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Why? It all comes down to presentation, and the fact that you don't sound like you're an 18 year old with a heavy foot. Here are my pointers, and I completely agree with LJZTT: 1. Your car NEEDS to look good. That being said, fix the spoiler. You can get an aftermarket one for around $200. If the hatch has some rust underneath, at least it's covered up. State the rust if you want to, but just know, most people buy the car for the look and won't care about the 'spec of rust' that's hidden, just like how we choose which girls we want to stick our mushroom tips into. Sometimes it doesn't matter how dirty they are, cause they look damn good! 2. Get a set of tires. Preferably the same as the fronts, however anything is better than "will need replacing soon". Sometimes, used tire shops will let you request they find some tires for you so you can be assured you may find the same brand/model as the fronts. It may take a bit of time, but you're not selling it tomorrow anyway. Better yet, in my personal opinion, those wheels, although sought after, look bad on your car. For the wheels worth what they are, buy a set of stock wheels for $150 with tires, and sell with those, and sell your wheels online for multiples more. 3. Just fix the window issue. Why? Cause it'll cost you $20 for a used switch or relay box thing, or like $50 for another motor. Maybe two hours diagnosing the issue if you're slow too. It's a small cost, and it's the little things that matter. 4. AC, recharge it. Don't dick around. It's only like $150 to get it done, and really, you could even use your local autozone garbage if you wanted to save a couple dollars. A working AC is better than a non-working AC, even if it doesn't blast ice. 5. Clean your engine bay. It's not horrible, but to someone that's paying more than $6k for it, it's obvious. Hide/tuck some wiring, reroute your vacuum lines, hide or get rid of that red wire that's going from your fuse box to your head light, grab a $10 fuse box cover, the area near your clutch/brake master cylinder is hideous, buy a can of proper spray paint and paint that silver pipe (even if it doesn't match, it will *look* a million times better. Even just BBQ matte paint), personally, I'd keep the battery you put in there and throw a *black* $100 special walmart battery in it as it definitely looks tacky, and having a nice optima won't raise or decrease the value of the car at all. Clean your AC fan/shroud. 6. Consider a new set of shifter/ebrake boots and shift knob, better yet, be a bargain hunter and just find an oem one that isn't ripped. Also, cover the hole under the radio. Figure it out, find a box for it, just don't leave it hanging. It's seriously like $10. Take off the smelly tree when taking pictures of the car. I always remove them when I'm seeing a buyer and throw them under the seat as it shows better that the smell of the car isn't you masking it with trees, but that the car actually smells nice without them! Don't forget to vacuum for pics and don't have any useless junk laying around like a lanyard or coffee cups. Leave the t-top covers off for pictures. 7. Buy some turn signals. Really. 8. Refrain from taking ricer pics. While some angled pictures are good for the TT.net calendar and instagram, they're not for selling a car unless all you want to attract is kids. My rule is, if it's rainy weather, take it to an underground parkade after hours, and take 8 exterior pictures, one per side, and all corners. More if you got fancy modifications, like your exhaust and your nose panel. Then between 4-6 pictures of the interior, from every angle, including the mileage, and a shot from behind the seats (backseat if 2+2, or through the open hatch in a 2+0). If it's nicer weather, go get some scenic pics, but use the same guidelines as above. Don't move the car, wheels straight, and get a 360 shot of each angle and choose somewhere not inhabited by other people and other cars. I can keep going, but let's stop at this: Spend $500 on your car, raise your actual value $1000+, or at the very least, make your car easier to sell. Don't mention you did the rebuild, and don't mention you did the tune unless specifically asked. Also, sell me your spare uninstalled SPL parts. It is a waste to literally give them away. Your car will sell for $6500-7k. Fix all the minute things, present the car right, and you're looking at 9-10k. People are way more likely to buy a car that has some mechanical issues and looks DAMN GOOD where their windows and everything work, than a car that runs awesome like Donald Trump, but looks crappy like Hillary.
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