Chris Hooper Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I am about to start the strip down of my MX5 after the factory opend day last hurrah. I bought one with a hard top and leather seats so those I can put on eBay. Has anyone had a luck selling / parting out the rest of the car on eBay ? Is it worth the bother of selling on the lights ,trim etc with the bother of packing and shipping ? Your collective thoughts would be appreciated. Quote MultiQuote Edit Blog This Report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Not something I had to deal with when I got my MX-5 donor as I gave the guy the list of stuff I needed and he kept the rest so I got the price down. I would put it on eBay as breaking a MX-5 and list the parts you will have left, rather than list each part individually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooch Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 You should make a fair bit, it depends on how far you want to go with the hassle of e-baying. However, the big stuff is straightforward and is worth doing. I made £100 on the seats, £80 for the wheels £40 on the windbreaker and the same for the tonneau cover and put lots of switches and things on with varying success. £18 for the rear view mirror was a surprise and someone gave me a tenner for the toolkit. In all I made nearly £300 which is not to be sneezed at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I sold my leftovers on the mx5nutz forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djm Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 You should make a fair bit, it depends on how far you want to go with the hassle of e-baying. Same as Mooch, I listed all my items separately but it was worth the effort. I paid £750 for the car and sold over £1100 of parts and I still had all the parts to build the Westy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Yep, bits like that will go on MX5 Nutz and / or eBay pretty well. Idiots like myself like to crash our MX-5s into other MX-5s and as such things like wings, side lights, doors, bonnets, etc are in demand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 i sold everything and actually made a profit by using ebay as one listing just as breaking mx5. someone brought my whole interior and because i kept all the nuts and bolts and stuff for each thing he gave me extra i think i got 150 for the whole interior excluding the seats sold those seperate for 65 i even sold stupid things like the mud flaps thingys. i sold the windowscreen to a guy who raced mx5s it depends how deep you want to go into stripping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hooper Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Well I've made a good start the hard top went this evening for £200. Now to start getting serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Someone got a bargain there! They usually go for £300+, don't underestimate the strength of the used bits market for MX5s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hooper Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 To be honest it has been fitted all the cars life as far as I can tell and is not perfect and for a quick sale I priced it according. The hood is like new. The tonneau is going for £19 at the moment............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie66 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I have stripped out and sold two MX5s now, always made more than the car cost. I didn't sell every piece and made larger parts collection only. Lights sell well and a good roof can get you to 50% back in one sale. It breaks into three processes. Ebay good stuff, weigh in for scrap the shell and larger metal items and a final trip to the tip. I did the last one in a couple of weeks all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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