996 C4S what''s it worth?

After ten years of ownership I've decided to sell my C4S. It's had a lot of money spent the past three years, replacing all suspension components, new Kline exhaust, recent £2k air con service, however, both rear arches have in the last twelve months started to get rust coming through. I've taken it to a body shop local to where I am who specialises in classic car bodywork and they've quoted £1600-£2000 to put right. I don't mind spending the money but it'd be March next year before they can do anything. I'm now thinking about selling as is, what do people think it is worth? Silver. Manual. Hard backed sports seats also body coloured. Very good service history, serviced every year. Low temp thermostat. New shocks, springs, top mounts, top mount bearings and lots of other components. Recent Bosch alternator. Full underside given a thorough clean and seam sealed last year. Recent 2k air con service. Owned ten years.

4Ss fetching pretty good money at the moment. Sounds like a well sorted car mechanically. Mileage?

80,500 miles, I bought it with 29,000 on the clock.

That sounds like quite a lot of work if they have estimated 1.6-2k. Surely it cannot be that bad? Other than that you probably have the most popular 996 and a low mileage one at that.

It's not the question you're asking, but I think you'd be better off selling with the bodywork done. That way you'd be selling what would appear to be a very desirable, well maintained, sorted car. Selling one that 'just needs some rust repairing" will seriously limit the market (and may or may not hit the price by £2k). Waiting til spring to sell will probably do no harm either. To answer your question (and mine above) my purely guess-based answer is £18-£20k now, or £25k needing nothing doing. You might even get somewhere between those two figures (or whatever those figures should be) by selling to a specialist who can get the bodywork done for a lot less than £2k.

I'd just get it sprayed at somewhere that charges a reasonable rate. £500 job tops to do that job. Why get a top dollar job done for someone else? Someone local like the guy who sprayed mine: http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=125702

This is where my rear arch suffered.

...you'll struggle to sell a rusty 996...earlier models yes but not a 996... ...the bigger question for me is it suggests the car hasn't been very well looked after? If you've owned car for 10 years and took care of it how did it get rusty ? ...not my business just thoughts I'd have...sell it cheap/or or get it sorted for an easier sell and higher price...

Yes, exact same place as mine.

Mine also. Its the design of the rear arch that traps dirt etc. Anything over 20 years and with reasonable use will potentially suffer from it. I dont think its a case of people not looking after them, just not aware if it until too late. Sounds like a decent car, Id advertise as is and see what interest there is.

I wouldn't say it's never been looked after very well, with the £12,000 + it's had spent on in it in the past three years and other service history I would argue against it not having been looked after. Underneath its a lot cleaner than most.

I think I'll try to sell as is. I hardly use it anymore and over the past several years lost interest in cars. If it doesn't sell I'll get it sorted next year and garage it. See images of the underside of the vehicle. I'll post some of the arches when I get chance.

Further images.

Can you post some images of bodywork that needs attention?

I'll take a pic of both arches tomorrow when I'm back home.