amitlikhyani

Getting the Faspeed titanium installed on Tuesday. I do have a storage unit but so I can hold on to the stock exhaust but all things being equal I'd prefer not to. Is there any market for a used exhaust? Is it advisable to hang on to it in case I ever sell the car? Is there any potential owner way down the road who would prefer to go back to stock? Any advice appreciated.

Angryinch

Always keep stock parts my friend. You never know.

1268

Fabspeed makes a ti exhaust???

Deven

If, for any reason you fail an emission test, or get an error code, first thing you will want to do is return to stock. Probably will not happen, but....

Similarly, if you sell the car in the future, then the next owner may want it (I would want it, for example, for no reason other than having the orignial part). It is the same reason why people like the original window stickers, and owners manuals etc. Porsche owners tend to be a little 'type A '

If you really need the space, I am sure you can easily sell it.

amitlikhyani

Thanks Deven and 1268, yes they do make a titanium version of the valve tronic.

kgx

Keep it - if you end up trading the car in, nobody will give you even market value for aftermarket parts.

Beherit

I have done APR intakes and Titanium cat back on mine and I kept all of my parts. If I ever decide to sell it I will put it all back to stock and sell the parts separately.

amitlikhyani

implication being even 10 years from now I'd get something for the fabspeed titanium exhaust and it would be more than the labor to put stock back on and I get the benefit of fixing an unlikely but possible fault code. Makes sense.

sensei_tts

sell it if it's your forever car imo.

a vehicle in stock setup will generally sell faster and have more buyers than a modified car. even if putting the stock exhaust costs when you put it back on, you can consider selling the aftermarket parts and possibly get some money back. you can also sell as-is but your buyer pool will be limited to folks wanting that sound and you won't recoup the cost of the part in most cases. i've noticed most porsche tts buyers look for a stock setup. in one of my other car groups the exhaust on the stock v8 is way too quiet so everyone generally changes the exhaust as a first mod. in that community, stock exhausts are plentiful. i don't see that same activity for the tts which means if you ever want a stock setup and you sold the oem setup, it may be not as easy to find as other cars.

Breen

I’ve heard of dealer voiding warranty for exhaust, even a center bypass. Doesn’t hurt to keep it on hand just in case.
Also if you sell the car back to your dealer later, they will need it if they want to certify it, which they are incentivized to do whenever possible.

.gearhead.

Always keep it, if there's a remote chance you'll ever trade in or sell it. Unless you don't care either way...

amitlikhyani

Now that I have it installed there is no way I'm going back and it is a forever car. I also have a pretty extensive Musicar stereo setup done(more than stage 3 but not Oslo Blues) so if god forbid I ever have to sell it's going to take a long time to find a buyer. Car is yellow as well. Everything working against me but I really don't care. Took pictures of the exhaust and will put it up for sale.

X-PH.COM - MIKE

keep it in case you sell your car in the future, you can mount it on the car again and sell the aftermarket exhaust

Meraki Autoworks

Keep it!

-Josh

vtec_

Keep it!