Honda Jazz Stock vs. Customized

[ram_dlsu]

Hey Guys,

I just got my first car last Aug. She's a Honda Jazz GE MMC. And I have an itch to dress her up. I get conflicting views on whether to keep it stock or customize it. So the question here is:

Which has higher resale value in the future, Stock or Customized?

Which offers more satisfaction over time.

So far I've only added Modulo Spoiler Wings and leatherette seat covers.

[SiRbossR]

16" ROTA wheels.

[kompressor]

Believe it or not, a bone stock one commands a better resale value, especially with its factory original paint intact.

Take it from a 2nd hand car junkie like me.

[jaymd]

stock=higher resale

palit ka na lang mags tapos tago mo yun stock mags mo

[kompressor]

To add:

As per my experience: More mods=more maintenance headaches.

[vinj]

Believe it or not, a bone stock one commands a better resale value, especially with its factory original paint intact.

Take it from a 2nd hand car junkie like me.

I agree here.

If ever there are any aftermarket accessories that would entice me to a car (but not necessarily pay more), it would be if its a rare OEM parts or accessories from a foreign market or limited run model (i.e. EUDM parts).

[mda]

Bone stock or original OEM accessories would be better.

Ayoko rin kasi sobrang magara. After a while baka magsawa ako haha

[ram_dlsu]

Thanks guys! I appreciate your opinions. Sometimes nakatempt talaga kc when you see other Jazz na pimped up talaga. but I guess tama nga c MDA baka magsawa tapos palit na naman haha

I guess keeping it stock is a practical and simple way. I still think maganda na sya overall already.

Questions, how bout interior add-ons? Kc like the Shift Knob is just plastic as well as the arm side rests. parang cheapo tingnan actually unlike the new Honda City na with gun metal accents ung loob nya kaya maganda and class yung feeling. I drive everyday and parang nalulungkot ako wen I see the plastics =S kuripot talaga to c honda.

You think enhancing a bit the interior would add more value on resale? I just kinda don't want to spend so much and not get anything back in the far future.

[OTEP]

It will not icrease resale value. And if hindi maganda install (hacked p the door panels, dash or trunk) can even lower your values a bit.

The point is you will never recoup what you have spent (especially if you factor in the time you spent). The best it can do is help you sell faster.

Renzo, im not really a fan of LED tails but the old ones were tired and getting new ones is $$$. Pwede na din, at least hindi altezza? Hehe

[GTi]

If you want to accessorize your car, make it subtle. For the exterior, you can add door visors, an OEM rear spoiler if you do not have one, OEM fogs if yours does not have it, 3000k yellow bulbs for the foglamps and 4300k plasma xenon bulbs for the headlamps, aftermarket rims and perhaps a bigger, better looking chrome exhaust tip should you prefer it. For the interior there's not much that can be done aside from the seat covers and perhaps a better sound system. For the mechanicals you can consider installing an aftermarket air filter and a piggyback ECU. That's perhaps the best you can do.

[IMm29]

The GE Jazz is actually the Honda I like. No offense to Honda boys and girls out there, but I was not a fan of Honda offerings until I saw the GE Jazz in its signature blue color -- which has become yellow, and now bronze.

Anyhow, as mentioned, I don't like sticking to bonestock, so after the spoiler and seat covers, I'd go up to 17" wheels, since I think the MMC's skirts are pretty wild for stock rims. For function, HIDs for the headlights (with the appropriate projectors) and the fogs, and a louder horn. I think the sounds are pretty decent, but if you get tired of those, then maybe better speakers are in order.

[OTEP]

I like customizing also but there are a lot of parts that dont age well. Yung mga chrome bits na naninilaw, stepboards na pumuputok ang plastic,etc.

And there are installers that hack up the car magkasya lang ang borloloy. So come repair or maintenance time, yung mekaniko ang sumasakit ang ulo.

[vinj]

Was at Banawe today w Otep and I noticed na fugly talaga pag old car tapos panay mods and abubot.

Naalala ko nga is Shadow since may racer boy Civic w fat, kalbo driver, baliktad pa Yung pag mount ng unidirectional tires nya. Pinatatanong pa ni Otep kung maitim yung batok. Hehehe.

[OTEP]

Haha. Yung unidirectional tires ang best mod!

Hindi po ako nanlalait, maaraw lang talaga kanina kaya ko naitanong. Hehe

[Starex_Gold]

Ito mismo. OEM Modulo ductail spoiler, leather seat upholstery, EU plates at HID projector retrofit lang okay na.

[vinj]

Haha. Yung unidirectional tires ang best mod!

Hindi po ako nanlalait, maaraw lang talaga kanina kaya ko naitanong. Hehe

Hehe, pati si Aboy (yung owner ng shop) natuwa nung nakita at sinabi sa mga mechanics na ipabaliktad yung mga gulong.

^wag naman sana. haha. andami na ngang Rice SiR boys na panget ang set ng car tapos kung mag benta 500k din eh!

I know someone with a first owned, white, bone stock since brand new SiR. Nice and clean, with no mods. That's what a classic looks like in my books.

Dami na ngang ricey Vti and SiR on the roads, especially when i go to the province, mga hataw street racing boys.

[OTEP]

My friend also has a seriously stock sir. Wala siyang hilig sa car. He just wanted the color white kaya nila binili. Casa maintained til now.

[kompressor]

My friend also has a seriously stock sir. Wala siyang hilig sa car. He just wanted the color white kaya nila binili. Casa maintained til now.

What a lucky.......CAR!

[renzo_d10]

A friend knows a friend who happens to own a bone stock black regularly detailed Civic SiR with less than 40k kms on the clock.

Na-offeran daw yung SiR ng 450k by someone but the owner refused to sell it.

*OTEP : Atleast may natitira pang SiR na hindi banat na banat. :bwahaha: Kasi ngayon, ultimo LXi EK ni-reredline shifting na ng mga ricer feeling boys eh. lol.

[vinj]

Kasi ngayon, ultimo LXi EK ni-reredline shifting na ng mga ricer feeling boys eh. lol.

Well, as the anti-Honda people say: They really need to redline it to get any real sense of speed and torque. Hehe.