gmail dot c0m

Honestly you'd probably get blue book if anything... but if she doesn't sell, maybe keep her a while longer and test the waters again in a year. I don't need another one, but once I get more space I'll want another Maybe I'll just start a stable of under appreciated 90's V8's

Long story short, I was looking for the right Q for 2 months and in that time I've seen the following:

superuber's heavily modded Q sell on Ebay for $2800 (his sold back in Feb.)
a 66k mile Q sell for $3100 Q45-V8 - user name
and another w/ less than 100k sell for $22 or 2500? born2shift - user name
then I bought mine - the one below for $3500 w/ 84k and a few mods, more to come though

[Infinitiguy19]

I didn't think I would see you on this forum again.